Next Medtronic TC Kids Event

Outdoor Cross Country Fun Run: Saturday, May 15th, 2010

Join us for an exciting Medtronic TC Kids Marathon event designed kids and families, from 9am - Noon on Saturday May 15th, 2010 at Como Park in St. Paul, MN. The event will feature exciting cross country runs of Half Mile, Mile and Two Mile distances. Parents are welcome to run with their kids. All participants in the race will receive a T-shirt and medal. All attendees are welcome to stay for a free lunch.

If you haven't already started, sign up now and download our 12, 8 or 4-week flexible training program. Whichever program you have been using, you can culminate your training in this special kid’s race and recognition event! Even if you have not participated in the online training program, you can still run in the Outdoor Fun Run.

Families

If you are a parent, you can register online starting Feb. 19th or directly at the race beginning at 8:15 am

Click on this link to be taken to the registration page!

What's an Outdoor Cross Country Fun Run? 

The Medtronic TC Kids Marathon provides three culminating events to celebrate the end of each 12-week cycle of training. In May, we host a family friendly Outdoor Cross Country Fun Run at Como Park in St. Paul. The picturesque park course completes a Half Mile circuit on grass and is adjacent to the Picnic Pavilion, the Como Zoo and Como Conservatory and Gardens.

This event, which consists of Half Mile, Mile and Two Mile runs, gives your young athletes a chance to check their fitness levels after the cold, frosty winter and heading into summer. It gives them a chance to run with others of their own age. Warm-ups will be conducted by elite runners and members of Team USA Minnesota who inspire great runs with interactions on the course. Radio Disney will be providing entertainment and fun promotions.

Each young runner will receive a metal and T-shirt. The fee is only $10 if registering in advance. $15 on race day. Limited scholarships are available. Check the registration page at marathonguide.com for eligibility.

If you are driving directly to the event site, parking is available in various lots and streets around the park (see the map http://www.stpaul.gov/DocumentView.asp?DID=2488). We encourage the use of the shuttle service we are providing from Como High School, 740 West Rose Ave. on the east side of the park. The busses will be waiting in the parking lot on Rose Ave. Shuttles will run from 8:15 am to 1:00 pm at approximately 15 minute intervals before and after the event.

Opening ceremonies will be at 9:00 am immediately followed by the Half Mile Race. Line-up for the mile begins at 9:35 am and line-up for the two mile begins at 10:10 am.

We will have photographers present at the run. Action Sports International will be taking photos of the kids running and they will be available for sale after the event. We will send you a reminder link to their website: http://asiorders.com/view_event.asp?EVENTID=63278.  

Spectators will have easy viewing of the entire race from the middle of the field. We ask spectators to stay in the middle until your child is finished running.

The finish line is a secured area. Please be advised that children will be directed to exit the finisher's chute to the center of the race course. There will be no admittance or re-admittance by participants one they leave the finisher area. Do not plan to meet runners at the finish line. Instead, plan to meet at the very end of the finisher's chute.

Click on this link to be taken to the registration page!