About the Rising Stars Training Program (Fall Session)
This is a youth training program, not a race in itself. Kids gather at a school track on weekend afternoons and run at their own pace, collecting popsicle sticks from coaches to track their laps. The whole thing builds toward a local road race at Riverfront Park at the end of the session. Parents stay for the full practice, and running alongside their child is encouraged.
Practices start with a group warm-up of stretches and running games and run under an hour. The program wraps up with a gummy worm at the end of each session. The track is at Smith Middle School on Addison Road in Glastonbury. Sessions are held rain or shine, though thunderstorms will cancel a practice, with notice sent by email and on the club's Facebook page.
