Saturday, October 2nd 10:00am
Meadows Elementary
201 SW Clay
Free!
Warm-ups to Jazzercise!
Great music at the start/finish!
1/2 mile, 1 or 2 mile Walk/Run
Pancake feed following race
Ages 0-4 free
Ages 5-12 $3
Ages 13+ $4
Last year was a blast, hope to see you at our event this year!
Monday, August 30, 2010
Fall Run Club Schedule
Kindergartens - 1st grade
Wednesdays Beginning September 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th, October 6th
2nd grade - 5th grade
Mondays and Thursdays Beginning Thursday, September 9th, 13th, 16th, 20th, 23rd, 30th, October 4th, 7th, 11th, 14th
Running, games, sports, fitness drills, nutrition!
We look forward to a fun fall run club - thanks to our run club members and our many awesome volunteers - thank you for your time, effort and mentoring of our run club members!
Wednesdays Beginning September 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th, October 6th
2nd grade - 5th grade
Mondays and Thursdays Beginning Thursday, September 9th, 13th, 16th, 20th, 23rd, 30th, October 4th, 7th, 11th, 14th
Running, games, sports, fitness drills, nutrition!
We look forward to a fun fall run club - thanks to our run club members and our many awesome volunteers - thank you for your time, effort and mentoring of our run club members!
Monday, April 26, 2010
Fit Family Meal on May 4th at 5:30 PM at Meadows Multi-Purpose room. Free! Naked burrito style with chicken or beef and all the toppings! We will celebrate and recognize our runners!
MILES RUN SO FAR AT RUN CLUB SPRING 2010 as of 4/22
18 – Kindergarten – 22.7 miles (average 1.3 miles per runner)
14-1st grade girls – 39 miles (average per runner 2.8 miles)
15-1st grade boys – 48 miles (average per runner 3.2 miles)
18-2nd grade – 125.5 miles (average per runner 6.97 miles)
25-3rd grade – 106 miles (average per runner 4.24 miles)
18-4th and 5th grade boys – 142.8 miles (average per runner 7.9 miles)
24-4th and 5th grade girls – 171.2 miles (average per runner 7.1 miles)
MILES RUN SO FAR AT RUN CLUB SPRING 2010 as of 4/22
18 – Kindergarten – 22.7 miles (average 1.3 miles per runner)
14-1st grade girls – 39 miles (average per runner 2.8 miles)
15-1st grade boys – 48 miles (average per runner 3.2 miles)
18-2nd grade – 125.5 miles (average per runner 6.97 miles)
25-3rd grade – 106 miles (average per runner 4.24 miles)
18-4th and 5th grade boys – 142.8 miles (average per runner 7.9 miles)
24-4th and 5th grade girls – 171.2 miles (average per runner 7.1 miles)
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Activities and Nutrition For Week of March 29th
What a great week for running! We took advantage of the warmer weather with lots running and other outdoor exercises. With our 3rd, 4th and 5th grade we encouraged the kids to keep track of their laps while running or walking. To help them keep count we handed each of them a rubberband to put around their wrist each time they ran a lap. Our 1st and 2nd graders did a great job in obstacle course drills and running or walking around the track.
We had a fun first kindergarten run club this Wednesday - they were all ready to go! We did obstacle course drills and walked or ran around the track at least 3 times!
Thanks kids for being good listeners.
Please remind your child to remember run club days: Tuesdays and Thursdays
Kindergarten - Wednesdays only.
We have many wonderful volunteers helping us each run club day. And, the children need to remember the rules are the same as when in school. So we ask them to please listen and respect their group leaders and our other helpers.
NUTRITION:
We learned about sugar and other sweeteners. Specifically, we learned about how sugar is processed from the sugar cane and the nutrients that are removed in the conventional process method which make white sugar and molasses as a by product. All or most of the nutrients goes into the molasses and any remaining nutrients left in the "white" sugar are removed - making regular white sugar an anti-nutrient! SO, it's important to limit sugar to very small amounts.
Lable reading - we will cover this more later in run club, but we talked about other sugars found in ingredient labels: Brown Sugar, High Fructose Corn Syrup, corn syrup, sugar, aspartame, sucralose (or splenda). We talked shere we find them and limiting ALL of these ingredients.
We sampled Agave Nectar and Raw Honey both a better for you sweetener that are great on cereals, pancakes, toast or in baked goods.
Great job!
We had a fun first kindergarten run club this Wednesday - they were all ready to go! We did obstacle course drills and walked or ran around the track at least 3 times!
Thanks kids for being good listeners.
Please remind your child to remember run club days: Tuesdays and Thursdays
Kindergarten - Wednesdays only.
We have many wonderful volunteers helping us each run club day. And, the children need to remember the rules are the same as when in school. So we ask them to please listen and respect their group leaders and our other helpers.
NUTRITION:
We learned about sugar and other sweeteners. Specifically, we learned about how sugar is processed from the sugar cane and the nutrients that are removed in the conventional process method which make white sugar and molasses as a by product. All or most of the nutrients goes into the molasses and any remaining nutrients left in the "white" sugar are removed - making regular white sugar an anti-nutrient! SO, it's important to limit sugar to very small amounts.
Lable reading - we will cover this more later in run club, but we talked about other sugars found in ingredient labels: Brown Sugar, High Fructose Corn Syrup, corn syrup, sugar, aspartame, sucralose (or splenda). We talked shere we find them and limiting ALL of these ingredients.
We sampled Agave Nectar and Raw Honey both a better for you sweetener that are great on cereals, pancakes, toast or in baked goods.
Great job!
