General News
3 April, 2025
Runners and walkers to break in new circuit
IT HAS been more than a year in the planning, but Pyramid Hill’s Golf Trail parkrun will have its official opening on Saturday. The 5km course for runners, joggers and walkers will circumnavigate the famous hill on a spectacular track that also...
IT HAS been more than a year in the planning, but Pyramid Hill’s Golf Trail parkrun will have its official opening on Saturday.
The 5km course for runners, joggers and walkers will circumnavigate the famous hill on a spectacular track that also takes in the town’s golf course.
Organiser Jason Deller said support from Loddon Shire council and the local community had been a key to getting permission from parkrun headquarters in the UK for the Pyramid Hill event.
“It’s about more than just fitness,” he said.
“It’s about social inclusion; you just find everyone is so friendly – and in a dark world it’s a nice thing.”
Deller expected between 50 and 100 participants for the inaugural event, noting that some parkrun enthusiasts liked to tick off taking part in opening weekends as a special achievement.
“There will be a whole range of people coming out, and it will bring in people to the town,” he said.
“The increase in tourism and the economic benefit as a result can only be good for the town and the region.” The track had been upgraded and had already impressed visitors who had taken to the course unofficially.
“One person said it was like running through Hanging Rock. And it is,” Dellar said.
The parkrun will be officially launched at 7am Saturday.