1322-2-OKCMEM Marathon PosterFINAL · 2015. 1. 15. · Participants in our Kids Marathon log 25 miles from now until race day. On the day of the race, participants will complete their

Kids Marathon School Information Packet

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Hello Marathon Friends and Participants,

My name is Kelly Burleson and I am the Race Director for the Oklahoma City MemorialKids Marathon.

It is time to start thinking about preparations for the 2014 Oklahoma City Memorial KidsMarathon. The Oklahoma City Memorial Kids Marathon, presented by The Oklahoman andAccess Midstream, will be Sunday, April 27, 2014 in downtown Oklahoma City. Our goal isto teach kids a healthy lifestyle by staying active and choosing to stay fit. You can help bygetting involved and making a difference in kids’ lives across our great state. Adopt a school,sponsor a child, or just encourage your children to get up, and get moving!

This race is unlike any other because it combines encouraging our children to live healthy,while teaching them about life and the Lessons Learned that grew from the Oklahoma Citybombing on April 19, 1995. It is a run to remember and a race to show that we can eachmake a difference in this world by teaching “good choices” to our youth…our future leaders.

Registration is open. This is a great time to go online at www.okcmarathon.com and registeryour child or school group, and start logging those miles! The earlier you get involved, themore time you have to encourage, instill, and enjoy this event with your children.

With over 3,000 children running the final 1.2 miles of their marathon on April 27, 2014, it will be an amazing fun-filled day! Keep us posted on your ongoing progress by emailingstories and photos to [email protected].

Enjoy your training and we will see you at the start line!

Kelly Burleson, Race DirectorOKC Memorial Kids MarathonWe Run To Remember

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Oklahoma City Memorial Kids Marathon 2014

Hello Kids Marathon Friends,

My name is Shanda Bandi. I am the School Coordinator for the Oklahoma City MemorialKids Marathon. I am an elementary school teacher and fitness trainer/instructor byprofession. Thank you for what you are doing for your students and families!

It is our privilege to offer a unique opportunity to your school – one that enables studentsto learn history, get healthy, and offer hope for the future! We believe that our event is funand meaningful to our next generation of leaders and runners.

For general information, please go to www.okcmarathon.com. Click on the orange KidsMarathon tab. Make sure you are on my email list for more information. If not, please letme know that you are a school team captain and want to be added [email protected] educational resources, please visit the Oklahoma City National Memorial websitehttp://www.oklahomacitynationalmemorial.org/.

Information you need to know to get started

Participants in our Kids Marathon log 25 miles from now until race day. On the dayof the race, participants will complete their full marathon by running or walking thelast 1.2 miles on the race course.

The event is Sunday, April 27, 2014 at 8:15am. Please arrive early to park and line upalphabetically by school group. Remember, you will run/walk as a school and meetup after the race in the Kids Corral in your designated, alphabetical by school, area.

Parents MUST pay/register in order to run/walk with their child. This includes faculty/staff.

Cost is $10 for kids (up to 6th grade) and $20 for adults. Register online atwww.okcmarathon.com. This includes your registration, food, security, medal and t-shirt.

Children older than 6th grade can register for the Memorial 5K or another race event.

PLEASE make sure everyone from your school who registers selects your school inthe drop down menu during registration. If your school is not listed in the drop downmenu, please let me know ASAP.

Download a Runner’s Log from www.okcmarathon.com and start keeping track ofyour 25 miles. Save all running logs to turn in at the Expo.


We offer two prizes of $500 and a traveling trophy: one for the school with the highestpercentage of participants and one for the highest number of participants.

Both adults and children registered for the Kids Marathon count toward our cap of3,000 participants, so register early! No unregistered chaperones allowed this yearunless approved by the director. This would be based on a child’s special health needs.

How To Create A School Team

1. The school team captain will need to contact Shanda at [email protected] forinformation regarding registering as a school team captain and how to view and manageyour team (this includes both new and veteran team captains). Please send your name,school, and city and verify that you will be the team captain for your school this year.

2. You will receive instructions and more information on setting up your team captainaccount and how to view and manage your roster.

