KALAMAZOO (WKZO) — Thousands of young runners filled Waldo Stadium just prior to fulfilling the end-goal of a ten week training course that is designed to teach them not only how to run a 5-k, but how to run their lives.
Kalamazoo has one of the largest Girls on the Run programs in the country with thousands of participants.
It’s designed to take young 3rd, 4th and 5th grade girls, who are still at an age when they are listening to adults, and teach them the tools they will need to have self-worth, self-esteem, and other skills that will make them healthy, confident and able to stand up for themselves.
5-kilometers is a long way for a 12-year old girl to run and accomplishing that, teaches them that they can accomplish anything. Thursday evening they did just that.
