Fit-For-Fun
Fitness Opportunity
For Youth Programs and Home Schools

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Fit-For-Fun is Minnesota’s first and largest school-based youth training program.  The program began in 1988 and its vision has always been based on providing elementary aged children with not only the opportunity to develop aerobic endurance, but to educate them as to why it is important to keep themselves fit, strong, and healthy.  This cognitive component is what makes Fit-for-Fun different from most of its contemporaries.  While many races today have children’s events, not many have cognitive, fitness development and race components.

Fit-For-Fun is a perfect fitness/physical education curriculum offering for home schooled children as well as any youth based organization interested in adding an already existing youth fitness training program model to their programs.   It not only addresses the physical education domain, but also crosses into the health education curriculum areas.  It works great for home schooled and youth organizations in that no gym or exercise space is required, just good old fresh air and a safe running path or course.  Another nice feature that is attractive to home schooled children is the planning and support provided.  Someone is always available to help provide practice ideas and training tips.

The Fit-For-Fun Program has an accompanying coach’s curriculum, as well as a parent handbook.  The goal of each is to provide coaches and parents with the knowledge and tools necessary to guide children toward the healthy and well lifestyle so absent today.

The goal and most fun part of the Fit-For-Fun program for  kids is registering and  running in the Get-In-Gear 2K  On Saturday, April 26th.  Fit-For-Fun kids receive a $2 discount on all registrations and scholarships are provided to all children who cannot afford the $13 registration fee.

All coaches receive a free special coach’s gift for bringing a team of runners to the 2K event.

All 2K participants receive a t-shirt, finisher medal and can partake in all post event food and activities.  In addition all Fit-For-Fun kids, whether they run the 2K or not, receive a special training reward.

Fit-For-Fun is celebrating its 21th anniversary on April 26, 2008.  Over the years the Get-In-Gear Fit-For-Fun Youth Running Program has involved over 70 schools and helped nearly 50,000 children achieve higher levels of health and self-esteem.

The Fit-For-Fun youth running program was awarded the 1998 Award of Excellence from the Minnesota Council on Physical Activity and Sports for its outstanding promotion of fitness, wellness and health for Minnesota’s children.

Fit -For-Fun was created in 1988 in response to the burgeoning crisis in youth wellness.  Elementary physical education programs alone cannot provide school-aged children the amount of movement opportunities to appropriately meet the challenges of changing lifestyles for both children and their parents.  The goal of Fit-For-Fun is to treat kids (and their parents) to a fun, educational running experience (including an actual race event, the Get-In-Gear 2K) with the hope of encouraging continued running and racing long after the Fit-For-Fun Program and the Get-In-Gear 2K event are over.

Fit-For-Fun is Minnesota’s first and largest school-based youth training program.  The program’s vision is based on providing elementary aged children with not only the opportunity to develop aerobic endurance, but to educate them as to why it is important to keep themselves fit, strong, and healthy.  This cognitive component is what makes Fit-for-Fun different from most of its contemporaries.  While many races today have children’s events, not many have cognitive, fitness development and race components.

The Fit-For-Fun program has always been a part of the kick-off to the Minnesota running season which traditionally begins with its sister event, the Get in Gear 10K, as “Minnesota’s Annual Rite of Spring.”

We are broadening our goal to reach beyond only the traditional elementary schools and extending our reach to all youth based organizations and home school associations to participate in our excellent and proven model of fitness training.  We invite you to sign up for the Get in Gear Fit-For-Fun youth training program today.

For more information or to get involved, please contact Paul Vogel at 651-702-8220 or pvogel@isd622.org.

Or, call the Get in Gear office at 612-722-9004.

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