{"id":163838,"date":"2017-10-20T07:01:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T05:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/163838\/meet-and-greet-brings-parkruns-together\/"},"modified":"2017-10-19T12:56:54","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T10:56:54","slug":"meet-and-greet-brings-parkruns-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2017\/10\/20\/meet-and-greet-brings-parkruns-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet-and-greet brings parkruns together"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Victoria Lake Parkrun, which has grown in leaps and bounds since its start in 2016, takes place every Saturday at the Germiston Lake from 8am and sees runners and walkers from across the country coming together to get fit.<\/p>\n<p>Recently a group of regular volunteers at the parkrun attended a meet-and-greet function, which saw representatives from parkruns across Gauteng coming together.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/150473\/athletics-club-continues-to-grow\/\">Athletics club continues to grow<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/150388\/a-run-in-the-park-for-freedom-day\/\">A run in the park for Freedom Day<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Have a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Contact the newsroom by emailing: Melissa Hart (Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-admin\/germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za\">germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za<\/a><\/strong>or Leigh Hodgson (News Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a href=\"mailto:leighh@caxton.co.za\">leighh@caxton.co.za.<\/a><\/strong><span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Remember to visit the Germiston City News on the following social media platforms:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/germistoncitynews\/\">Facebook<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GCNnews\">Twitter<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/germistoncitynews\/\">Instagram<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCblgxW6BRXTLGLQvpcumLqA\">YouTube\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Or add the GCN on<span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><strong>WhatsApp 079 406 1181<\/strong><span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>or\u00a0<strong>BBM (BBM Pin: 7F102137)<\/strong><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/span>today, to get all the latest news.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Catch-up on more local news with our sister newspapers<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bedfordviewedenvalenews.co.za\/\">Bedfordview Edenvale News<\/a><\/strong>,<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/\">Alberton Record<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/kemptonexpress.co.za\/\">Kempton Express<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='85d7fbdb2f2aba4cac39eb5ce6749830'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Victoria Lake Parkrun volunteers attend the meet-and-greet and meet the CEO of Parkrun South Africa, 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