Essack reaches his double century of Park runs.
Abdul Haq Essack reached an incredible milesone of 200 parkruns. The Verulam Falcons veteran started his athletic adventures much later in life. Despite the late start, the 72 year old has completed 200 park runs. Park Run is an internationally recognised 5 km race held in various cities accross the world on saturday mornings. The beauty of the event is it is free and everyone is welcome including beginners to seasoned athletes.
In reaching his milestone, Abdul attended atleast 11 different park run venues with most completed at Suncoast Durban North and his favourite parkrun at the Umhlanga Promenade. His most challenging Parkrun was the Thousands Hills Trail Parkrun in the midlands. Abdul’s best time was 26 minutes, averaging just over 5 minutes per km which is incredible feat.
Despite running a fast pace, he also enjoys the social aspects like volunteering his services to marshal at park run as well as educate newcomers and encourage those who find the park run challenging.
Team Falcons congratulate Abdul Haq Essack on his milestone and wishes him many more successful park runs. In picture Abdul Haq Essack completed 200 parkruns with 200th at Umhlanga Promenade
