Girls on the Run International

Stories from girls, moms, coaches and teachers…

Running and Star Power

The past few years I have been in girls on the run I have learned and liked get to know my star power. Star Power is positive thoughts and feeling about yourself. Girls on the run is so...

Why I love Girls on the Run

The things I love about girls on the run is that we set goals, my goals help me have fun and run for a long period of time and they teach me about how to communicate, feel sympathy and...

My team was cheering for me

Girls on the Run is an important club because you can get exercise while making friends and having fun. Girls on the Run includes many lessons to teach how to be kind to others, build...

Whoosh!!!

Whoosh!!! This season has flown by With Girls on The Run!!! I have enjoyed Girls on the Run. The most memorable moment I have had was our practice 5K. Our practice 5K was AWESOME. We had...

All Connected

My favorite lesson was connection which was our first lesson. I loved the lesson because that is when we all got together to meet, and we played a game called “just like me”...

No Bullies Allowed

Girls on the run is so much fun because we exercise, do fun activities, we do laps, and we do not give up. We work hard, we have friends to support us, and we do not have bullies. We have...

What a mirror really shows

My story begins with my friends that coached for GOTR. For several years they mentioned that I should coach as well. All I knew about it was the name – and the name intimidated me...

Empathy

The reason I like girls on the run again because you learn kindness, empathy, make new friends, run and on top of all of that, we get snacks and the snack tastes great plus some of your...

You Can Choose

What I love about Girls on the Run is that I can express all my feelings and emotions. I feel like I don’t have to hide my problems anymore. I feel like I am going to be able to be...

Dani Backrides

I was very nervous and almost scared at first. Would I be a good coach? Can I handle teaching young girls life lessons without teaching experience or children of my own? I learned quickly...