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Cardiovascular Benefits Of Daily Exercise In School Children Are Evident Even After One Year
ScienceDaily (2009-05-10) -- School children as young as 11 can benefit from a daily exercise program in reducing their levels of several known risk factors for cardiovascular disease. An ongoing study, which began four years ago in the German city of Leipzig, shows already that children assigned to daily exercise lessons reduced their overall prevalence of obesity, improved their exercise capacity, increased their levels of HDL-cholesterol, and reduced their systolic blood pressure. ... read full article

As our summer begins, many of our schools are already off and running on Monday. Our year-round schools have my utmost respect. These teachers and administrators ended their 2008-09 school year on June 26th and in one week, completely reset and restart their new year! Talk about a whirlwind!

The article above shows us how in just one year, our children can improve their overall health. We knew this already, though. Our 100 Mile Club Kids are happy, healthy, focused, and fit! Let's keep moving!

If you are just getting started, or thinking of joining The 100 Mile Club "movement", check us out at www.100mileclub.com. We are here and ready for you.

The 100 Mile Club® is simple to set up and begin. You should be ready to “hit the ground running” the first day of school, or as soon as possible once school begins. Here are some guidelines to get you going. The following ideas, concepts, and procedures are extremely helpful and will make 100 Mile Club® run smoothly and positively.

Are you wondering how we think, and what we're about? Read on...

First... Accept the Challenge. There is a philosophical mindset that must be adopted and understood before beginning The 100 Mile Club®. For some, this is the hardest part.

Our philosophy is simple. We believe that every single student has the ability to achieve true personal success and a new level of physical fitness by Accepting the Challenge of running (or walking) 100 Miles at school during a single school year. These feelings of true personal success and fitness are ones that will carry a student to new levels of achievement in all areas: academics, athletics, and implementation of the valuable life skills identified in the bricks of Coach Wooden’s Pyramid of Success.

The 100 Mile Club® is a personal journey toward a very personal goal.

It is not a race with anyone but yourself.

We NEVER compare students. ever.

We never race or compete between classes or students to see who makes 100 miles “first”.
100 Mile Club® is not an external competition. The competition is with your biggest rival: yourself.

We celebrate all personal successes at the end of the school year. 100 miles or not, we award students together, celebrate together, and never separate out those that make 100 miles from those that do not.

The personal successes students feel while on the100 Mile Club® journey are unquantifiable but ever-present. We celebrate those most of all.

100 Mile Club® encourages team spirit by asking students to work together to help one another reach their goals. Often, we see the more athletic students encouraging and mentoring those that might need that little extra boost…it is wonderful to see students cheer for each other or run together to just make it one more lap.

100 Mile Club® does not publicly (e.g.-website, school announcements, etc…) identify or announce students who hit 100 miles until the end of the year awards presentation. Some students make 100 miles by mid-January…Each site has fun ways of celebrating their participants' personal successes and lets these individuals savor the inner rewards that come from humility, poise, confidence and friendship as they help others reach their goals, too. We ask that these students reach inside themselves and set new personal goals in order to reach their true level of competitive greatness.

The 100 Mile Club® is an individualized physical fitness program. Students will have the opportunity to exercise their bodies through stretching and running (or walking) activities as they move closer and closer to 100 miles and their very own gold medal. Please strike a careful balance between encouraging students to do THEIR best, honoring individual differences, and challenging students to reach to a new level of greatness.

The 100 Mile Club® is a life skills program. Through the personal experience of running (or walking) 100 miles at school, each student is given unique situations in which to truly experience each and every one of the life skills outlined in The Pyramid of Success.

Make sure you know your students. Some may have medical conditions of which you may not be aware, some may need to see their doctor before beginning a program such as this.

The 100 Mile Club® is uncomplicated, yet profound. We believe strongly that each and every student who Accepts the Challenge of running (or walking) 100 miles at school during a single school year will discover a phenomenal new part of themselves…the part that thrives on team spirit, hard work, determination and enthusiasm.

Once a child gets a taste of the deep and powerful intrinsic rewards of true, TRUE personal success, he or she will seek that feeling again and again…at school, at home, and in life. It's amazing.

Jogging is very beneficial. It's good for your legs and your feet. It's also very good for the ground.

It makes it feel needed. ~Charles Schulz, Peanuts

PENNY VOTE RESULTS

Just five minutes a day of sustained physical activity each day can prevent obesity in kids.

So, what's our new tee shirt color?? Remember, every year ALL 100 Mile Club schools and groups have the same color shirt. We do this for very specific reasons...

