An all-girls running program designed to celebrate movement, build confidence, and create community for girls of all ages and abilities.
Empowering Girls Through Running
The Girls Movement is a free, confidence-building physical activity program for girls in grades K–12, with lessons especially designed for 4th–8th grade.
Unlike Girls on the Run, The Girls Movement is completely free to join. The program creates a fun, supportive space where girls can move their bodies, build confidence, and connect with each other.
Through self-paced running, walking, games, team challenges, and positive social experiences, girls discover strength, confidence, and pride in being active.
Because in this space, every girl belongs here just as she is.
Qualifying schools may receive a grant-funded Coach Empowerment Kit which includes a coach stipend!
Through this program, girls discover the power of movement for their overall well-being and develop healthy habits. With alarming statistics highlighting the need for intervention to keep girls active, The Girls Movement is here to make a difference.
Girls drop out of sports at twice the rate of boys by age 14.
85% of adolescent girls fail to meet the recommended 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA).
The Girls Movement program equips you with everything needed to inspire young female runners—an easy-to-use digital platform and scanner app, engaging lesson plans, and a comprehensive resource library filled with activities and coaching tools.
With The Girls Movement program, there are 12 lessons that focus on three main goals:
Build Confidence
Develop Character
Cultivate Connection
Learn how to get your all-girls run club started and create a free Marathon Kids account today!
get started
Starting your all-girls run club is as easy as 1, 2, 3.
Step 1: Create your free account.
Step 2: Click “Add a New Club”
Step 3: Check the box listed below for "The Girls Movement".
And you’re in! You’ll then gain access to the digital platform, Girls Movement curriculum, and dozens of other resources to help you support and empower your run club. Once your account is created, the Marathon Kids team will be in touch to help you get your club up and running!
Current Marathon Kids coaches can easily create an additional club to track their Girls Movement program separately from their existing activities.
Coach Empowerment Kit
Thanks to The DICK'S Sporting Goods Foundation's Sports Matter Program, every year a select number of schools receive a grant-funded Coach Empowerment Kit.
Review eligibility requirements for the Coach Empowerment Kit here.
Marathon Kids is free for all schools and communities in the US supporting all kids and can be implemented to meet your organizational needs.
