With the Fall National Kick Off a Week Away, we have already surpassed our biggest year of participation in Healthy Kids Running Series with over 35,000 kids registered so far in 2018. This fall is the last season of the first decade of our program. Can you believe it?? We are so excited to add […]
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Article by Ike Richman & Matt Fischer | Presented by Texas Beef Council Tanya Taylor, a member of the Texas Beef Team, a group of beef-loving fitness enthusiasts supported by Beef Loving Texans and 130,000 cattle farmers and ranchers across the Lone Star State, is inspiring young boys and girls in her Belton, TX, community […]
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Article by Ike Richman, Richman Communications Nine months after delivering her second daughter, Katrina Wheeler discovered running as a way to work things out in her head when life got hectic. Running would eventually connect her to her daughters in a way she never expected and one that would ultimately benefit her entire community. “As […]
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I began coordinating for HKRS Marlton in 2014. This fall will be our 10th Series. At that very first Series, I believe that we had 26 runners. Since then, we have grown to over 170, and we continue to grow at an astounding rate! What makes this program so special to me is that my […]
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Written by Jeff Long, President & Founder, Healthy Kids Running Series I attended college at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, PA and while I was there, I competed on the track and field and cross country teams. Some of you may know this, but I would also like to share some of my earlier running […]
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Written by Matt Fischer, Marketing Manager, HKRS When I arrived at Red Tailed Hawk Park, I was a little nervous. I had traveled all the way to Colorado from our offices in Pennsylvania to see the final race of the Aurora, CO Spring Series. The clouds were dark to the West and the South and […]
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For Ellen Tadman, her impact as a community leader goes far beyond the Sundays in April and November when she directs the Chandler, Arizona Healthy Kids Running Series. One of the virtues of our program is that although there is a uniformity to its delivery, each community brings a different identity to their own Series. […]
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The directions that we take in life should always start with this question: what do you believe in? Personally, I believe in physical activity. I believe that kids need to get outside. I believe that healthy kids are ultimately happy kids. I believe that nothing is for free, and I believe that working hard sometimes […]
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Our coordinators do an amazing job of bringing their communities together under the common goal of encouraging healthy lifestyles. But, while wearing a variety of different hats in their day-to-day lives, they have all found their way onto the HKRS team via different paths. Today, we wanted to highlight some of the ways that a […]
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Written by Blog Editor and HKRS Manager Matt Fischer Running is one of the most quantifiable sports there is. Every step can be counted, every mile logged, and every time recorded down to the 100th of a second. With all of these statistics swimming in your head, at times, it can be hard to find […]
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