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Throughout the school day

Coordinate a schoolwide Marathon Kids program across PE, classrooms, recess, and clubs.

Written by Stefanie Ediger

For schoolwide coaches and club leaders

Use one Marathon Kids season to track movement across PE, classroom breaks, recess, and before- or after-school clubs. A shared roster and clear responsibilities help everyone record effort consistently.

Prepare a schoolwide program

  1. Coordinate one roster of participating students. Upload a roster for a large group, organized by homeroom or another class structure that fits your school. Add new participants manually when needed.

  2. Create separate tracks or activities for the settings you want to report on, such as PE, Recess, and Run Club. Use the correct lap distance for each route.

  3. Invite Supporters and choose permissions that match their responsibilities. Supporters with Coach or Assistant Coach permission can help scan participants across classes.

  4. Print and organize ID-card sets for each teacher or activity leader who needs them.

  5. Agree on when each group will move, who will record effort, and which track or activity they will select.

Record and review effort

  1. Scan completed laps or record heart-pumping activity minutes under the matching track or activity. In Marathon Kids, 20 minutes of heart-pumping activity equals 1 mile.

  2. Use reports to review individual, class, grade, and club totals. Filter by track or activity where available to review one setting.

  3. Share progress toward your club goal and celebrate personal improvement as well as group milestones.

Choose activities for each setting

Frequently asked questions

Are parents automatically invited when I upload a roster?

No. Adding parent information through a roster upload or copy and paste stores the information but does not send invitations. In Parents, select the parents and choose Send Invitation when you are ready.

Can parents submit miles completed at home?

Parents can follow progress in every club type. Hybrid and Virtual clubs allow home-mile submissions for approval; In-Person clubs do not. Approved parent submissions are recorded as at-home miles, so you do not need a separate track for them.

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