Get Ready to Run
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Presented by Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi.
03/12/2026
Drumroll, please! 🥁🥁🥁
A huge CONGRATULATIONS to our 2026 school winners! These schools had the most students cross the finish line in their category and won $5,000 towards their P.E. program! 🏆
🏅 Large Category: Rouse Elementary School and Stonebridge Elementary School
🏅 Medium Category: A. W. Watson Elementary School and Flowood Elementary School
🏅 Small Category: Hunt Intermediate School PTO and Booker T. Washington Elementary International Studies Magnet
Thank you to all the schools who participated! You helped make this year a big success!
03/07/2026
Congratulations to the more than 1,100 runners who crossed the finish line in today’s race!
Thank you to the Mississippi Mud Monsters for allowing us to host our run at such a fun location!
Thank you to Pearl Police Department for helping keep our runners, volunteers and staff safe!
Thank you to City of Pearl Government for all of your help making sure our course was safe for all of our runners!
03/07/2026
We want to celebrate with you! Don't forget to tag us in your pics! 🥳 📸
03/06/2026
Congratulations to Kelly Glynn Duke for being the closest to guessing that we have 1,914 registered runners this year!
Thank you to Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi and Bass Pro Shops for the goodies!
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About the Program
The Get Ready to Run School Program introduces students to the benefits of running, physical fitness and healthy lifestyle choices in a fun and rewarding way! Our goals are to assist K-5th graders in building endurance, setting and accomplishing long-term fitness goals and enhancing their self-esteem while teaching valuable lessons about making health and fitness a regular part of their lives.
The Get Ready to Run lessons and activities were developed by health and wellness experts at Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi in cooperation with the Mississippi Department of Education and fully support the Mississippi Framework for Physical Education.
Eligible students from participating schools will also have the opportunity to run the Get Ready to Run Kids’ One-Mile Fun Run at no cost! Students who participate in the Fun Run can also help earn $2,000 in award money to support their schools' P.E. program. Each region will have its own separate Kids' One-Mile Fun Run. Students will register and participate only in the Kids' One-Mile Fun Run associated with their school's region.