READ ABOUT IT HERE.

What started as a simple way to cast a few votes and have a little fun picking our next tee shirt color quickly evolved into a massive Penny Vote Tour. As with most things 100 Mile Club-related, what started as a fun and silly idea, backed up with with lots of passion and energy ended up HUGE and taking over everything!! This was true once again with The Penny Vote.

Jared Walker, a former 100 Mile Club participant and very busy IB student at a local middle school, volunteered to lead the charge. It was a great service project for him! Jared set up a booth at Walk for Kids 2009 and collected pennies in these cool vortex-topped water bottles:

The vortexes were all Jared's idea, and were soooooo cool!!

Color choices for 09-10 were as follows:

• Steel gray with white.


• True Red with navy.


• Forest Green with cream.

The kids (and adults!) had a ball watching the pennies, nickles, dimes, quarters, and even dollars go round and round and plop in to the color of their choice. klink! klink! klinklink! The coins kept coming!

So much was being collected that we decided to donate it to a local charity...The Circle of Hope Family Shelter was chosen to receive 100% of the proceeds from 100 Mile Club's 2009-10 Penny Vote. I don't even know if they know that yet. Do they know? I guess at the very least they will be pleasantly surprised. :)

These funny-looking (but fun!) containers travelled all over Southern California, and kids, parents, and friends all cast their votes with spare change. All the while, our collection boxes were getting heavier and heavier. Yay!!

The Vote ended on Friday, June 12. Our intention was to hand count the coins...the reality is that we ended up a the local market, standing in front of the Coinstar for a reaaaalllly long time. We had to pay a little percentage. OK. A big percentage. But we got it done.

Are you ready?? After all was said and done, the results are:

• Steel Gray with White: $51.70


• Green with Cream: $67.12


• Red with Navy: $110.65

TOTAL COLLECTED: $229.47 WOW! (This was mostly pennies, by the way.)

So, our new 100 Mile Club® tee shirt color for 2009-10 is:

RED WITH NAVY!

And the best part is that we got to cast our votes while giving back to our community...Thank you to everyone who voted this year! This just goes to show you that if everyone gives just a little, we can make a BIG difference.

Great job, everyone. I think next year this will be even bigger! We will involve more schools and have an online donation platform, as well!

IT'S ALMOST TOO SIMPLE: Fit Kids Do Better in School

Fit Kids Get Better Grades

By Michael O'Shea

Publication Date: 01/11/2009 PARADE MAGAZINE

As childhood obesity rates soar and kids spend more time sitting in front of their computers than playing outdoors, diabetes and other weight-related illnesses are on the rise. But physical health isn’t the only thing at stake. According to a study by the California Department of Education, kids’ fitness levels also may affect their performance in school. The study found that increased amounts of physical fitness translated into higher academic achievement at each of the three grade levels measured. The benefits were most evident in math scores. And girls, particularly those at higher fitness levels, demonstrated greater achievement than boys. Another study, published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, also found that increased physical activity had a positive effect on academic performance. Previous research has led doctors to surmise that exercise may encourage new brain-cell growth. A workout for your body also is a workout for your mind. Help kids get in shape, and they may bring home higher test scores and better grades.

The Research Is In! Fit Kids Perform Better

This 100 Mile Club student has a personal goal of running 100 miles each trimester.

Here he is with his first 100 miles and a BIG smile! So far, he's right on track!

Life is wild! I have so many blog posts in the hopper, but for now, I simply want to link you to two fabulous studies we found. Both were published in 2009 and tout daily physical activity in school. YAY!

What a month!

Take a look at this!

Physical Activity May Strengthen Children's Ability To Pay Attention
ScienceDaily (2009-04-01) -- Physical activity may increase students' cognitive control -- or ability to pay attention -- and also result in better performance on academic achievement tests, according to research led by a kinesiology and community health expert. ... > read full article

Physically Fit Kids Do Better In School

ScienceDaily (2009-01-30) -- A new study found that physically fit kids scored better on standardized math and English tests than their less fit peers. ... > read full article

What we'll do is link you to an article here and there before my blog posts. Keeping up on research and having fun!! That's what it's all about!

Local Tracks: Dedicated to Coach O'Neil :)

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

May 2009 bring you health, happiness, and miles!

Many of our 100 Mile Club® schools have asked about the different types of tracks I've seen while I'm out and about.

