Healthy Kids Running Series - Massillon, OH

Healthy Kids Running Series - Massillon, OH To combat increasing rates of childhood obesity in America, Jeff designed a running program that provides a fun environment and builds self-esteem.

Healthy Kids Running Series was established in 2009 to engage communities and families by providing an inclusive youth running experience, inspiring kids to believe in themselves and lead an active healthy lifestyle. Healthy Kids Running Series was created by Jeff Long, Founder and President of Pattison Sports Group, to motivate kids to lead a healthy and active lifestyle through a positive introd

uction to the world of running. Jeff believed the program would encourage kids to adopt a “Get Up and Go” attitude. HKRS is a national, community-based non-profit that provides a fun, inclusive five-week running series for ages 2-14, designed for kids to get active, feel accomplished and lay the foundation for a healthy lifestyle. Jeff’s own background as a collegiate runner and sports marketing guru helped set the course as the program continues to power forward with all new community locations, a growing team of volunteers and sponsors, and an unwavering commitment to happy, healthy kids all over the country. The Healthy Kids Running Series is a five week running program in the spring and the fall for kids from Pre-K to 8th grade. Each race series takes place once a week and offers age appropriate running events. Kids compete each week of the series for a chance to earn points and at the end of the series the top boy and girl with the most points in their respective age divisions receive a trophy. All participants will receive a medal at the conclusion of week 5 in the series to celebrate their achievements! We can't wait for you to join us as we encourage kids to adopt a healthy and active lifestyle, help increase their self- esteem and make new friends. Our Races

PRE-K (2/3 YEAR OLDS)

50 YD Dash

PRE-K (4/5 YEAR OLDS)

75 YD Dash

KINDERGARTEN – 1ST GRADE

1/4 Mile

2ND GRADE – 3RD GRADE

1/2 Mile

4TH GRADE – 8TH GRADE

1 Mile

05/04/2026
Theme -It’s BACKWARDS week! Wear your clothes backwards. We will also be running our races in REVERSE order today! OR...
05/03/2026

Theme -It’s BACKWARDS week! Wear your clothes backwards. We will also be running our races in REVERSE order today!
ORDER OF RACES TODAY ONLY!!
           Mile (boys/girls)
           1/2 mile (boys/girls)
           1/4 mile boys
           1/4 mile girls
            75 YD 5 year old boys
            75 YD 4 year old boys
            75 YD girls
            50 YD 3 year old boys 
            50 YD 2 year old boys
            50 YD girls 

👟 Got Sneakers - Please bring any old sneakers you are donating to Got Sneakers to the registration tent.

🏃 Single Day Runners registration opens online at 2pm. Register at the link below and then come to the park and check in at the registration tent.
https://runsignup.com/massillon

Week 3 was awesome! 👏 Runners you continue to improve. Keep up the hard work. 💻 Results have been posted.https://healt...
04/27/2026

Week 3 was awesome! 👏 Runners you continue to improve. Keep up the hard work.

💻 Results have been posted.
https://healthykidsrunningseries.org/results/
Click on Ohio→Massillon

🍎Musselman's thank you for the yummy applesauce snack 😋

Musselman's thank you for providing the applesauce 🍏 🍎 for week 3! All of our runners enjoyed it!
04/26/2026

Musselman's thank you for providing the applesauce 🍏 🍎 for week 3! All of our runners enjoyed it!

🌧️ Weather - If we need to cancel for weather we will post to social media and send out an email at least one hour prior...
04/25/2026

🌧️ Weather - If we need to cancel for weather we will post to social media and send out an email at least one hour prior to start time tomorrow.

🧑🏿‍🎤👩‍🎤👨‍🎤Theme -It’s Crazy Hair Week!  We can’t wait to see the crazy hair you come up with!  

💙💚Race bibs - Thank you for ensuring your child has their name written on their race bib! If you need a sharpie on race day, stop by the registration area to fill out your child’s race bib. Please try to do this before you get to the race!

👟 Got Sneakers - One way we can help our earth is by sending in our old sneakers to Got Sneakers to recycle or reuse them. Please bring any old sneakers to the registration tent at any of our next 3 weeks. We run in the rain and mud, but not heavy downpours, thunderstorms or other unsafe conditions.

Yesterday was the 130th 💛💙Boston Marathon! 💙💛What a perfect day to sh...
04/21/2026

Yesterday was the 130th 💛💙Boston Marathon! 💙💛

What a perfect day to share about the HKRS Marathon Award. If you are not familiar, a marathon is 26.2 miles.

Read below to learn more about our marathon award.
HKRS Marathon Award
To help inspire our older runners to continue to , Healthy Kids Running Series created the Marathon Award to celebrate runners who accumulate a combined 26 miles of running with HKRS.
Starting in 4th grade, HKRS participants begin to run a mile-long race. If they participate in a full race series in 4th grade (Fall and Spring), they will have run a total of 10 miles. In 5th grade, that same runner will have run a total of 20 miles. And by the second season of 6th grade, these runners will have completed a marathon (26 miles), a major accomplishment!
We will be presenting a few awards to runners in our series who have achieved 10K, Half Marathon and our very first Marathon Award Winner at the end of our spring series!

Check out this link for all of the information you need to keep track!
https://healthykidsrunningseries.org/news/introducing-the-hkrs-marathon-award/

Sign up for our Spring Series and start accumulating miles!
https://runsignup.com/hkrsmassillon

🙌Week 2 in the books!!!Although it was a little chilly, we lucked out with the rain clouds parting ways and the sun peak...
04/21/2026

🙌Week 2 in the books!!!

Although it was a little chilly, we lucked out with the rain clouds parting ways and the sun peaking through! We loved your crazy socks!

❤️We officially have 137 registered runners which is AMAZING. There is still time to sign up if your friends want to join us for the remaining 3 races.

📸PLEASE share your race day photos and videos with us in the comments. We love seeing those race day smiles😁

💻Results have been posted.
https://healthykidsrunningseries.org/results/
Click on ➡️ Ohio ➡️ Massillon

✅Register: https://runsignup.com/massillon (single day registration opens online at 2pm on race day)

💙Happy RACE DAY!! 💚🤩 We can’t wait to see you! Come pick up your packet between 2:30-2:55 if you weren’t there last wee...
04/19/2026

💙Happy RACE DAY!! 💚

🤩 We can’t wait to see you! Come pick up your packet between 2:30-2:55 if you weren’t there last week. If you picked it up last week no need to check in today just have your race bib filled out and pinned to the front of your runners shirt.

🧦 It’s Crazy Sock Week!

⏰ You can still register. Reminder that single day registration will open up at 2pm. You can also still register for the full series (4weeks including today’s race)

https://runsignup.com/hkrsmassillon

Ohio spring weather you never know what you will get! ☔️ ❄️ ☀️ So a quick reminder:☑️ We DO run in the rain☑️ We DO run ...
04/18/2026

Ohio spring weather you never know what you will get! ☔️ ❄️ ☀️
So a quick reminder:
☑️ We DO run in the rain
☑️ We DO run in wet / muddy grass
❎ We DON’T run in storms or heavy downpours

It may be a good idea to find an old pair of running shoes for your runner it could be a bit wet and muddy at tomorrow’s race. And parents, you may want to get yourselves some rain boots 😬 If we need to cancel because of weather we will always let you know an hour ahead on social media/email. Tomorrow looks sunny and maybe a bit chilly.

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