Covenant Kids Run

Covenant Kids Run promotes fitness for life

The Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon Kids Run is a fun event for children and allows them the thrill of participating in a big marathon along with mom, dad, other family members and friends.

The Covenant Kids Run is much more than a one-event race. Children walk, jog or exercise an equivalent of 25 miles on their own over the two to three months leading up to the event.

On race day, the children run their last mile together, completing the marathon distance of 26.2 miles at the finish line on the 50-yard-line at Neyland Stadium. Every child who participates is a winner. 

“The Covenant Kids Run is an inclusive activity, and the focus is on completion of a fitness goal and not competition,” says Beth LaFontaine, Covenant Health.   “Each child who completes a log book and runs or walks their last mile at Neyland Stadium is successful.”

LaFontaine says the goal is to promote the good habit of regular exercise at an early age.
 
“Once they begin to exercise regularly, they feel good and they enjoy it. This increases the probability that they will stay active later in life.”

The 2012 Covenant Kids Run will be held next spring.  Check back here in August, 2011 for registration details.