Then, I promised Coach O'Neil (Hi Monica...sorry it took me so long) a very long time ago that I would take pictures of some of the paths and tracks we have around the Corona-Norco area. I am sure that there are others out there, but I took pictures of a few that were designed differently from one another.

At first, I was just going to email the pictures to a few coaches, but I thought others might be interested, too. Sooooo, here they are. Welcome to Track Tour '09!!

The first one is at McKinley Elementary. This track is really low profile, but stays dry almost year-round. With the exception of a few puddles that disappear within hours (without any squishy mud left over), this track serves us perfectly. It is in use almost every hour of the day.

The entrance to the McKinley track.

Notice that this track is only 3-sided. The kids run on the blacktop and hop back on the track when they enter the grass area. It works for us.

Coming around the South end of McKinley's track.

This side stays shaded most of the day...it's right up against the fence so they only had to "do" one side on this part.

A close-up of the border and footing.

The bordering of this track is simply some sort of treated wood. The footing is decomposed granite. They dug downabout 4 or so inches all around and a load of DG was put in and rolled down. After the first rain and a few months more DG was added.

Next, Lee V. Pollard High School has a marvelous walking path. It meanders around and is landscaped so beautifully that it almost beckons you to get out and move! Like a little oasis at school. Look closely and you can see lights framing the entire path...

There are little outlet spots all around the path. I imagine people taking little chat breaks in there, maybe a picnic bench nestled in for lunch or break time, or maybe just stopping to tie shoes (goodness knows wee need shoe-tying spots!). They're like those pull out places when you drive up a mountain and you want to let people pass you. :)

Their border is some sort of aluminum...very thin but quite effective, and the path is filled with decomposed granite.

Finally, the site of our 2009 WALK FOR KIDS, Cesar Chavez Elementary School. We are all envious of this track!

It's a perfect 1/5 mile loop, about twice as wide as our other 2 paths, and is perfecctly flat. Spectacular!!

Their border is concrete on both edges and the track is, again, filled with decomposed granite.

Here is Chavez's track all decked out with 2008 Walk for Kids participants! This picture also helps to show how wide this track is...wow, huh?

Hopefully these tracks and paths will get your minds moving. If you have any good track/path pictures, send them over and we'll post them here, too.

No matter where you are, where you walk, or how you get those miles in, the important thing is to keep moving, do your best, and keep your goals in mind always.

As always, thank you for Accepting the Challenge, and we'll see you at Walk for Kids 2009 on March 14th!

Sometimes it Just Takes a Friend

How many times do we get to know exactly what our children are thinking, how they feel, what makes them tick??

On the day of 100 Mile Club Medal Ceremonies last June at McKinley Elementary School in Corona, CA, it was quietly and subtly mentioned that SOMEONE IN THE ROOM broke the secret 100 Mile Club record of 221 miles.

No names were mentioned, we just stated that the Magic Number (aka 221 miles) was passed by someone.


Two kids shattered the secret record last June. Doesn't matter who they are. They know who they are, and the pride they feel is no match for a trophy or plaque or extra medal.

Read on and you might figure out who they are, too.

So. Why is a name never officially associated with the most miles completed within a chapter? Well, remember...according to our Mission and Philosophy:

• The 100 Mile Club is a personal journey toward a very personal goal.


• It is not a race with anyone but yourself.


• We NEVER compare students.


• We never race or compete between classes or students to see who makes 100 miles “first”.


• 100 Mile Club is not an external competition. The competition is with your biggest rival: Yourself.


• The personal successes students feel while on the 100 Mile Club journey are unquantifiable but ever-present. We celebrate those most of all.


• 100 Mile Club encourages team spirit by asking students to work together to help one another reach their goals. Often, we see the more athletic students encouraging and mentoring those that might need that little extra boost…it is wonderful to see students cheer for each other or run together to just make it one more lap.
  

The friends pictured below worked side by side to meet and exceed their own personal goals. Sure there was a healthy dose of competition. It's what drives us all.

And they all made it.

And they did it together. One mile at a time.

And at the end of the year, they celebrated together.

Each one of these students felt responsible not only for their own success but for the success of their classmates.

Their teammates.

Their friends.

Chad (center), and Celia (front) forged a unique partnership and friendship over the course of the year. Their classmates (surrounding them) were right there, mile after mile after mile. Truly an inspiration.

Trust me when I say that I am no easy sell on whether my 100 Mile Club kids truly internalize and display the lifeskills we ask for during the year. I ask a lot. My expectations are WAY high.

