Running Club

Fourth Annual Fun Run - Friday April 30 at 5:30 pm

Mark your calendar and plan to come with your family to run the 5K or 2.5K. The Fun Run us a fundraiser for the Riffenburgh PTO and money raised will be used to fun healthy snacks in all the classrooms for the 2010/2011 school year. Sponsorship levels of $100 and $200 are being offered this year and we also need a "pizza" sponsor who will cover the cost of the pizza for the event.
 
If you own a business or if you place of work is interested in being a sponsor, please contact Mary Shore at 493-5130 for details regarding the two levels. This is a great way to donate to Riffenburgh Elementary and to gain recognition for your business.

Volunteers are needed to help with set-up, clean-up, and at points along the course for safety. Please contact Mary Shore at 493-5130 to volunteer.

Running Club

For the past 13 years Riffenburgh school has had a club that encourages fitness for our third through sixth grade students. Staff members and parents join the students for our sessions. Until recently we called our club a running club. We decided to shift our emphasis from running to general aerobic fitness. We now call it the Fitness Club. We meet twice a week for seven weeks in the Fall and then again in the Spring. One day each week we run, jog, or walk a course that gradually increases from one to two miles. On the other day we participate in interval training that mixes short periods of running with periods of less intensive activity. On these days we do relays, play games, or run a course that mixes running and walking.

Many students choose to participate in one or more community runs that are scheduled near the end of either the spring or fall fitness clubs. We have had students participate in the Turkey Trot, The Jingle Bells Run, The Christmas Classic, The Fire Hydrant Five, and the Poudre Spring Runoff.