Spring Long Marathon for Kids at Farmington Civic Center

FARMINGTON REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Spring Long Marathon for Kids at Farmington Civic Center

February 24, 2014

The Farmington Recreation Department is excited to offer kids the chance to run a marathon. Kids ages 4-14 will record their training distances on the training logs. On May 31 at 9:00 a.m. participants will complete the 26.2 mile marathon distance at the Farmington Civic Center. Kids ages 4-5 will need to log 25.95 training miles and will complete the remaining 0.25 mile on May 31. Kids ages 6-7 will need to log 25.7 training miles and will complete the remaining 0.5 mile on May 31. Kids ages 8-10 will need to log 25.2 miles and will complete the remaining 1 mile on May 31. Kids ages 11-14 will need to log 24.2 miles and will complete the remaining 2 miles on May 31. Log sheets need to be turned in to the Farmington Civic Center no later than May 28, 2014.

Parents: You can have fun and support your kids by running along, logging, and initialing their training log chart. Log charts can be picked up beginning March 1 at the front desk of the Farmington Civic Center, 2 Black Knight Drive. Everyone who competes will receive a finisher’s medal and a T-shirt. The event will be set up like a real marathon with a large finish line, flags, and race bibs for the kids to wear when they run. The fee to participate is $10.00.

For more information contact Laura McLean at the Farmington Civic Center at 573-756-0900. 

VIA - Farmington Chamber of Commerce