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The Daily Mile announced as official partner of the World Athletics Championships Oregon22

July 21 2022, 03:47 PM

The Daily Mile announced as the official school education fitness program supporter of the World Athletics Championships Oregon22

The Daily Mile, supported by INEOS, has today been announced as the official school education fitness program supporter of the World Athletics Championships Oregon22.

●  The Daily Mile is an initiative started in Scotland where children run for fifteen minutes every day, improving the health and wellbeing of millions of children.

●  Over 3 million children around the world are already taking part and now The Daily Mile is coming to the USA, with Oregon leading the way.

●  Kate Brown, Governor of Oregon, says: “I am delighted to hear that The Daily Mile and the World Wide Welcome Youth Relay are partnering to maximize youth engagement opportunities for the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 and beyond. The programs bring people together as part of a global movement while improving health and wellbeing. I encourage educators and youth group leaders across the state to explore these programs with their students and kids.”

The Daily Mile, supported by INEOS, has today been announced as the official school education fitness program supporter of the World Athletics Championships Oregon22, promoting the positive benefits that daily activity has on physical, mental and social health in school.

The partnership aims to increase awareness of The Daily Mile in schools - a transformative, free initiative where children run, jog wheel or walk for fifteen minutes every day, in which time, most people will average a mile or more - and encourage elementary schools in Oregon, America and the rest of the world to take part.

Since The Daily Mile was started by former elementary school Principal, Elaine Wyllie, in Stirling, Scotland just ten years ago, the initiative has improved the health and wellbeing of millions of children. Children and their teachers engage in the mile together, getting healthier while building relationships that result in better classroom management and academic performance. Today over 3 million children across 14,000 schools globally are now running a mile a day and now The Daily Mile is coming to the USA. And Oregon is leading the way.

On Friday, April 8, kids in Portland ran The Daily Mile for the first time as part of the World Wide Welcome Youth Relay, the youth engagement program created by the local organizing committee of the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 to celebrate the 100-day countdown to the start of the Championships. The World Athletics Championships are coming to the United States for the first time, 15 July–24 July 2022.

Elaine Wyllie, Founder of The Daily Mile, says: “Working with the World Athletics Championships Oregon22, we hope to encourage children in Oregon, the rest of the U.S. and across the world to take part in The Daily Mile - a simple, free and effective way to improve wellbeing.”

Sir Jim Ratcliffe, Founder & CEO of INEOS, adds: “We know that the positive experiences we have at a young age shape habits for life- which is why it’s so key to help young children enjoy getting active daily. Running is the simplest, most natural exercise you can do, it’s fun and social, and it helps to teach the basics of a healthy lifestyle. As childhood becomes more sedentary than ever, we’re proud that The Daily Mile has helped over 3 million children get up and running- and is inspiring their families too.”

The Daily Mile and OGC Nice

Supported by INEOS, OGC Nice and the City of Nice, The Daily Mile was officially launched in schools across Nice in November 2021 at Terra Amata.

The idea is simple: every day, the children involved must run or walk for 15 minutes, which generally corresponds to a mile, or 1.6 km.

Having been encouraged and advised by scheme sponsors Flavius Daniliuc and Margot Chevrier (a Nice Côte d’Azur Athlétisme athlete), adults and children alike donned their trainers and ran their first collective mile on 18th November 2021, during the campaign’s launch event.

In the wake of the campaign’s launch, more than ten Nice-based schools have already joined the movement.

 

 

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