“The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama Kids Mercedes Marathon is an innovative five month endurance building running/walking program designed for children kindergarten (K5) through 5th grade. Children will run the distance of a full marathon (26.2 miles) over the course of the five month program. To achieve this goal, kids must train for the last mile of their marathon by running a total of 25.2 miles in 1/4 mile, 1/2 mile, 3/4 mile or 1 mile increments between September 2014 through January 2015 to qualify for race day participation. There are NO official winners, but the event is timed so your child can chart their progress from the beginning of their training in September until race day. Our motto is “if you had fun you won”!!!”
Visit the website at https://www.mercedesmarathon.com/kids_marathon_information.php to get all the information about this great way to encourage physical education and movement for your K5-5th grade student!
Registration closes on November 15th, so sign up today and start logging your child’s running time.
