Making sport fun is the key to keeping kids active. That’s the drive behind the Comox Valley Road Runners' Run4Fun Junior Running Development Program that kicks off this coming Monday, March 28, at the Vanier track.
Run4Fun is a fun-based program that gets kids between eight and 14 years outside and doing running based activities for an hour a week for eight weeks. This is the fourth year of the program and organizers say it’s been a great success.
“Adults go out and run for a number of reasons,” says program director Robyn Dicesare, “but kids, they just want to be with their friends and have fun, and that’s the goal of our program, to have fun."
The sessions include brief talks by experts on good eating and how not to get hurt and are held at several cool running locations throughout the Comox Valley. One of the sessions even ends at a Booster Juice for a well-deserved treat that comes with info on the importance of health choices.
You can register your child at Extreme Runners on Fifth Street, at the CRA at Lewis Park or show up at the Vanier track just before 5 p.m. on March 28. Cost is $25 and includes a T-shirt, water bottle and a Run4Fun training log. The program is organized by the CVRR and sponsored by Re/Max Ocean Pacific Realty who donated $300 to Run4Fun in support of youth sport. The program is also sponsored by Extreme Runners and Swag Promotional Ltd.
Check out www.CVRR.ca or contact Dicesare directly at robyndicesare@gmail.com.
– Comox Valley Road Runners