Tag: 5K
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The Girls on the Run 5K is a non-competitive race that is designed to be fun and supportive, celebrating the kids who have completed the Girls on the Run and STRIDE programs. The 5K is not timed, and there are no winners or losers. The focus is on the experience of running and completing the…
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Our first wave of girls is getting ready! http://pic.twitter.com/PU9gRhMa9x — Girls on the Run (@GOTR_Detroit) May 22, 2016
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Father’s Day is right around the corner! The very first Father’s Day celebration took place at the YMCA in Spokane, Washington, in 2010 when Sonora Smart Dodd, whose mother died when she was 16 years old, wanted a day to celebrate her special dad. Mother’s Day was already a day dedicated to moms, but Dodd…
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On Sunday, Nov. 16, thousands of girls dressed in tutus and boys sporting capes ran across the finish line at Kensington Metropark as part of the Girls on the Run and STRIDE Fall 2014 5K. Months of training through Girls on the Run of Greater Detroit and STRIDE, programs at the YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit that…
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Potentially historic storms on the horizon did not stop the Fall 5K for Girls On The Run. This year’s race was the biggest yet for the fall season and the inaugural race of the STRIDE running program for boys, as well.
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The community of people that gather at a YMCA is often referred to as “YMCA family,” because being part of the Y is so much more than just belonging to a place to work out, go to camp, or learn to swim. And sometimes, the Y truly is family. When Breeana Dixit was killed in…
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More than 800 girls ran the Girls on the Run 5K at Oakland University ast week, the culmination of months of training. Girls on the Run teaches girls to Honor Their Bodies, Celebrate their Voices, Embrace their Gifts and Activate Their Power