We’d like to offer an ENORMOUS congrats to the rock star Morning Milers in the Miami-Dade Parks & Rec summer camp program. These amazing kids of all ages ran, walked and even wheeled (in wheel chairs) 32, 298.75 miles! When millions of other children were loafing on the couch this past summer, our South Florida Morning Milers were lacing up [...]

Today, the enthusiasm was palpable as over 100 children poured on to the field as Hidden Oak Elementary relaunched their Morning Mile program for the year. The kids gathered at the gate with what seemed like a colossal amount of ants in their pants and hit the field as though a starting gun had fired once given the cue to [...]

Liberty Elementary in the Keller School District in Texas launched their Morning Mile program this Monday, September 19th, and has already enjoyed incredible success. Within three short days, Liberty students have run 629.75 miles! Incredible right? Great proof that the Morning Mile’s tried and true formula works every time. Liberty’s Morning Mile coordinator, Kari Friedauer, has offered up daily fun [...]

  Thanks so much for the amazing educators in both the Pinellas and Marion County school districts in Florida for inviting us to your annual inservice training. We’re excited about getting all the kids in your areas moving in the mornings with the Morning Mile. Meeting all of the dedicated Physical Education teachers in these areas was inspiring! The concern [...]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4780CH2tC4&w=400&h=257[/youtube] Fitzness International President, Fitz Koehler, recently sat down to talk fitness with “The Biggest Loser” trainer Bob Harper. The first half of the interview is dedicated to adult fitness fun and the latter half is dedicated to the Morning Mile. Enjoy!

  Due to an exciting new fitness program called the Morning Mile, the Alachua County school system is enjoying a major boom to students’ health and fitness habits this year. Morning Mile is a before-school walking/running program that allows students to start each day getting fit with friends, burn off some youthful energy in a fun and productive way and [...]

Morning Mile has just completely changed the lives of our students. We have seen these kids become so motivated and addicted to fitness. We have also witnessed these children have better attention in the classroom on our morning mile days. God has blessed us in our first year, 2010-2011. These children just warm my heart and give me such joy each morning that we do [...]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAvkygOs1UU&w=375&h=243] Miami-Dade Regional Parks Manager, Ranae Nottage, oversees 20 different Morning Mile programs, which were sponsored by AvMed Health Plans. In this video, she praises how kids from all walks of life are successful walking, running or wheeling in their chairs during the Morning Mile. Inspiring? You betcha! Thanks Renae!

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kj4u1nJHQdA&w=375&h=243] At a recent press event to celebrate the enormous success of 20 Morning Mile programs in the Miami-Dade Parks and Rec Departments, AvMed Health Plans President, Ed Hannum, ran the mile will several hundred children. He then took a moment to chat with MM founder, Fitz Koehler, about his love for running, community and how excited he is about the [...]