Training Questions and Other Information ALL Ed's Advice Coach Ed: Distance, Speed, Track, Cross-country, Cross-Training and more ALL Carol's Advice Editor Carol: School Programs, Getting Started, Parental Guidelines, Kids' Activities, Free Stuff and more Other Advice Articles and Letters Distance Charts | Designing a 5K and Kids' Fun Runs | Springer Tips | Training Schedules | Coaching | Intervals | Boemker Speaks | Physician and Sports Medicine's Guidelines for Parents | PeP Talks | Distance | Speed | Getting Started | Shoes | Competition | Cross-Country | Track | Fun Run Tips | Other Mick Grant, "Coach Mick" will soon be writing an advice column for youthrunner.com. Please visit him there. Mick wrote for kidsrunning.com for 7 years, answering questions, writing features, and creating charts for our visitors. We wish him well and will miss him. We kept a few of his letters on our site Mick's page. You will be able to find Mick and his archives at youth runner. Carol and Coach Ed will continue to answer your running questions on KidsRunning.com. DISTANCE CHARTS Coach Mick Grant Sample Team Training Schedule Track Distances CIDER MILL 5k and KIDS' FUN RUNS How to plan for an event in your town. SPRINGER TIPS Mark Springer, USATF Running Tall for distance running Team Games to Keep Kids Active at Running Practice Jumpstart Your Finish for Sprint Events Competitive Mile Times for Bantam Boys Fit to Be Tied Running Shoes TRAINING SCHEDULES Triathlon Training Schedule Beginning Triathletes | More Off-Season Overall Fitness Schedule for young child Building stamina for the mile KR Mile Family Fun Run Training Schedule BOEMKER SPEAKS Boemker Speaks Attitude Boemker Speaks Goals Boemker Speaks Kids Boemker Speaks Form Boemker Speaks Drills GUIDELINES Guidelines for Parents of Children in Sports "PEP" TALKS Coach Mary from Burrillville, RI Before the Race Coach Breagy's "PeP" Talk LETTERS FROM VISITORS AND ANSWERS FROM COACHES AND THE EDITOR: DISTANCE Timed Distances for Karate Black Belt McKenzie's Letter to Carol: Running the 'Right' Distance Running with my 5 and 7 year olds Ed Daughter can't stop running 5Ks for 13 year olds Running a 5k at the Age of Six Can my 12 Year-Old Son Run a Marathon? Shoes and Distance for an Eight Year Old Distance for Kids also link to dangers of LONG distance training for kids 5Ks for Kids Tagging Along with Big Sister and Brother GAINING SPEED Want that Presidential Challenge Award Slowest in my Gym Class Stride Length and Speed How your Height Affects your Speed Statistics for Mile Times Just not fast enough! GETTING STARTED Getting Started Guidelines for infants and toddlers Helping my friend get started running How old do you have to be to start running? Four Year Old Running a Mile Fun Run Running for my Child with Downs Syndrome Running with my Mildly Autistic Daughter SHOES Shoe Technology Changes COMPETITION Pressure of Racing Should my Eight Year Old be Timed on the Mile? CROSS-COUNTRY Coaches' Network New at Coaching XC Off Season XC Training Gaining Speed in XC Coed Team TRACK 6 Year Old on Track Team The Baton Hand Off FUN RUN TIPS How to Get Number One OTHER Joining a Team Plyometrics Running Laps as Punishment What Runners Have to Say Running with Headphones Do you have to be fast to be good? Running in the Road We love to get letters. Please send questions to kidsrunning@verizon.net Privacy Policy of Kids Running