Just in case you hadn’t noticed, we have had more fun runs in Grahamstown this month than any reasonable person could have imagined.
In one week, there were three separate fun runs for three distinct causes. Can we really be having that much fun? Do we really need to do so many runs – to have fun?
Just in case you hadn’t noticed, we have had more fun runs in Grahamstown this month than any reasonable person could have imagined.
In one week, there were three separate fun runs for three distinct causes. Can we really be having that much fun? Do we really need to do so many runs – to have fun?
Most of the fun runs take place over five-kilometre courses and require entrants to pay a nominal amount to take part. The events are of course held to raise funds – for schools, communities, causes or even individuals in need of some extra funding.
Participants have to either wake up at an unusually early hour in the morning over a weekend, when most rational people are catching up on their sleeping, or during the week you have to do it after work. This might sound counterintuitive – are they making it difficult for you to give money?
Not only do you have to hand over some cash, but you have to run, or walk, five kilometres. In fact, the fun run is a great concept because they generally are a lot fun as people don’t take them too seriously and they become an enjoyable outing where particpants get to do some exercise – often with the family.
Sure, it is very much a flavour-of-the-month type of fundraiser, but let’s enjoy them while it lasts. Organisers get to raise significant amounts of money and the participants enjoy the cameraderie of the event with fellow runners while they forge a certain amount of solidarity with the objectives of the fundraiser.
