The partnership forged between Twin Cities In Motion and Medtronic focuses on getting kids and families moving, “one mile at a time.” Twin Cities in Motion believes that all children should have the opportunity to learn healthy habits and have fun while running and exercising. They strive daily to deepen the quality of the program and provide resources to the community to help fight the instances of childhood obesity and promote healthy lifestyles. In addition to offering half mile, one mile, two mile and 5K training programs online, the Kids Marathon website delivers a robust informational resource about kids’ running and provides a number of flexible, self-driven training options to participants. The website is loaded with information on running, fitness and nutrition. While participants can join and be active anytime, the program continues to offer three 12-week incentive-framed training phases throughout each year.

·        In the three years of operation, there are 63 schools that have participated in the online training program and/or attended an event.

·        1,654 families have signed onto the website, a 25% increase over last year.

·        205,797 Total logged miles since inception

·        9,457 Total Participants in culminating events (and rising).

·        The Medtronic TC Kids Marathon has given away over 10,000 fun and activity promoting incentives to schools and families.

·        The Medtronic TC Kids Marathon community events would not be possible without the commitment and run event operations experience of a core team of race volunteers who are dedicated to making Kids Marathon events possible. More than 50 volunteers helped in the past year, donating an estimated 1000 hours to the program.