Empowering Healthy Kids Blog

This looks interesting:

The IronKids National Event Series was started in 1985 and has seen more than 40,000 participants in its history. The series, with a reputation as the premier event series in the U.S., recognizes Olympian, Hunter Kemper, and seven-time Tour de France Winner, Lance Armstrong, as past champions.
Ages 6-15
The IronKids Series will target 600 - 800 participants per event between the ages of 6 and 15 years old. Children will compete in age-appropriate distances with an emphasis on fitness, fun and safety.
IronKids Legacy Program
With charitable donations raised through The Ironman Foundation, IronKids will build a fitness-oriented play system in schools and/or public parks in the host city of IronKids races across America.
An estimated one-third of American children and adolescents are obese or at risk of becoming obese. IronKids will build a fitness-oriented play system in school and/or public parks in the host cities of the IronKids races. To assist us, we will enlist Landscape Structures, the premier provider of innovative playground equipment. To ensure the activity and use of the playground, IronKids is in the process of forming a partnership with a non-profit organization that will implement wellness practices in the school systems involved in the IronKids Legacy Program. The objective of the school program is to educate students on healthy nutrition practices and increase physical activity using the IronKids Playgrounds.

(Hat Tip: EmpowHer)

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