5,280th Local School Aged Child To Cross The Marathon Distance Finsh Line

Sept. 1, 2010 - PRLog -- Kids Running America (KRA) is an incremental marathon running program designed to help Colorado school aged kids start running for a healthier future. Crossing the finish line at this Fall Final Mile Event on October 9th will be KRA’s 5,280 marathon FINISHER! Modeled after the Disney Marathon, the kids will run their final mile through the grounds of Elitch Gardens, with a celebration party at the finish line as a great reward for their accomplishment. Create a team in your school or neighborhood now so that the young runners have time to run 25.2 individual miles prior to Oct. 9.
Since 2007, Kids Running America has shown over 4,500 kids that eating right and running is a great way to live. “KRA is an opportunity for young people to build self-esteem, improve their health and experience their own personal power” says Kerry Vargo, Kids Running America’s Executive Director and Founder. While running, either individually or on a team through a school or organization, the kids complete 25.2 miles incrementally over a given time period. Then they run the final mile, of the marathon distance, together with all of the other children in the program at a Final Mile Event.
KRA wants to encourage all school aged children to get and stay fit, so in that spirit, KRA is giving the Colorado school with the most runners $500 towards their P.E. department.
Registration is open now at http:// www.kidsrunningamerica.org  By bringing Kids Running America to your school and starting a running club you can help make a healthy lifestyle change for a Colorado school age kid.  Kids Running America's vision is to impact 15,000 Colorado kids by 2013.

If you would like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Kerry Vargo, please call Rachel Levi at 303/917-1002 or email at rlevi@kidsrunningamerica.org

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Kids Running America, is a 501 (c) (3) incremental running program designed for kids to train for the 26.2 mile marathon distance over a given time frame, finishing their final distance at one of our KRA Final Mile Events.