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Registration Open For Girls On The Run In Moorestown

Girls on the Run combines training for a 5k running race with education and discussions about issues that affect adolescent girls.

Moorestown, NJ -- Registration is now open for Girls on the Run training in Moorestown.

Girls on the Run is a dynamic 10-week program that combines training for a 5k (3.1 mile) running race with education and interactive discussions about critical issues that will affect pre-teen girls as they reach adolescence.

Trained volunteer coaches teach life lessons to girls through fun and clever running games and workouts.

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The goal of the program is for girls who complete the program are physically, mentally, and emotionally stronger and better prepared to overcome the challenges and pressures of adolescence and beyond.

It concludes with a non-competitive 5K.

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It has 140 chapters in the United States and Canada.

The program runs on Mondays and Wednesdays, from 4:15 p.m.-5:30 p.m. at Boundary Creek Park in Moorestown, beginning Sept. 12.

For more GOTR information, please visit our website at www.girlsontherunnj.org or contact Program Director, Anne Klein @ 973-951-4266 for more information.

The attached image was provided by Girls on the Run.

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