Parkrun welcomes its MILLIONTH runner on Saturday! We interview Bruce Fordyce...

Pippa Hudson speaks with Parkrun SA founder Bruce Fordyce.

Listen below.

From the first South African event at Delta Park in 2011 with just 29 runners, parkrun has grown exponentially with 220 live events every weekend.

Tens of thousands of South Africans gather every Saturday morning for a 5 km course.

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“It just started growing and growing.”

- Bruce Fordyce

Around the world, there are 10 million registered park runners.

This weekend, one South African runner will become the millionth unique parkrunner to cross the finish line.

 “Sadly, we won’t know who that person is, but we are celebrating it anyway.”

- Bruce Fordyce

 “Parkrun is for everyone, so we are celebrating it for everyone.”

- Bruce Fordyce

Parkrun is doing a ‘one in a million’ campaign to celebrate the milestone.

Participating in Parkrun is completely free and always will be.

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