Girls on the Run® is a life-changing, experiential learning program for girls in grades 3–6. New this year! Sixth graders can be a part of the GOTR experience!!
The program combines training for a 5k (3.1 mile) running event with self-esteem enhancing, uplifting workouts. The goals of the program are to encourage positive emotional, social, mental, and physical development.
The program uses an innovative and fun curriculum designed exclusively for pre-teen girls to address specific life skills through the use of games, warm-ups and workouts.
GOTR meets at MRES every Monday and Thursday from 7:45 to 8:50 am. The Head Coach is Ms. Kristen Luck (a MRES PE teacher). Parent volunteers welcome and encouraged, to help run the sessions. Please contact Ms. Luck at kjluck@fcps.edu if you are interested. The program begins on March 12th and the Spring NOVA GOTR 5k will be held on May 20th.
Online registration for the Spring 2012 Girls on the Run program will begin on February 21 via the official web site, www.gotrnova.org. As in seasons past, there will be an automated lottery for those schools that fill beyond capacity (20 girls).
For program fees and additional registration information go to www.gotrnova.org. If families don’t have Internet access, require special assistance or a Spanish-speaking interpreter, please call the registration number: 1-877-749-8831. Financial Aid qualifiers receive discounted registration fee.
** Parent volunteer coaches needed. Discount on student GOTR registration if parent is an assistant coach or head coach. CPR training or current CPR curtification required. Online training course required – simple and easy to take. This is great fun! No prior experience required! You do not need to be a runner to be a coach. GOTR just values your enthusiasm, spirit and willingness to help out! Thank you. Please contack Kristin Luck kjluck@fcps.edu if you have questions or are interested in coaching. Registration for coaching/assistant volunteers is Jan. 17 – Feb. 17.
Congratulations to the Marshall Road Elementary girls who participated in the 5K. And thanks to MRES GOTR head coach Kristen Luck, and to Katie Wood and Emily Ratzenberger, our MRES assistant coaches! Go Roadrunners!
