To go around the Richardson ISD district and see so many students participating in Marathon Kids is wonderful!  I see bulletin boards, tennis shoes circling the gym with miles run, charts, rewards...all kinds of motivational techniques to get the kids involved in your wonderful, FREE program.  I have already written the Sept. 20th Kickoff date on my calendar.  Looking forward to it!

Sincerely,

Rick Urbanczyk
Director of Physical Education & Health
Richardson Independent School District  

THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU!!!!!

I am so glad you have brought this program to Houston, our kids are so
excited about it!!!  They loved today, all of them could not stop talking
about it.  We are so lucky to have had the opportunity to do this and I
think this is going to be one of the highlights of their year....until the
final mile!!!!  
 
Thank you once again,
 
Kori Catlin
Garden Oaks Elementary
Physical Education Teacher 

My children will be very excited to receive their medals.  To see that hard
work pays off is priceless and a lesson that we try to live in our
household.  Who knows, maybe sometime in the near future we will get a
chance to participate in Raleigh.  Once I get settled in, I wouldn't mind
receiving info on getting an event started in the area.

My sincere thanks again to you and the Marathon Kids team.

Regards,
Monica Pigues

 I wanted to e-mail you and tell you about the positive impact that Marathon Kids has had in my son, Zackary's, life.

He participated today in the Final Mile celebration in Baltimore. This was a very special day that touched our group in a special way. My son attends a school for special needs children. He is autistic and has a difficult time participating in a group. Needless to say, he is not physically active. He eats well but is on a lot of medications that cause weight gain. Today, we got to witness our son and his classmates taking pride in their goal to run the last mile. Despite all the potential sensory detterants our children completed the last mile. I know this brought tears to my eyes as well as his teachers.

Thank You,
Michelle Rikon

At Sandy Plains, we developed Marathon Kids into an after school club.  I thought it would be fun and motivating for the students to complete their miles together.  Once a week after school, 122 children ages 6-12 would get together and run 1 1/2 miles around the school grounds.  They would check in with a teacher at a different location point depending upon their grade level.  After completing each mile, the children received a “runner” to add to their necklace.  So after attending the medal celebration at Towson, we gave the final runner to our kids.  
 
The necklaces worked as a great motivator and all of the children wore them every day to school.  
 
Thanks again for such as inspiring and motivational program.  Sandy Plains will definitely be on board next year to complete 26.2 miles as a group.  Please let me know if you have any other questions.  Thank you for your time.
 
Rachael Grob
Sandy Plains Elementary
Baltimore, Md
Physical Education