ING Run For Something Better in New York

Beneficiaries: 

New York Road Runners Foundation - Mighty Milers:

The Mighty Milers is the New York Road Runners Foundation's running program.  The Mighty Milers is a school program promoting physical fitness to children during the school day.  The NYRRF works with the New York City Public School system in order to implement the running program.

ING sponsors 12 New York City schools within the Mighty Milers program where the students are running continuously throughout the school year.  The students in the Mighty Milers program participate in the ING Run with Champions culminating event, which is held in conjunction with the ING NYC Marathon.  Over 1,000 kids participating will run in age appropriate distances of 0.5 to 2 miles.  This event is held in Central Park during the week of the ING NYC Marathon.    

ING New York City Marathon - 
IRFSB participates in final event – November 4, 2010

Statistics:

• Since 2005, over 21,000 children have collectively run over 567,000 miles in the Mighty Milers program with the New York Road Runners Foundation.

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