It's official: May 31 - June 1, 2025 is officially proclaimed Girls on the Run Weekend in the State of Minnesota!

April 20 through April 26, 2025 is National Volunteer Week! Across the country, organizations and nonprofits like Girls on the Run Minnesota spend this week celebrating and thanking the volunteers who contribute to their ongoing success and livelihood.

This season, we’re excited to be sharing a blog post outlining the curriculum for the first week of practices, from warm-up to cool-down! Each lesson has different topics, goals, and activities specifically designed to optimize the participants’ growth. For a detailed breakdown of each section of the lesson, check out this blog post! This week’s topics are: Our Mountain Mover Team and Recipe of Me! 

This season, we’re excited to be sharing a blog post outlining the curriculum for the first week of practices, from warm-up to cool-down! Each lesson has different topics, goals, and activities specifically designed to optimize the participants’ growth. For a detailed breakdown of each section of the lesson, check out this blog post! This week’s topics are: You Are Here and My Girl Wheel!

If you’re a caregiver or prospective coach who’s wondering what a typical Girls on the Run (GOTR) practice entails, look no further! In this blog post, we outline each step of a traditional GOTR lesson from warm-up to cool-down. Our curriculum is carefully designed to both teach valuable life skills and lessons to your girl and prepare her to succeed at the end-of-season 5K, and our trained coaches follow a specific practice plan to ensure that every girl has the best possible experience! 

If you’re a caregiver or prospective coach who’s wondering what a typical Heart & Sole (H&S) practice entails, look no further! In this blog post, we outline each step of a traditional H&S lesson from warm-up to cool-down. Our curriculum is carefully designed to both teach valuable life skills and lessons to your girl and prepare her to succeed at the end-of-season 5K, and our trained coaches follow a specific practice plan to ensure that every participant has the best possible experience! 

When Angela Bianco sat down to watch a Matoska International Elementary School basketball game, she unknowingly kicked off a ripple effect that would change both her life and the lives of many young girls. Angela, a fourth grade teacher at Matoska attending the game to support her students, happened to take a seat beside Kathleen Cannon, the executive director of Girls on the Run Minnesota. As they spectated, they struck up a conversation first about basketball, but the conversation slowly turned to the topic of Girls on the Run.

Allison Juda woke to the sound of her ringing alarm. Rolling over, she reached for her phone, the bright screen illuminated with the date: Sunday, October 1, 2023. The Twin Cities Marathon race day.