Triathlon training coming to Howard County schools
Members of TriColumbia have teamed up with Howard County Public Schools to help kids train for a triathlon.
TriColumbia, which organizes one of the region's most popular triathlons, will offer instruction during PE classes. It will work with elementary, middle and high school students.
The training will be done for fourth grade students at Hammond and Talbott Springs elementary schools, sixth grade students at Burleigh Manor and Wilde Lake middle schools and ninth grade students at Glenelg and Long Reach high schools.
The school system will provide instructional assistance in swimming, cycling and running as well as equipment and transportation.
School officials hope the program will help students improve their strength and endurance, build healthy bones and muscles, control weight, reduce anxiety and stress and increases self-esteem.
Each program will be tailored to the students’ ages and fitness levels and modified for kids with disabilities.
TriColumbia will also sponsor 25 scholarships so some of the students can participate in age-appropriate triathlons.
Comments
I can smell the ego in the air already.
Posted by: PatientPatient | September 30, 2011 10:46 AM