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    and accessible arts, sports, education and
    community-building programs within NYC parks.

Kids Fitness

City Parks Foundation offers free, fun-filled fitness programs designed to help keep young kids active, educate and develop positive, life-long attitudes toward healthy exercise and nutrition.

GET UP & GO! FAMILY ADVENTURE RACE

Thank you for an amazingly successful 1st Adventure Race, click here to view results!

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Where: Flushing Meadows Park, Queens

When: Sunday, August 12, 2012

New for 2012! This exciting parent-child race incorporates basic exercises and sports skills, and provides a healthy, one-hour dose of fun for all! Open to participants of all CPF sports programs and their parents.

The race takes place in one of New York’s most well-known parks on a course featuring 12 activity stations (click here for a map of the course). Team members must properly perform the required exercise or task before advancing to the next station and final run to the finish line. Activities include:

• Javelin throw
• Jump rope
• Basketball free throw
• Hurdles
• Bench push-ups

Awards will be provided to top three finishers in each age group wave. All finishers receive t-shirts and certificates of completion. There will be 2 races, based on age:

Ages 8-10: Race start time: 8:30 AM
Ages 11-13: Race start time 10:00 AM

• A  $10 entry fee per team is required to register. Team must include 1 parent or guardian and up to 2 children (must be in the same age category).

• Registration for this event is limited on a “first-come basis”. Click below to purchase tickets.

 

• Check back for tips on how to perform some of the various exercises and challenges in the race.

For more information, call (718) 760-6999

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