3. All participants will go to www.okcmarathon.com to register via the registration buttonand directions. Participants must type in their school’s team during the registrationprocess in order to be part of your school team. When you type in your school, the listwill automatically populate with matching school names. Make sure you select the rightschool in the right district or city from that list! This ensures that the participant is partof their school team and all race materials are grouped together with that school teamfor packet pickup at the Expo.

4. If you have already been entered as a team captain and then decide to register to run therace, please sign in with your Chronotrack log in and password before starting theregistration process. This would be the login (email) and password you set up whensetting up your team.

Benefits awarded ONLY to official school teams:

1. The ability to view and manage your roster of participants.

2. We will group ALL race materials together (for both adults and kids) who register for theKIDS MARATHON by the April 1st deadline for your school team. You will be able to pickall this up at one time during special school pickup days and times prior to the Expo.

3. Only official school teams will be in the running for the prizes!


Registration

There is NO paper mail in registration – only online registration!

1. Go to www.okcmarathon.com.

2. Click on the “Click Here To Register” button.

3. Follow the prompts to complete registration

4. Make sure that you type in the first few letters of your schoolteam when asked and select the correct one in the correctcity/district when the list populates.

5. Complete registration!

6. Print and save your confirmation email.

7. Download this year’s Running Log and get started logging those miles!

Other Notes

It is your responsibility to view and manage your roster and correct any mistakes orask us to help if there is an issue you cannot clear up. We will not be responsible forchecking rosters this year - it’s up to you!

ALL SCHOOLS TEAM MEMBERS MUST BE REGISTERED BY APRIL 1. SCHOOLGROUP REGISTRATION WILL BE CUT OFF ON THAT DATE. Any student who registersfor your school after April 1st will NOT have their stuff grouped with yours for expopickup and will NOT count for the prizes.

After the April 1st cutoff, you will have until April 3rd to work with Shanda to makeany corrections or clear up any issues with your roster. After April 3rd, we will usethat final roster that you have checked to group all of your kids’ and adults’ packets,shirts, and bibs together for your school. You can pick them up as a group at the Expoor during Wednesday/Thursday night pickup (more info later).

Please make sure that you tell your participants that all of your stuff will be groupedtogether as a school with your coordinator picking it up so that no parent makes an extratrip to the Expo. You will be in charge of distributing materials to your school participants.


If you or any participants used a promotional coupon code during registration, youwill be invoiced for these participants on or around April 4th. You will receive anemail invoice and directions for how to pay. Payment must be complete before pickingup your race materials.

This year, each race participant will receive a Virtual Race Bag full of exciting offersfor kids! In order to receive this, the child’s parent’s email address must be enteredin the appropriate place during registration. If the team captain is registering for aparticipant, they must input the CHILD’S PARENT’S email address, not their own,for each participant.

If you have any further questions or concerns, I would be happy to help you! Please contactme via email or we can set up a phone conference.

Happy Running,

Shanda B. Bandi, M.Ed, NSCA-CPTOklahoma City Memorial Kids Marathon School [email protected]@gmail.com


Sample Letter for Parents, Faculty, and Staff. Please edit to fit your school’s needs!

Oklahoma City Memorial Kids Marathon – Building Character is a Marathon, Not a Sprint!

What is the OKC Memorial Kids Marathon?

On April 19, 1995 a terrible tragedy happened in Oklahoma when the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Buildingwas bombed and so many lives were lost. This is an important part of Oklahoma history that teacheshope in the face of tragedy and the power of a community working together.

In memory of those lives lost and in honor of the heroes who emerged, as well as our stand fortolerance and against violence, our school will participate in this year’s Oklahoma City Memorial KidsMarathon. This event as a whole consists of a Marathon, Half Marathon, Marathon Relay, Marathon5K and the Kids Marathon.

The kids log 25 miles that they have run or walked starting now until the day of the run. The last 1.2miles will be run at the Marathon. When the students have finished this event, they will have run theentire distance of an adult marathon! What an accomplishment!

The cost to participate is $10 per child. The money goes to support the Oklahoma City NationalMemorial in its efforts to educate against violence. If adults want to run/walk with their child, theymust register with a fee of $20.

