What is the mission of the Hartford Marathon Foundation?
Youth Running It is the mission of the Hartford Marathon Foundation to facilitate and develop the awareness of a healthy lifestyle for the youth in our community through running, and healthy nutrition. We offer the opportunity for students to participate in any of the HMF Youth Running Programs through the community or their own school or individually. We teach kids the benefits of running and encourage making running into a lifelong sport. The Youth Running Program within the Hartford Marathon Foundation is comprised of 4 opportunities: the ING Run for Something Better Program, Zoom Teams, Jeff’s Running Partners and individual participation. Each program is described below: The ING Run for Something Better Program is designed to encourage a healthy, active lifestyle in the fight against childhood obesity for elementary and middle school students. This program encourages students to train together to complete a half marathon, covering 13.1 miles in 6 weeks. On October 9, 2009 during t