These kids truly lived every block of Coach Wooden's Pyramid of Success. That is no easy task.

Industriousness, Enthusiasm, Friendship, Loyalty, Cooperation...all the way up to Poise and Confidence and even achieveing Coach's Definition of Success: Being at your best when your best is needed and enjoying a difficult challenge.

They did it.

It is rare that we get to hear the true and unedited thoughts of one of our 100 Mile Club participants.

This entry is from one of the students in this class, Mr. Chad Mackie:

The 100 Mile Club Champion

by Chad Mackie, 2008

“GO! GO! GO!” My class shouted to me as I finished my last lap of the school year. My entire class was cheering me on, but not always. I would like to talk about how I ran 242 miles during my 5th grade year with the help of my friend Celia Halpin. Celia was always there cheering me on, teaching me that a good trusted friend is the biggest necessity of all.

The 100 Mile Club is a program that lets students run during the school day and kids try to reach 100 miles by the end of the year. In fourth grade our class would always watch the other sixth grade classes go out and run around the field. We wanted to run, and why we couldn’t, I didn’t know. Three fourths into the year our teacher let us start running. By the end of the year, I only reached 28 miles, because I chose to walk the laps instead of run.

But in fifth grade, well, that is a whole different and much better story.

My fifth grade year we got an awesome teacher. She was a very big 100 Mile Club fan and let us run every day for 9-10 minutes and for some reason I decided to run. But when I say run, I mean run, full on run. I would run with Celia, side by side, lap by lap. Only an injury would keep me from running with Celia.

One kid was a really fast runner and he was about 4 miles ahead of me. But I wanted to have more miles than everyone, not to brag at the end of the year, but to have a big goal and try to achieve it. I also went to the Walk for Health, which gave me only an extra three miles.

We began to notice, but our teacher finally told us, she was pregnant! This meant no teacher. It also meant a permanent sub. Luckily, the sub was awesome too, she let us run for 13 minutes every day! I was running more than two miles every day. So was Celia.

Believe it or not there was still another problem. That kid was still ahead of me.

Half of the year went by and I reached 100 miles. When I had about one hundred and fifty miles there was a fundraiser, The Walk for Kids. I could run for four hours. This would be awesome! I could catch up to the kid that was ahead of me, or even pass him! I was late to the fund raiser which embarrassed me. I was behind all of the other kids and knew I had to run my heart out to catch up. Thank goodness, the kid that had 4 more miles than me had a baseball game and was not there. Eventually, after running 10 miles I decided to stop. But when I heard they were doubling your laps, of course I was back on the track. By the end of the day I ran 13 miles. I was definitely ahead of the kid who now was 9 miles behind me.

Back at school, Celia and I kept running. When I reached 200 miles I thought “I have to stop running. I am torn down, I am tired, and I cannot keep this up with this pace.’’ I only had 3 weeks until the cutoffs so I started to walk. But then I heard that the school record was 222 miles.

I thought, “Well I am probably never going to get this close to the record again, my name could go down in history, I only have to run 23 miles in three weeks. Wait, what am I thinking? Hello, earth to Chad! That means at least 23 miles in 3 weeks. It’s impossible!”

Celia thought I could.

She did the calculations and was sure I could accomplish my goal. Her positive words inspired me to continue running. She pushed me when I was tired and encouraged me to give it my all. When we were running together we didn’t talk. Yet Celia’s loyalty and encouragement were obvious to me. She ran by my side every day.

As the cut off was growing nearer I was getting more miles. I was running so hard that by the end of the day I felt like I was going to die. My muscles ached and my lungs burned. But I kept running, with Celia by my side.

The moment I reached the last lap of the two hundred and twenty-third mile, I was overjoyed. I could not believe I had actually done it. I broke the school record. But that still wasn’t enough. I decided I needed to beat the school record by a lot more than one mile if I wanted to be remembered. So I still kept running side by side, lap by lap with Celia. By the end of the year I reached 242 miles!

I was a school champ, only because of Celia.

To sum it up, that year was great. A runner’s dream, my dream, came true that year. I ended up having a five minute fifty two second mile, and I made the track team because of Celia’s support. Not only did this experience show me that a friend could help me run two hundred and forty-two miles, but that a friend can encourage you to do things that have a positive effect instead of a negative effect.

Everyone needs a friend that can be a positive influence, help you through tough times, help you to make correct choices and cheer you on in your journey.

Sometimes it just takes a friend to make it through the race of life successfully.

