Run for Fun/for kids 6 through 11 years old

Run for Fun/for kids 6 through 11 years old Run for Fun is a free fitness program for kids in Springfield, MO, operated by volunteers working with the Springfield/Greene County Park Board.

It's held at 10 a.m. Saturdays in June and July at Hailey Owens Park near Westport Elementary School.

Lynette Cummings (on right) and I ran 5 miles this morning and Kemery and Sherry Coker walked for 75 minutes!
08/26/2023

Lynette Cummings (on right) and I ran 5 miles this morning and Kemery and Sherry Coker walked for 75 minutes!

Today was the final day of season seven of Run for Fun, a free fitness program for kids ages 6-11. It rained all morning...
07/30/2022

Today was the final day of season seven of Run for Fun, a free fitness program for kids ages 6-11. It rained all morning so I did not know who, if anyone would show up. Three kids arrived, with parents and, of course, volunteer coach Sherry Coker, who has helped me since Day 1 in 2016.

The Springfield-Greene County Park Board supplied hot dogs and chips and drinks.

Sherry and I sat down and chatted with parents and ate hot dogs, which for some reason taste especially good when you're outside under a pavilion as it rains.

As we did, two of the boys ran laps around the small park district building. I had not asked them to; there was no workout because it was coming down pretty good.

"Guess what they're doing?" Sherry asked me.

"What?"

"They're running for fun," she said.

Thanks to everyone! The kids, parents, the Park Board and David Stoeffler and the Springfield Daily Citizen for buying this year's shirts.

Most of all, I want to thank my friends who are volunteer coaches who make this so much fun for me. This year they were Sherry, Harry Keegan, Jackie Harder Rehwald, Wyatt Wheeler, Lynette Bellet Cummings,Kevin Cummings and freshman coach Ralph Green.

It looks like coach Ralph Green is on the brink of being pulled into the pool today during Run for Fun. There’s one mor...
07/23/2022

It looks like coach Ralph Green is on the brink of being pulled into the pool today during Run for Fun. There’s one more Saturday left this summer. It’s at 10 am July 30 at Hailey Owens Memorial Park at Westport Elementary School, 415 S Golden Ave. There will be a short work out, including the Cake Relay, and then a barbecue. The free program is for Springfield kids 6 through 11 years old. It’s sponsored by the Springfield/Greene County Park Board and the Springfield Daily Citizen. My other volunteer coaches today were Sherry Coker, Kevin Cummings and Harry Keagan.

Photos from Run for Fun July 16, 2022, taken by coach Jackie Harder Rehwald . We had 8 kids. Here they are running on...
07/17/2022

Photos from Run for Fun July 16, 2022, taken by coach Jackie Harder Rehwald . We had 8 kids. Here they are running onto a mini-trampoline and bounding over a small pool. We have two more Saturdays of Run for Fun, which is free. It's for kids ages 6 through 11 who live in Springfield. The final days are July 23 and July 30. The program is sponsored by the Springfield Greene County Park Board and the Springfield Daily Citizen. All you have to do do is show up at 10 a.m. Saturday at Hailey Owens Memorial Park, which is near Westport Elementary School, 415 S. Golden Ave., Springfield. See you there!

07/16/2022

A great day at Run for Fun! We had 8 kids and they got a workout. Volunteer coaches today were Sherry Coker, Jackie Harder Rehwald, Wyatt Wheeler and Harry Keegan. Thanks! Two more Saturdays to go this summer. July 23 and 30. On the 30th we'll have a barbecue after a workout. The program is free and is for kids 6 through 11 years old who live in Springfield. It is sponsored by the Springfield-Greene County Park Board and the Springfield Daily Citizen. It is from 10 a.m. to 10 45 a.m. at Hailey Owens Memorial Park at Westport Elementary School at 415 S. Golden Ave., Springfield

07/16/2022

A great day at Run for Fun! We had 8 kids and they got a workout. Volunteer coaches today were Sherry Coker, Jackie Harder Rehwald, Wyatt Wheeler and Harry Keegan. Thanks! Two more Saturdays! July 23 and July 30. On the 30th we'll have a barbecue after a short workout. The program is free and is sponsored by the Springfield/Greene County Park Board and the Springfield Daily Citizen. It's for kids 6 through 11 who live in Springfield. All you have to do is show up. It is 10 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. at Hailey Owens Memorial Park at Westport Elementary School, 415 S. Golden Avenue, Springfield.

