More than 3 000 walkers and runners took to a breezy but sunny Esplanade in the 37th Daily Dispatch/Windmill Fun Run this morning.
Families took the opportunity to get out into the fresh air and and spend healthy quality time together, at the same time supporting the Loaves and Fishes charity, which was chosen as this year's beneficiary.
A carnival atmosphere prevailed at the fun run's start and finish at the Orient Pools complex where music by Wild Coast FM and Twizza cooldrinks took the edge off the exertion of walking or running the 4km and 8km courses.
Participants this year included a crew of beefy fire-fighters from BCM who wore the bottom half of their steamy fire-fighting kit topped with fun run T-shirts and farm attack victim Rob Rushmere who was shot four times in the leg, hip and buttocks by intruders at his Maclear farm in May last year. Thanks to physio from Life Healthcare Rehab, Rushmere walked 4km without his crutches this year.
Daily Dispatch general manager Yasteel Kuseeal pulled the trigger to start both races and said the race had grown over the past three years. “It's exciting to see so many people and good weather,” he said.
The 8km men's race was won by Luthando Hejana, 28, of Mdantsane, while physio student Cherise Sims, 22, won the women's 8km race. Monde Polisiti, 17, came in first in the 4km run, with Demi Maker taking the women's 4km title.
PICTURE GALLERY: Carnival time at Daily Dispatch Fun Run
Families took the opportunity to get out into the fresh air and and spend healthy quality time together, at the same time supporting the Loaves and Fishes charity, which was chosen as this year's beneficiary.
A carnival atmosphere prevailed at the fun run's start and finish at the Orient Pools complex where music by Wild Coast FM and Twizza cooldrinks took the edge off the exertion of walking or running the 4km and 8km courses.
Participants this year included a crew of beefy fire-fighters from BCM who wore the bottom half of their steamy fire-fighting kit topped with fun run T-shirts and farm attack victim Rob Rushmere who was shot four times in the leg, hip and buttocks by intruders at his Maclear farm in May last year. Thanks to physio from Life Healthcare Rehab, Rushmere walked 4km without his crutches this year.
Daily Dispatch general manager Yasteel Kuseeal pulled the trigger to start both races and said the race had grown over the past three years. “It's exciting to see so many people and good weather,” he said.
The 8km men's race was won by Luthando Hejana, 28, of Mdantsane, while physio student Cherise Sims, 22, won the women's 8km race. Monde Polisiti, 17, came in first in the 4km run, with Demi Maker taking the women's 4km title.
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