Today is National Running Day! The goal of this movement is to nationally promote running as a healthy, easy and accessible form of exercise for people of all ages. I especially like the fact that one of the stated missions on the National Running Day website is to “get kids interested in running as part of an everyday healthy lifestyle.” Did you know that in the U.S. only 1 in 4 kids gets at least 30 minutes of physical activity each day? And with phys. ed. classes disappearing from many schools across the country this stat could get a lot worse! I know from watching my own kids, running is such a natural and joyful activity…why wouldn’t you want to promote that, right?
So I’ll be encouraging everyone I know to get out and move today – whether it’s a run, walk or something in between 🙂
Happy Running!
