Modern Athlete Magazine Issue 55, February 2014

ER N IA D RT PA E M parkrun SA Join the friendly, free 8am Saturday morning 5km in your area! ur area rkruns in yo pa Nahoon Point parkrun, East London Facebook: ParkrunNahoonPoint Twitter: @parkrunNahoon Images: Gill Fordyce & Peter King Nahoon Point parkrun is held in a declared nature reserve, originally deemed dangerous by many of the East London community. That was until parkrun came along and delivered the trails back to the city and tourists. From fairly humble beginnings with 81 enthusiastic runners at the ﬁrst running on 11 August 2012, Nahoon has enjoyed an average of 302 runners per outing over 76 Saturdays, and the record turnout thus far was 710, which is also the South African record – and we expect that record to fall again soon! Over 6000 individual runners and walkers have absorbed the magniﬁcence of the Indian Ocean at their side, with whales and dolphins on view, the occasionally busy shipping lane, the paddlers and the overall magniﬁcence of the Border/Kei outdoors. The route meanders through bush, beach and a few rocky paths, and summits at ‘the lookout point’ before speeding back down to the water’s edge and ﬁnishing on a punishi

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