Event Description

Keep Texans Active’s mission is simple–Get Texans Active! 

We want our adult-running community to inspire our Marathon Kids! More importantly, we want our adult-running community to get excited about kids running and getting active. 

All proceeds from Keep Texans Active benefit Marathon Kids and its programming!

Marathon Kids is an Austin-based nonprofit organization on a mission to get kids moving. Marathon Kids' purpose is to increase daily physical activity by engaging kids in a positive, goal-driven program that challenges them to run, jog, walk or move the equivalent of four (or more!) marathons over the course of a season. Not only are we teaching goal-setting, but Marathon Kids is an opportunity for all kids - at any fitness level - to learn how being active every day improves their entire well-being. Our programming is a volunteer-led coaching model that combines award-winning technology and evidence-based practices to build a structured physical education program. We provide the tools and training, while coaches bring the fun, energy, and encouragement to help kids go further than they ever thought possible.