MISSION:
The 100 Mile Club® provides the opportunity to run or walk 100 miles at school during a single school
year and is committed to improving school readiness to learn, creating better educational outcomes, building self-esteem and
overall improved health in the lives of children and others.
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Participants utilize and experience life-skills based on The Pyramid of Success, designed by the legendary basketball coach, teacher, and 100 Mile Club® mentor, Coach
John Wooden.
The lifeskills incorporated in the blocks of Coach Wooden's
Pyramid of Success have been integrated throughout the program.
Our Philosophy...
Our philosophy is simple. We believe that every individual has the ability to achieve true personal success and a new
level of physical fitness by Accepting the Challenge of running (or walking) 100 Miles at school during a single school year. These feelings of true personal success and fitness are ones that will carry participants
to new levels of achievement in all areas: academics, athletics, and implementation of the valuable life skills identified
in the bricks of Coach Wooden’s Pyramid of Success.
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The 100 Mile Club is a personal journey toward
a very personal goal.
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is not a race with anyone but yourself.
- We
NEVER compare students.
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never race or compete between classes or students to see who makes 100 miles “first”.
- 100
Mile Club is not an external competition. The competition is with your biggest
rival: yourself.
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celebrate all personal successes at the end of the school year. 100 miles
or not, we award students together, celebrate together, and never separate out those that make 100 miles from those that do
not.
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personal successes students feel while on the100 Mile Club journey are unquantifiable but ever-present. We celebrate those most of all.
100 Mile Club encourages team spirit by asking
students to work together to help one another reach their goals. Often, we see the more athletic students encouraging
and mentoring those that might need that little extra boost…it is wonderful to see students cheer for each other or
run together to just make it one more lap.
100 Mile Club does not publicly (e.g.-website,
school announcements, etc…) identify or announce students who hit 100 miles until the end of the year awards
presentation. Some students make 100 miles by mid-January…We let these
individuals savor the inner rewards that come from humility, poise, confidence and friendship as they help others reach their
goals, too. We ask that these students reach inside themselves and set new personal
goals in order to reach their true level of competitive greatness.
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The 100 Mile Club is an individualized physical
fitness program. Students will have the opportunity to exercise their bodies through stretching and running (or walking)
activities as they move closer and closer to 100 miles and their very own gold medal.
The 100 Mile Club is a life skills program.
Through the personal experience of running (or walking) 100 miles at school, each student is given unique situations in which
to truly experience each and every one of the life skills outlined in The Pyramid of Success.
The 100 Mile Club is uncomplicated,
yet profound. We believe strongly that each and every student who Accepts the
Challenge of running (or walking) 100 miles at school during a single school year will discover a phenomenal new part of themselves…the
part that thrives on team spirit, hard work, determination and enthusiasm. Once
a child gets a taste of the deep and powerful intrinsic rewards of true, TRUE personal success, he or she will seek that feeling
again and again…
at school, at home, and in
life.
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