(Not) The End

Using What You Have: Taking 100 Mile Club to Families and the Community

The Longfellow HEARTS 100 Mile Club® chapter in Riverside, California, led by superstar Coach Shayna Golbaf, is reaching out to its families and community members by using its assets...in this case, a stunning mountain located smack dab in the middle of town.

Read on to see how the 100 Mile Club kids, families, and teachers earned miles (and SO much more) on a beautiful Saturday morning in December...

Integrating 100 Mile Club with Families and our Community

by Shayna Golbaf, 100 Mile Club Head Coach

Longfellow Elementary H.E.A.R.T.S.

How can you bring families and the community together through 100 Mile Club? Many of us witness the success of 100 Mile Club in our school, but how do we take it to the next level?

If the community wouldn’t come to us, then we would take it to them through an experiment labeled Family Fieldtrips!

Part of the goal of 100 Mile Club is to promote a healthy lifestyle and give students an attainable goal outside of regular academics. My goal for Family Fieldtrips was to promote a healthy lifestyle through a free activity that could be done while bonding as a family and community. Luckily, Riverside has just the spot to incorporate all these things:

Mount Rubidoux.

With Thanksgiving and Christmas breaks approaching, I knew that students would have less time to run toward their 100 miles. Therefore, I planned our first Family Fieldtrip for the first Saturday in December. Excited about this new idea, I quickly made flyers and began promoting.

It quickly came to my attention that December 6th was not only an important day for us, but many others. It was the day Catholics in Riverside honored the Virgin of Guadalupe with a pilgrimage to the top of Mount Rubidoux.

Just my luck! The one day of the year that I chose to begin our Family Fieldtrip was the same day that literally thousands of others would be joining us for our three-mile hike up Mount Rubidoux! I was apprehensive and considered changing our fieldtrip to a later date, but decided against it. I truly did not understand the size of the celebration we would soon encounter.

The day had come and I was open-minded as I attempted to project the success of my experimental fieldtrip. As I began to climb to our meeting spot, I second-guessed myself as my eyes greeted the crowded paths on the mountain. Through the stream of people I recognized two eager students who were 40 minutes early for our endeavor. As time began to pass, more students immerged amongst the worshipers. George Flower, a community member from Friends of Mount Rubidoux, presented students with buttons and Kara Lubin, founder of The 100 Mile Club, motivated students for the climb.

The sound of drums filled our ears, and one parent advised that we start our hike before the procession arrived. “It hasn’t even started?!” I thought in a panic as I pictured the groups who had already passed us. Quickly we broke off into two groups and began our journey up the mountain. We were surrounded by other community members with thousands more on our trail.
Reaching the top and not to resist any photo opportunities, we stalled at the summit while our barricade quickly closed in.

Without realization or intention we just became part of the parade!

Our family fieldtrip had morphed into a cultural plunge for all of us. Our eyes were opened to a sacred ceremony filled with passionate singing, dancing, music, and praying. Southern and Central American countries raised their flags high, and our students, by pure dumb luck, were right in the front row.

Needless to say, we earned our miles, but we also gained so much more. I couldn’t have planned it better, and no other Family Fieldtrip will ever come close to the experiences we gained that day.

As we walked down the mountain and away from the ceremony, parents and students reflected on all the subjects touched on during this event. Physical fitness was the obvious, but social studies and geography were also mentioned. Geology was touched on using the multitude of different rocks. Sociology was referred to by one parent due to the different cultures represented.

My personal favorite was when one student proclaimed, “and we bonded together!” Families, students, and parents all found a commonality through tackling the mountain. We planned another hike for the following week, this time with a picnic at the top.

The 100 Mile Club® is more than running. It is about bringing people together through passion, motivation, encouragement, and community.

All of this and so much more was discovered and accomplished as we ventured out and introduced the 100 Mile Club® to our community.

Welcome, Riverside!! We are humbled and honored to have you with us. Welcome to The 100 Mile Club!

:)

100 Mile Club: Vail Ranch Middle School Represents!!

The 100 Mile Club is committed to celebrating personal success in all forms, and Vail Ranch Middle School in Temecula, California has taken The 100 Mile Club mission and philosophy to a new level.

In an inspired twist on cross-country team competition, Steve White, 100 Mile Club Head Coach at Vail Ranch, forms his teams in a unique way---he takes whoever wants to go. If you get your permission slip signed, you run.

No matter what.

When Mr. White came to us and said that after all his years of coaching, he wanted to coach a team that would be all inclusive, we knew he was a perfect fit.

