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Poinciana Elementary Morning Milers

Poinciana Elementary Cultivating Life-long Runners

Poinciana Pelicans are extremely excited about their Morning Mile program, which is sponsored by Lower Keys Medical Center. They completed 620 miles in the first five days alone, and plan to walk enough miles to […]

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Dillan Wernecke shows off #100 mile charm.

Dillan Wernecke Runs 45 Miles and Dad Gets Fit Too!

Today my five year old son Dillan received his foot for his 45th mile ran at Morning Mile at Talbot Elementary. Running almost every morning has improved his speed and endurance and has even helped […]

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Roosevelt Elementary having a Love Affair with the Morning Mile

Roosevelt Elementary having a Love Affair with the Morning Mile

We are doing the Morning Mile and the students love it.  About 87 students participate right now, and we’re hoping for more. They love the instant recognition and having music to listen to is really […]

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Photo Credit: Sherwood Elementary

Entire Families Running Sherwood Elementary’s Morning Mile and Tardies Go Down Too

  “The Morning Mile is extremely popular with our students. We had over 100 participating yesterday and many are running/walking between a mile to a mile and a half each morning. The kids love it […]

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Jeff Galloway and Fitz: MorningMile.com

Marathon Expert and Olympian, Jeff Galloway, Shares Advice for Morning Milers

Jeff Galloway is the real deal when it comes to running. He’s run an obscene amount of marathons throughout his life (he’ll tell you how many in this video interview) and has done so because […]

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Video: Watch 6 Year Old Parker Complete Disney’s Family Fiesta 5K Race

Since almost 65,000 students in the state of Florida now have access to participate in the Morning Mile at their schools, we’d love to encourage these Morning Milers and their parents to take part in […]

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Kids Tell Why They LOVE the Disney 5K Races!

On January 6, 2012 Morning Mile producer, Fitz Koehler, participated in the runDisney Family Fiesta 5K at EPCOT Center in Orlando, Florida. This race was part of the annual Disney Marathon event. Fitz ran the […]

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Researchers Link Academic Performance to Exercise

Researchers Link Academic Performance to Exercise

Parents, teachers, Principals and students have told us that participating in the Morning Mile enhances student’s ability to sit still, focus and learn, but it’s always nice when science says so too. This feature comes […]

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Mackenzie Worthy of Liberty Elementary

Mackenzie Worthy Earns her 100 Mile Charm – Well Done!

Congrats to Liberty Elementary’s 4th grader Mackenzie Worthy, who just earned her #100 charm for yes … running 100 miles! She ran 102 miles in just 32 days. Wow! We’re so excited to share in […]

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Dr. Kiley Wants Morning Mile at Every. Single. School.

It’s no secret that the world wide obesity epidemic continues to grow at an alarming rate.  Even more alarming, though, is the increase in childhood obesity and the major medical issues that accompany this condition.  […]

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