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Nutrition Talks for Week of March 22nd
This week we talked about the importance of water for our health and we need to drink more of it to stay hydrated: help us stay alert and focused! We also learned that water content is high in fresh vegetbles and fruits. We sampled fresh snap peas and dehydrated snap peas. The kids like them so well that there have been many requests for the dehydrated snap peas of which can be found at our local natural food co-op at 4th and Washburn.
We discussed many different local restaurant menus and how we can make good choices when we eat out with our family. We picked out good choices on their menus and some "poor" choices. The kids really enjoyed these discussions and
We discussed many different local restaurant menus and how we can make good choices when we eat out with our family. We picked out good choices on their menus and some "poor" choices. The kids really enjoyed these discussions and
Monday, March 22, 2010
Spring is here! Now is the time to get out and enjoy the sun and the warmer weather with your family and friends! Hike, Swim, Bike and Run
The Spring session of Run Club at Meadows Elementary has begun!
Tips for Healthier Lifestyle Choices for your Family
1. Exercise for an hour each day
2. Eat more fruits and veggies
3. Choose whole grains and vary your grains: brown rice, whole wheat, quinoa, millet, oat,
barley etc…
4. Drink more water and less soda!
5. Eat lean protein
6. Get your fat from healthy oils: fish, almond, olive, coconut
7. Watch your portion sizes
8. Start your day with a GOOD breakfast!
9. It’s OKAY to say “No, thank you” to unhealthy treats.
10. Keep a journal or activity and eating log.
Local places to get out for a hike, bike or walk/run:
Lake Perry State Park: many groomed trails to enjoy
Govener's Mansion: paved, rock and dirt trails
Illiff Commons: Beautiful, wood chip, and grass groomed trails www.doctoriliff.com
Clinton State Park
Topeka High Track (4 times around = 1 mile)
Meadows Elementary Track (7 times around=1 mile)
The Spring session of Run Club at Meadows Elementary has begun!
Tips for Healthier Lifestyle Choices for your Family
1. Exercise for an hour each day
2. Eat more fruits and veggies
3. Choose whole grains and vary your grains: brown rice, whole wheat, quinoa, millet, oat,
barley etc…
4. Drink more water and less soda!
5. Eat lean protein
6. Get your fat from healthy oils: fish, almond, olive, coconut
7. Watch your portion sizes
8. Start your day with a GOOD breakfast!
9. It’s OKAY to say “No, thank you” to unhealthy treats.
10. Keep a journal or activity and eating log.
Local places to get out for a hike, bike or walk/run:
Lake Perry State Park: many groomed trails to enjoy
Govener's Mansion: paved, rock and dirt trails
Illiff Commons: Beautiful, wood chip, and grass groomed trails www.doctoriliff.com
Clinton State Park
Topeka High Track (4 times around = 1 mile)
Meadows Elementary Track (7 times around=1 mile)
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
2010 Spring Meadows Run Club
Hello Meadows Run Club Parents!
We thank you for your child’s participation in the Meadows Run Club Spring 2010! We look forward to this Spring's club as we have more fun in store for the kids! We are grateful to have many parents and teachers helping us with the run club and without them we could not be so successful.
Each run club day we have the children participate in different running activities, some days we focus on longer distance running (appropriate per age group) and other we do shorter distance/speed work - we rotate the kids to 3 different stations each day. One other focus is a special “sport” of the day such as soccer, football agility drills, basketball drills, obstacle course and more.
Our Kindergarteners have their own run club day this Spring. We want to focus on our youngest run club group by giving them a Wednesday only run club day. Let us know how it goes!
Nutrition schedule is as follows...lots of new topics will be covered!
Tuesday #1 Importance of Water review
Thursday #2 Eating Out: Menu Reviews
Tuesday #3 Sugar and High Fructose Corn Syrup and
And other sweeteners
Thursday #4 Garden Basics and Soil Nutrients
Tuesday #5 Garden Basics and Seasonal Eating
Thursday #6 Spring Veggies and Fruits: Bright Colors
Tuesday #7 Grains
Thursday #8 Protein Sources
Tuesday #9 Good Sources for Dairy
Thursday #10 Ingredient Label Reading
Tuesday #11 Nuts and Seeds
Thursday #12 Wacky, Zaney Fruits
Plus fruit smoothies as snack
We Start March 23rd!
We thank you for your child’s participation in the Meadows Run Club Spring 2010! We look forward to this Spring's club as we have more fun in store for the kids! We are grateful to have many parents and teachers helping us with the run club and without them we could not be so successful.
Each run club day we have the children participate in different running activities, some days we focus on longer distance running (appropriate per age group) and other we do shorter distance/speed work - we rotate the kids to 3 different stations each day. One other focus is a special “sport” of the day such as soccer, football agility drills, basketball drills, obstacle course and more.
Our Kindergarteners have their own run club day this Spring. We want to focus on our youngest run club group by giving them a Wednesday only run club day. Let us know how it goes!
Nutrition schedule is as follows...lots of new topics will be covered!
Tuesday #1 Importance of Water review
Thursday #2 Eating Out: Menu Reviews
Tuesday #3 Sugar and High Fructose Corn Syrup and
And other sweeteners
Thursday #4 Garden Basics and Soil Nutrients
Tuesday #5 Garden Basics and Seasonal Eating
Thursday #6 Spring Veggies and Fruits: Bright Colors
Tuesday #7 Grains
Thursday #8 Protein Sources
Tuesday #9 Good Sources for Dairy
Thursday #10 Ingredient Label Reading
Tuesday #11 Nuts and Seeds
Thursday #12 Wacky, Zaney Fruits
Plus fruit smoothies as snack
We Start March 23rd!
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