200+ kids later, his team is running strong.

No tryouts. No time trials. No cuts.

Read his update below:

Vail Ranch Middle School Represents 100 Mile Club

by Coach White, Vail Ranch Middle School

Temecula, CA

Thanks for the 100 Mile Club Program-It Works!!!

In only their first year of competition, Vail Ranch Middle School in Temecula, showed it's depth by taking 80 athletes and winning back to back invitationals in Menifee and Hemet. In two meets this year, Vail Ranch raced to three overall team titles, four division championships and two runner-up awards, and countless medals in their first year of competition.



Our schools success can be contributed to the 100 Mile Club which provides the possibility for all students to succeed. Students get the chance accomplish individual and group goals. In my 20+ years of coaching, I've never seen a program that brings so many students together.

Presently, VRMS 100 Mile Club has 218 members and 45-50 of those run in the morning on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Thanks for making my job so enjoyable, just seeing the students smile and show so much commitment to exercise.

Can't Thank You Enough!

Steve White
Vail Ranch Middle School-Temecula

P.S. I think some of the students sleep in their shirts-they are so proud of their accomplishment.

This is what it's all about. Thanks for the update, Coach White. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. Enjoy your weekend. :)

~Ms. Lubin

SBA Completes its First Fun Run

Recently I had the distinct honor of attending one of our 100 Mile Club chapter Family Fun Runs.

Susan B. Anthony Elementary School ran and walked literally hundreds of miles in just one evening! SBA is one of our first-year chapters. They hosted their very first Family Fun Run on a beautiful Autumn evening. Take a look at the spectacular runners, walkers, and coaches out there encouraging fitness and celebrating this lovely evening! This school has hit the ground running (pun tooootally intended), and their first family night was a screaming success.

Kids, moms, dads, grandparents, and even a couple of doggies circled their field for hours, collecting miles lap by lap. The sun began to drop below the horizon, and still they ran... Some even enjoyed completing a little art project as they walked. Below, the precise pink and green checkerboard pattern grew as the night went on.

Darkness fell, but that didn't stop the determined ones: Out came the flashlights! And the glowsticks!! And glowsticks hooked together to make jumpropes! And lanterns! And even a dad who skateboarded across the blacktop standing on his hands! I was impressed! The kids wouldn't stop!

We heard this more times than we could count: Just one more lap, Mom. I'm almost done. PLEASE!

The kids had goals to meet, miles to run, sticks to earn. I couldn't help but smile.

At the end of the evening, the fabulous SBA Head Coaches gathered lap sticks and tallied miles with precision, patience, and enthusiasm. (Did I mention patience?) Their kids were serious about getting those miles counted! (I loved it!! )

What an evening. Thank you SBA for inviting me to your very first Family Fun Run. I was humbled by your enthusiasm and hard work, and was honored to have been able to attend. I know your families loved it, too. :) Great GREAT job!!

(OH HEY! Who won the hoodie? What about the hat??)

Family Fitness!

Isn't this cute?! ? I stumbled upon this website a week or so ago and was completely charmed with its enthusiasm for kids and their families. As I browsed around, I decided that my 100 Mile ClubTM families could really benefit from the recipies, games, and activities located throughout the website.

Shortly after my journey through Family Fitness Coach.com, I did what I always love to do...I clicked the CONTACT US page, and went straight to the source. I wanted to see if the person behind the site was as much of a match for us as I thought she might be. I then had the honor of meeting and chatting with the Family Fitness Coach herself: Tracy Glenn, a parent and family health advocate just like us. What a delightful conversation we had! We talked about 100 Mile Club, her vision for kids and their families, and how we might work together.


Turns out she is in Wisconsin...down south in the Milwakee area. We do have a school up in Superior, sooooo I'm hoping they can come together some time and help their families stay happy and fit throughout the year. For now, though, we have sent her some literature and information about beginning a Family Fitness Coach 100 Mile Club Chapter right there in The Badger State.

...or The Dairy State, a more fitting name according to more than one source...even their license plates say America's Dairyland. Did you know that Wisconsin means "grassy place" in the Chippewa language?


Anyway. I digress. (See what happens when I start Googling??)


Back to Tracy and her spectacular vision for families:

FamilyFitnessCoach.com has recipes, games, and family activities for all families, links to sites for even more recipes and games, local fun runs and festivals, and now a link to 100 Mile Club, too!! Take a look, and look for more partnerships with 100 MIle Club and Family Fitness Coach in the coming months! WOOHOO!