Brentwood hosts Fun Run

Times Reporter  

 

Run Clubs from Wheatland Elementary, Westmount Elementary, Carseland School and Trinity Christian Academy schools joined 49 joggers from the Brentwood group for a fun (competitive) run on June 6.  There were 170 students in total who ran routes of either two km or four km.

“This is the first time we’ve ever done this, with all the kids from all the different schools,” said Brentwood coach Ben Sader, who has two children attending Brentwood. “It’s so much fun to see these kids out here running.”

The Brentwood Run Club – made up of Grade three to six students– practice at least two lunch periods each week, all through the fall and spring. Each season the group has an interclub event of their own, similar to the fun run. They’ve also competed in the Foothills Advocacy In Motion Society Run on June 1, and have raced at Canada Olympic Park.

“They are improving their fitness levels, and they just seem to be improving their self-esteem. We’ve had comments from teachers telling us, that they’re just that much brighter and more apt to learn,” Sader said. 

Home school facilitator at Brentwood Elementary, Lori Clarke, sees similar growth as well.

“It’s not just the physical improvements that we’ve seen. For a lot of kids, this is the first team they’ve been a part of,” Clarke said. “So I see them cheering each other on, I see a lot of encouraging each other to get out to practices, and I see a lot of friendships developing because of it too.”