Running Club

Our mission is to promote the health and wellness of our students through running. 

We host Running Club every Friday for the entire school year during their 20-minute lunch recess. Students are encouraged to run laps around our playground and scan laps with their tags with each lap they complete. Laps count toward their cumulative mileage and they are rewarded at various milestones (1 mile, 2 mile, 5 mile, etc) with prizes.

Lunch recess:

Kinder - 2nd ✷ 10:35 - 10:55

3rd - 5th ✷ 11:20 - 11:40

Leaderboard (as of 2/6/2026):

  1. William W - 5th - 49.25 miles

  2. Freddy W - 3rd - 49.0

  3. Jesse D - 5th - 44.5

  4. Elliott E - 5th - 44.09

  5. Samara B - 5th - 43.67

  6. Cole H - 3rd - 42.5

  7. Reese H - 5th - 42.42

  8. Porter H - 5th - 41.09

  9. Cyrus W - 3rd - 39.75

  10. Cella S - 5th - 38.50

  11. Alex A - 5th - 38.34

  12. Jade S - 3rd - 38.25

  13. Jordan C - 5th - 37.34

  14. Teddy Q - 3rd - 36.59

  15. Leo J - 2nd - 35.92

  16. Walker H - 5th - 35.75

  17. Ellis R - 3rd - 35.42

  18. Seb G - 5th - 35.25

  19. Max A - 2nd - 31.67

  20. Azuka M - 3rd - 29.17

  21. Frances C - 4th - 29.09

  22. Thomas D - 3rd - 29.0

  23. Soren S - 1st - 27.67

  24. Carter H - 4th - 26.0

  25. Micah M - 2nd - 25.42

ATKINSON LAP AND MILEAGE TOTALS

password: Cheetah2026

Please reach out to Christy if you have any questions: RC@atkinsonpta.org

Prizes will be awarded to students as they reach running milestones:

*1 mile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shoelace + Toe token (foot)

2 miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Toe token (foot)

5 miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Toe token (high five)

10 miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Toe token (glow in dark foot)

13.1 (half marathon). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Toe token (#13) + Water bottle

15 miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Toe token (shamrock)

20 miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Toe token (cheetah)

26.2 (full marathon) . . . . . Toe token (#26) + Running Club T-shirt + Medal

Ultra (40+ miles) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Toe token (running shoe) + Trophy

*1 mile = 12 laps around playground

There will be a Runner of the Month each month and a special award for the classroom with highest total mileage per student at the end of the year!