When is the Kids Marathon?

Sunday, April 27th, 2014. The race starts at 8:15am, but we must be there early to line up and park.

We will be leaving from school on the morning of the race. Transportation will be provided from schoolto the race and back if needed, otherwise, parents can caravan. More information on transportationwill be provided at a later date. If parents are not going with their child, they are responsible for gettingtheir child to school and picking them back up at school.

Why is our school participating in the OKC Memorial Kids Marathon?

We want our children to begin to engage in habits that lead to a healthy lifestyle. Walking and runningthe distance of a marathon is a good way for kids to learn to make a goal and commit to seeing itthrough in order to have a healthier mind and body.

Building character is a race not a sprint and we want our children to learn the importance of buildinga strong character through their own positive choices. Throughout our school’s participation in theKids Marathon, we will be encouraging students to make good choices in their interactions withothers, as well as realize how their actions can affect others in positive ways.

The school with the highest percentage of participation receives $500 dollars toward their PEdepartment and an amazing traveling trophy! The school with the highest number of participantsalso receives $500 and a traveling trophy.

Students receive a commemorative T-shirt and a finisher’s medal to be proud of!


Registering and Logging Miles:

How do I register my child/myself?

Go to www.okcmarathon.com. Click on the registration link. Choose Kids Marathon (either adult orchild). Make sure you choose our school from the school drop down menu. This is very important!Bring a copy of your registration confirmation to your team captain (this includes registered adults).

When and where can my child log miles?

Outside of school at soccer practice, walking the neighborhood with parents, etc.

At school at recess

At Walking Club

In PE at school

How does my child account for their miles logged?

Each child will have a running log downloaded from the website. Each time they do a run or walk, theydocument it on their log and have an adult sign off on it until they get to 25 miles! Students areresponsible for their logs and getting them signed! These will be turned in at the Expo.

Thank you for your commitment to our goal of helping our students have strong minds, bodies, and souls!

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me (your Team Captain) by email at___________________________.

Sincerely,


Fundraising and Training Ideas

Training:

Have a healthy tip of the week announced over the PA system each day. Encouragestudents to journal how they’ve incorporated this tip into their daily lives and sharethese journal entries voluntarily during class meetings and at school assemblies.

Have training buddies – Pair students in younger classes with students in olderclasses to get together once a week or so and run/walk together. This could be donewith reading buddies. Older students can serve as mentors and set a positiveexample as readers and as healthy kids!

Create a school walking club before and after school. Ask parents to volunteer tooversee students logging miles for 30 minutes before or after school outside or inthe gym.

Students can log miles as a warm up in PE class.

Use training as a brain break – measure off ¼ mile paths in the hall or outside andgo walk them (or run them outside) when students have been engaged in learningfor a long period of time and need to wiggle.

Create a classroom bulletin board (or a school bulletin board or wall) to displaymileage goals. Celebrate these at a school wide assemble weekly! Offer smallrewards at each major mileage goal until 25 is reached.

Fundraising for registration cost:

Partner with a local business or your partner in education. Ask them to sponsor kidswho want to participate but cannot pay. Have members from this business comewalk/run with kids during the day to demonstrate healthy adult role models.

Students can ask for sponsors to donate a certain amount of money per mile or ½mile they walk/run in order to reach $10.

Ask PTO to sponsor some children.

Please contact Shanda for more training and fundraising ideas!


Marathon educational activitiesAs you prepare your kids to run the Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon, take a few minutes and teachthe story of hope and resilience. Download one or all of these educational activities.


POSTER CONTEST - submit by april 1, 2014

Why do you run? What does the Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon mean to you?Create a poster on an 8.5x11 (standard letter) piece of paper detailing your inspiration for the Run to Remember. There is no media limit so use crayon, paint, pencil or whatever inspires yourvision, just have it mailed to us by April 1, 2014. The winning design will be announced on April 18,2014, the day before the 19th Anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing. Your design will be theofficial poster for the 2014 Kids Marathon and given to all Kids Marathon participants. Competitionis open to all Kids Marathon registered children, 6th grade and younger.

