P.A.C.E. Trek 2008 - Paul Staso Promotes Youth Fitness In America Through Running And Education

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This Is P.A.C.E. Trek 2008! "PACE" is an acronym for Promoting Active Children Everywhere and this site features a 2008 FREE FITNESS AND EDUCATION CHALLENGE to children everywhere by ultra-endurance athlete Paul Staso. In 2006 Paul completed a solo coast-to-coast run across America to keep a promise to some children in Montana (visit pacerun.com). Now he's challenging kids everywhere!

Below Is An April 23, 2008 News
Video From Missoula, Montana:

Click Triangle Symbol in Lower Left Corner.
Video Produced By KPAX Channel 8 News.

This is a FREE educational opportunity requiring no more than 10 to 15 minutes per day for 14 school days! For a classroom, that's a commitment of only 3½ hours total! Thousands of students in the U.S.A. and overseas are registered to participate in this inaugural P.A.C.E. Trek.

Paul is a former 5th grade teacher who
is committed to encouraging children toward greater health and fitness, and the pursuit of their goals and dreams. His unique approach is to use his ultra-endurance abilities to get kids running, walking and learning through long-distance journeys. During P.A.C.E. Trek 2008 teams of children, ages 5 through 18 years, will "virtually" race Paul 620 miles across Montana, USA.

Students will participate in the journey by acquiring running and walking mileage at school (such as in physical education class, recess, or some other time). Also, some extracurricular sports mileage will be allowed. However, this trek is not only for school teams. Non-school teams will participate also. Throughout the journey children will learn about the locations Paul will actually run through alone via details at this web site (including pictures, journal entries and videos posted during the trek). Schools from the U.S.A. and overseas will be involved in this journey, including students in Department of Defense schools for military families.

The trek will begin on April 28, 2008 at the Montana/North Dakota border and end on May 16, 2008 at the top of Lolo Pass at the Montana/Idaho border. More details can be found by selecting your students' age level:

Elementary School Middle School High School

DURING THE SUMMER OF 2006 PAUL RAN 3,260 MILES SOLO ACROSS THE UNITED STATES TO KEEP A PROMISE TO 96 ELEMENTARY CHILDREN IN HIS HOMETOWN OF MISSOULA, MONTANA. HIS RUN ACROSS AMERICA REQUIRED AN AVERAGE OF 30 MILES PER DAY FOR 108 RUNNING DAYS, FROM THE COAST OF OREGON TO THE COAST OF DELAWARE. HE CROSSED 15 STATES WHILE PROMOTING YOUTH FITNESS. YOU CAN LEARN MORE AT WWW.PACERUN.COM,

PLAY THE NEWS REPORT VIDEO BELOW

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LET'S JOURNEY ACROSS MONTANA!