The 2022 Run for Fun shirts are in! They were purchased by the Springfield Daily Citizen, my new employer — as of Oct. ...
07/09/2022

The 2022 Run for Fun shirts are in! They were purchased by the Springfield Daily Citizen, my new employer — as of Oct. 1. Thank you! In prior years they were purchased by the Springfield News-Leader. I’m grateful for that, too. Modeling the shirts are Sherry Coker, me and Wyatt Wheeler. The free program is sponsored by the Springfield Greene County Park Board. Three more Saturdays this summer. 10 am at Hailey Owens Memorial Park for kids 6 through 11.

It's the Fourth of July weekend and that means a low turnout of kids for Run for Fun. We had two: Jacob and Nate. So th...
07/02/2022

It's the Fourth of July weekend and that means a low turnout of kids for Run for Fun. We had two: Jacob and Nate. So the volunteer coaches got a workout, too. We had six coaches today, including Lynette Bellet Cummings, who took the photos; Kevin Cummings, who outsprinted me on the anchor leg of the 4 x 110 relay; Harry Keegan; Wyatt Wheeler; and Ralph Green.

We have four more Saturdays. It's for kids 6 through 11. The program is free and is sponsored by Springfield/Greene County Park Board. 10 a.m. Saturdays at Hailey Owens Memorial Park. You can show up for one Saturday or for all nine Saturdays; it doesn't matter.

I had a new volunteer coach at Run for Fun this morning. Ralph Green, business reporter at the Springfield News-Leader,...
06/25/2022

I had a new volunteer coach at Run for Fun this morning. Ralph Green, business reporter at the Springfield News-Leader, helped out. It was hot, but we still had nine kids. Left to right: Sherry Coker, Ralph, me and Wyatt Wheeler. Five more Saturdays this summer. July 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30. It's 10 a.m. at Hailey Owens Memorial Park at Westport Elementary School. It's free and sponsored by the Springfield-Greene County Park Board. Come join us! Sherry Coker Ralph Green Steven Pokin Wyatt Wheeler Wyatt Wheeler News-Leader

The kids ran the hurdles today at Run for Fun! The opening activity of the day was the dreaded obstacle course. We did i...
06/18/2022

The kids ran the hurdles today at Run for Fun! The opening activity of the day was the dreaded obstacle course. We did it for the first time this year. It was hot and the kids did amazingly well. (We finished with a tug-of-war over a small pool that I fill at the park.)

During our break session I have a lesson plan and a True/False quiz from the lesson plan from the week before. This morning one of the kids remembered my discussion on Water vs. Gatorade from last year! Thanks to the volunteer coaches who are such a great help to me. The 45 minutes flies by because of their assistance. This morning they were Sherry Coker, Jackie Harder Rehwald, Harrison Keegan and Wyatt Wheeler.

Photos by Coach Coker.

At Run for Fun, the kids work on their bounding, or quick and powerful movements. The fancy word is "plyometrics." The k...
06/11/2022

At Run for Fun, the kids work on their bounding, or quick and powerful movements. The fancy word is "plyometrics." The kids try to hop while keeping a ball between their legs. In this photo is Max Rehwald, son of Larry Rehwald and volunteer coach Jackie Harder Rehwald.

At Run for Fun, we do a couple of things to build upper body strength. One of them is for the kids to match their hands ...
06/11/2022

At Run for Fun, we do a couple of things to build upper body strength. One of them is for the kids to match their hands along a mat shows where the right hand is supposed to go and where the left hand is to go. The volunteer coaches hold the kids' feet to make it just a little bit easier.
In this photo, coach Jackie Harder Rehwald works with a girl.

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415 S. Golden Avenue
Springfield, MO
65802

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