Instructions:

1. Create/Paint/Draw/Design your poster on 8.5x11 paper

2. Mail original design to:(Be sure to use an envelope large enough so you don’t haveto fold the original art.)Oklahoma City Memorial MarathonATTN: Kids Marathon Poster ContestPO Box 323Oklahoma City, OK 73101

3. Attach a completed entry form (below) Posters WILL NOT be eligible to win without this information.

3. Deadline for entries is April 1, 2014.

Entry Form

Child's Name _______________________________________________________ Age _______ Grade ___________

School _____________________________________________________________ City __________________________

Parent’s Name_____________________________________________________________________________________

Address ___________________________________________________________________________________________

City ________________________________________________________________ State _________ Zip ___________

Phone Number __________________________________ Email address _______________________________

I give consent for my child’s poster design to be published for the OKC Memorial Marathon.

Parent’s Signature _________________________________________________________________________

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2013 Winning poster design by Blakely Arledge, 4th grade, Quail Creek Elementary


Type: ❏ Child ❏ Adult Gender: ❏ Male ❏ Female

First Name ___________________ Middle Initial_______ Last Name_____________________________

Street Address __________________________________________________________________________

City________________________________ State _____________ Zip_____________________________

Parent/Contact: Phone _______________________________ Email_____________________________

Age on Race Day______________________ Date of Birth (mm/dd/yy)_____________________________

Shirt Size: ❏ Youth Small ❏ Youth Medium ❏ Youth Large

❏ Small ❏ Medium ❏ Large ❏ XL ❏ XXL

NOTE: Team captains – if you are using a coupon code to register for some of your participants, sendthis form home to collect the necessary information and then use it to register those kids.

Oklahoma City Memorial Kids Marathon

Team Captain Registration Form for team membersPlease provide the following information for each participant in the 2014 Oklahoma City MemorialMarathon - Kid's Marathon and return this form to your Team Captain.

2014

Running Log for

MILE CHECK-OFF

BENEFITING THE OKLAHOMA CITY NATIONAL MEMORIAL & MUSEUM - OklahomaCityNationalMemorial.org

Join

for Mile 26!

#1 - Register for the Oklahoma CityMemorial Kids Marathon online atwww.okcmarathon.com

#2 - Walk, run or roll by wheelchair25 miles before April 27. Fill in eachbox with the date you run, andremember, get a parent or teacher tosign for each mile that you run.

#3 - Come to the Expo at the CoxConvention Center on April 25-26 to getyour t-shirt, race packet and goody bag.

#4 - Come run the final 1.2 miles ofyour Marathon at the Oklahoma CityMemorial Marathon. Plan to arriveearly to find your place and warm up.

#5 - Log in to www.sportphoto.comto print off your finisher certificate.

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PROJECT SAFE START - THE SAFE Starting SYSTEM!

On April 27, 2014 we are going to make it easy for you and your kids to have a great and safeexperience at the Kids Marathon!

When you get to the start/finish area - we will have signs that will be in areas we call “zones.” Thosezones will be for schools to gather by the first letter of the name their school starts with. Schoolscan make their own signs for their schools, but they must remain in the correct alphabetical zone.

When it is time to start the race – we will do a progressive wave start. In other words – each schoolzone will be released right after the other zone in alphabetical order. We will alternate this starteach year. We do a progressive wave start so school groups can run together safely! Safety NetRunners in bright colored t-shirts will hold alphabetical signs and participants are asked to lineup behind those signs that correlate with the first letter of their school group. If you are not with aschool group, line up behind the Fun Zone sign. Zones will be announced alphabetically until all 7 zones have been released.

Clearly marked signs will be posted for the Wave Zones at the start line, and also in the Kids FinishCorral, to allow school coordinators and parents to easily find their children after the race. PLEASEbe sure and discuss this with you child before the race. Finding the designated meet up area priorto the race.

The order you will assemble at the start line is:

1. If you are in schools that begin with the letters A,B,C, or D – you will be in the “first wave zone”in the front.

2. If you are in schools that begin with the letters E, F, G, or H – you will be in the “second wavezone” behind the first group.

3. If you are in schools that begin with the letters I, J, K, or L – you will be in the “third wave zone”behind the second group.

