Parkrun STUTTERHEIM

Linley has been involved in education in SA, the UK and Canada. She reminisced about her school days and had a message for the pupils: “After all is said and done, you are responsible for your life and you can make a difference in your community”.

The proceedings were rounded off by the singing of the national anthem.

In the evening, Old Students from 1973, 1978, 1983, 1988, 1993, 1998, 2003 and 2008 attended the OSA dinner and dance in the school hall.

– 74 athletes completed Event #195 in cool conditions on July 21. Congratulations to Aniki du Plessis on completing her 50th parkrun to become the newest member of Club 50 and to event director Linda Lanz who completed her 200th parkrun (an unofficial milestone) and 35th different venue at the Wells Estate Inaugural in Port Elizabeth.

On Saturday, 54 athletes, many of whom were visitors, completed Event

#196 in mild conditions. There were three first-timers and nine new personal best times set. The event was also made possible with the help of 11 volunteers.

Stutterheim parkrun will hold their

200th parkrun on August 25 and would like to have at least 200 athletes participating.

is justly proud of one of its citizens who last weekend completed the 42nd Washie 100 Miler from Cathcart to East London in a time of 19:51:54. Clinton Ford and his family started out doing various fun runs/walks locally and in East London. This led him to try 8km and 10km events.

The family was part of the Core Team at the Stutterheim parkrun launch in November 2014. It was during this time that Clinton decided to enter his first marathon – the 2014 Bonkolo Marathon. From there he set his sights on giving the Two Oceans (OMTOM) a try in 2015.

Despite suffering from an ITB injury, he managed to complete the OMTOM.

With this success he toyed with the idea of entering the Comrades which he also managed to complete within the time limit.

It was during 2015 when he was asked to second a runner, Ebarnie Cilliers, from the Free State, when he ran the Washie

100 Miler.

In 2016, he again ran OMTOM and Comrades and at the last minute decided to enter the 2016 Washie but later withdrew. Last year, saw him again do several ultras and other marathons and trail runs and on his second attempt at the Washie, he crossed the finish line with about 30 minutes to spare.

This year he bettered his time at Comrades, finishing in 08:51 and decided to enter the Washie which was run for the first time from Cathcart to East London due to roadworks on the

R72 from Port Alfred to East London. Running with a passion that was ignited three years ago, he gave it his absolute best and finished well within the time limit with a sub-20hour 100 miler.