Marathon Kids is a customizable program that can seamlessly integrate into your physical education curriculum, whether as a station, a whole-class activity, or a warm-up.
As a station, it allows students to rotate through and focus on building endurance and meeting mileage goals while practicing other skills in the remaining stations.
As a whole-class activity, it promotes teamwork and collective goal-setting, encouraging everyone to work together toward shared milestones.
Using Marathon Kids as a warm-up gets students moving, ready to learn, and logging active minutes right from the start of class.
Tracking heart-pumping activity minutes gives coaches the flexibility to incorporate activities like games, circuits, or dynamic exercises while still allowing students to log their effort toward their goals.
"What mile are you on?" will become the most popular question on your campus!
Our flexible program and digital tool allow you to set all logistics like:
the start and end date of your season
which grades/classes will participate
how often you do the program; the number of days, length of run sessions, etc.
the types of physical activity that will count towards mileage.
You can track laps completed and/or minutes of heart-pumping activities
Building Community Around Physical Activity
You have the potential to reach all kids. Every student can feel a sense of belonging and be a part of a team!
The coach plays a pivotal role in the success of the program.
Be consistent, stay positive, and have fun!
Educate your students: each student will conquer their own personal goals while also contributing to help their class, grade level, and school mileage goals!
Set your School Goal and print these resources to help you track the miles.
Create a bulletin board or wall space to post data and updates so that everyone can stay updated.
Utilize our first three lessons to teach kids about goal setting and conquering the school goal together!
Celebrate and Reward often and keep it simple!
Customize your Season
Set your lap distance for your track space.
You can create multiple tracks and pull a report by a track.
Utilize any type of heart-pumping activities towards mileage.
20 minutes equals 1 Marathon Kids mile.
This works great for inclement weather or if you don't have outside lap space.
Add Supporters like co-workers or volunteers to help you manage the data and scan runner ID cards.
Copy Paste - Create a class or choose one, then copy and paste the students into the table. Click Save.
Upload a Roster - the best way to add participants in bulk.
Elementary schools - add students by the homeroom teacher.
Middle/High Schools - add your students by class period.
Manually enter - anytime you get a new student it's easy to add participants to your roster
Print ID cards: check out these ideas for organizing and sorting ID cards.
Bring Kids into the Data!
Once the data starts to come it's time to REWARD and CELEBRATE!
Click here for a few ideas.
Set a cadence for providing updates on all types of mileage.
Total Mileage; conquering your club goal
Grade-level mileage totals
Classroom mileage totals
Individual mileage
Leaderboards; top participants
Then it's time to RUN, SCAN, REPEAT!
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