4. If you are in schools that begin with the letters M, N, O, or P – you will be in the “fourth wavezone” behind the third group.

5. If you are in schools that begin with the letters– Q, R, S, or T you will be in the “fifth wave zone”behind the fourth group.

6. If you are in schools that begin with the letters– U, V, W, X, Y, or Z you will be in the “sixth wavezone” behind the fifth group.

7. If you are not part of a school group – you will assemble in the back at the “Fun Zone” as the“seventh wave zone” behind the sixth group.

Have FUN and we can’t wait to see you all Sunday morning April 27, 2014 for your Run to Remember!




2014 Kids Finishers Corral – Child Connect System

The Oklahoma City Memorial Kids Marathon is dedicated to a safe and enjoyable event for the kids,parents and teachers. To ensure better safety in connecting everyone after the race, the 2014 KidsFinishers Corral Child Connect System is as follows:

• Only adults and kids with either Kids Marathon race bibs or tear tags to claim a child areallowed into the Kids Finishers Corral – brightly colored volunteers and a very visible OKCPolice presence will be in place the entire time.

• Each kid is issued a bib to wear on race day – each bib has a “tear tag” at the bottom with thesame number. Parents/teachers will be required to wear or produce the matching tag for thekid to leave the Kids Corral area.

• You will see two separate entrances into the Kids Finishers Corral: One for kids and adultswho are registered participants and one for adults who have a tear tag to claim a child. Pleaseuse the correct entrance.

• School Team Captains: please collect the tear tags and keep them with your student roster. Ifyou are responsible for your whole school team we will have special exit lanes for you and yourschool group team to exit together. You will be asked to produce the roster and correspondingnumber of tags – children will be counted and accounted for and then exited under yoursupervision. We suggest keeping your tear tags together on a key ring or twist tie with yourteam roster. For every child in your group, there needs to be an adult who has theircorresponding tear tag. Either the team captain can be responsible for all of them, or you candivide them up and give them to registered adults with your school so that each adult isresponsible for specific kids. Please make sure all kids and parents on your team are awareof these procedures.

• Parents: You will have several lanes to exit with your child. Make sure you have your tag outand make sure your kid’s bib is still on them – and you can exit to enjoy the activities outside ofthe Kids Corral across the street at First Church.

• If you do not have your matching tag or claim that it is lost, you will be subject to closerexamination by trained volunteer(s) or the OKC Police before you are allowed to exit.

Thank you for your compliance with this system. We want everyone to have a safe and enjoyable dayand we appreciate the steps you are taking to help ensure a healthy lifestyle through this marathonand April 27th is their Victory Lap. Let’s make this day a celebration of their achievement!

Kelly Burleson, Race DirectorOKC Memorial Kids MarathonWe Run To Remember

www.okcmarathon.com


2014 Kids Finishers Corral Map and Instructions

For Registered Kids and Adults:

• Upon finishing the race, you will be guided through the Kids and Registered Participant

Entrance to the corral. ➀

• Receive your finisher’s medal! ➁

• Please go through and get your food and drinks from the tent. ➂

• Move to the School Meet Up Area/Fun Zone. Schools will be lined up along the fence

according to alphabetical signs. If your school has made their own school signs, please

congregate in the correct alphabetical zone with your signs. ➃

• Kids running individually not with a school team should go to the Fun Zone to meet their parent.

• Exit through the School Group lines. Be prepared to show volunteers a tear tag for each child

you are responsible for. No child will leave the corral without an adult who has the matching

tear tag for their bib. Kids running individually will leave through their marked exits. ➄

• Go across the street to First Church for fun activities! ➅

For Non-Registered Adults with Tear Tag to Meet a Child:

• Enter through the adult entrance (not the entrance for registered participants)

• Go to the School Meet Up Area/Fun Zone to meet up with your child. If your child is running

individually, please go to the Fun Zone. If your child is with a school group, meet them under

the correct alphabetical sign. ➃

• Exit through the School Group lines or the Individual Runner lines. Make sure to have your

child’s tear tag ready to show a volunteer. ➄

• Enjoy the activities at First Church ➅

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