{"id":128888,"date":"2016-07-26T10:55:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-26T08:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/128888\/germistons-first-parkrun-a-success\/"},"modified":"2016-07-26T15:42:30","modified_gmt":"2016-07-26T13:42:30","slug":"germistons-first-parkrun-a-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2016\/07\/26\/germistons-first-parkrun-a-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Germiston\u2019s first parkrun a success"},"content":{"rendered":"

Germiston\u2019s first parkrun, the Victoria Lake Parkrun, was held at Germiston Lake on Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe felt that we needed to have a parkrun in the city,\u201d said race director Simon Treston.<\/p>

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\u201cThe parkrun is free and is for the community; we aim to promote fun and good health.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a free run, not a race and, therefore, we don\u2019t allow people to come and advertise or sell to make a profit.<\/p>

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\u201cWe want to achieve our objectives by making events informal, social runs, rather than races.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe emphasise that it is free, as we want to remove participation barriers, and the most obstructive barrier is cost, we will never charge people to participate.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe support the improvement of athletic standards in Germiston.\u201d<\/p>\n

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