Giving Young Runners a Leg Up

While competitors in the ING New York City Marathon must be 18 or over, that hasn’t stopped more than 200,000 children at Public School 15 and other city schools from getting a head start. Through Team for Kids, sponsored for more than a decade by the New York Road Runners club and its fundraising group, public school students learn non-competitive running. Each year more than 1,800 runners raise funds for Team for Kids, running the ING New York City Marathon in signature green jerseys.