Marathon Kids

Marathon Kids

Marathon Kids is a running program here in the Austin area that we participate in at Carver. It involves running, or walking and keeping track of the mileage. We run once a week here at Carver and keep track of how far each student runs. The running or walking you do at home also counts towards the mileage. The goal is to have run 26.2 miles, which equals a marathon before the end. We have had over 100 kids each of the last 4 years participate. Students who finish the mileage will receive a Marathon Kids T-Shirt and if they go to the Final Mile they receive a very nice medal.

We are currently sending home the note and talking to the students about it. Be sure and register with us by returning the permission slip we sent home. Please note the important dates for Marathon Kid's below. There is also a link to their website below.

www.MarathonKids.com

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September 4 - Notes sent home about Marthon Kid's

September 7 - First day we run during P.E. class and log the miles they run. We will be doing this weekly. You will need to run some at home with them also and record it on their mileage log we will give you when you register.

September 15 - Marathon Kid's Kick-off Event at UT's Mike Meyers Stadium at 11:00. If you want to attend you can meet us there. The schools sit alphabetically in the stands. We ususally get there between 10:15 and 10:30.

February 23 - The Final Mile where they will get a nice medal if they attend. STUDENTS ONLY GET THE MEDAL IF YOU ATTEND THE FINAL MILE EVENT. It is usually at Burger Stadium in Austin.

WAY TO GO MARATHON KIDS!

We have completed this years Marathon Kids program and had a good response. We had a small group of students who went to the Final Mile and they are pictured below. We also just finished giving out about 100 shirts to those students who finished their 26.2 miles on time. We hope to have a picture of them soon but we just handed out the shirts and will try and get them to wear them on the same day and take a group picture. Thanks go out to all the parents who registered their child and participated in this years event. We will be doing it again next year.