My wife Diane signed up this week to be a coach for her school's Girls on the Run program.
It will be part of the larger Greater Detroit group and over 1000 girls will participate in the 5K race following ten weeks of training.
Her school's principal is well aware that Diane is barefoot in her classroom, and has observed her in bare feet outdoors all day during field day as well as other activities. Still, Diane reminded her that she will be running and coaching barefoot just to be sure before putting in the time and effort towards the required coach's training with the larger group. Her principal's response was "That's fine".
I'm hoping all will go smoothly for a successful experience for all involved, but I'm just wondering if she'll get any flack from the training program leaders or parents of the kids.
I can almost imagine some kids wanting to run barefoot and telling their parents that the teacher/coach always runs without shoes. I'm wondering if there are any complaints if the organization will back up her preference or interfere with it.
Should be O.K., fits right into their mission statement:
http://www.gotrdetroit.org/about-girls-on-the-run/
Time will tell, I'll report on any news.
It will be part of the larger Greater Detroit group and over 1000 girls will participate in the 5K race following ten weeks of training.
Her school's principal is well aware that Diane is barefoot in her classroom, and has observed her in bare feet outdoors all day during field day as well as other activities. Still, Diane reminded her that she will be running and coaching barefoot just to be sure before putting in the time and effort towards the required coach's training with the larger group. Her principal's response was "That's fine".
I'm hoping all will go smoothly for a successful experience for all involved, but I'm just wondering if she'll get any flack from the training program leaders or parents of the kids.
I can almost imagine some kids wanting to run barefoot and telling their parents that the teacher/coach always runs without shoes. I'm wondering if there are any complaints if the organization will back up her preference or interfere with it.
Should be O.K., fits right into their mission statement:
http://www.gotrdetroit.org/about-girls-on-the-run/
Time will tell, I'll report on any news.