Siphelele Nketo 

FRIDAY mornings at 4:45 am in Kokstad, have become exceptional for runners as they join together for group jogging and walking with a post-run coffee, chat and hangout.

The Coffee Run social fitness trend has been popular across South Africa with a group of runners and non-runners taking part to promote healthy living. One of the participants and organiser Wavela Zwane said that runners participate in the form of a group to encourage people to get serious about living a healthy lifestyle.

“We wanted to run together as a group so that we could accommodate new runners,” said Zwane.

The group meets every morning at 4:45am at the Oval Sports Grounds and decides on the route before setting off.

Zwane appealed to both experienced and novice runners to come and join the group, as they are provided with scones, biscuits and coffee after every run.