Mini Martian Marathon is Coming!

Mini Martian Marathon is Coming!
Nowlin School is going to have a team for the Martian Kids Marathon at Dearborn’s Ford Field on Saturday, April 13th – Blue Wave 12:00 Start. Any and all interested students are welcome to join the Team! (This is a Fun run. When the race nears, I will give instructions on where to pick up race packets for your racer, which you will be able to do on race day at Ford Field or at the Dearborn Performing and Community Arts Center during the Martian Race Expo the day before the race.)
Here is the community wide discount code for any adults in the Nowlin Community who want to run a race of any distance on Race Day – 5k to 26.2 Marathon. The discount code for any adult to register for any race is “SCHOOLGROUP19”.
(The entire registration process is online; you will not need to send anything to school.)
Our Team is called the Nowlin Bandits. To register – go to this link: https://runningfitevents.redpodium.com/2019-martian-invasion-of-races and fill in your info and select: “I am here to register as a group leader or group participant” and then enter our Team Name: Nowlin Bandits and Password: bandits2019. Register by March 1st for the Discount. Race is $20.00.
The race entry will get you a race tee-shirt, a marathon finisher’s medal, and post-race food. It doesn’t matter how fast or slow you run or walk, if you finish the 1.2 mile race you get a medal.
When the kids register, I will give them a log book and tattoo while supplies last!
After you register the work begins, each child must log 25 miles from now until race day and they can do this by participating in any activities. A Marathon is 26.2 miles, so the kids will run 25 miles on their own and finish the last 1.2 with the all the people running the marathon and all the other kids running.
When logging miles, anything they do like attending Healthy Kids Club, playing basketball, running, soccer, jumping rope, gymnastics, karate, etc. will count as a mile for every 30 minutes of the activity. So if you play soccer for 1 hour you can log 2 miles on your running log.
If your child joins the Nowlin Runners on April 13th at Ford Field Dearborn, you will be required to stay with your runner before, after, and during the race. I will be at the race to cheer for them as they run and help organize everyone.
Please register online by March 1st to get the Nowlin Team discount.
Information can be found at my iBlog at https://iblog.dearbornschools.org/vigilam/
Any further questions please do not hesitate to ask; hope to see you on race day!