5K CHALLENGES KIDS TO STAY FIT, BE HEALTHY RUN AROUND ROSE BOWL DRAWS MORE THAN 10,000.Byline: EUGENE TONG tong 1 tr.v. tonged, tong·ing, tongs To seize, hold, or manipulate with tongs. [Back-formation from tongs. Staff Writer PASADENA -- For Myrka Martinez, regular exercise is the path to staying fit and the means to a long life -- even if it means rising early on a chilly Saturday morning to participate in the annual Kids Fitness Challenge. ``You can see history,'' said Myrka, 12, a student from Northridge Middle School who joined the 5K run around the Rose Bowl. ``When you're older, you can tell your grandchildren GRANDCHILDREN, domestic relations. The children of one's children. Sometimes these may claim bequests given in a will to children, though in general they can make no such claim. 6 Co. 16. what was there before.'' The 3.1-mile event, organized by the Kids Fitness Challenge Foundation, drew more than 10,000 children, parents and teachers to rally today's youth to live healthy lives. An estimated 38 percent of California children ages9 to11 are overweight Overweight Refers to an investment position that is larger than the generally accepted benchmark. Notes: For example, if a company normally holds a portfolio whose weighting of cash is 10%, and then increases cash holdings to 15%, the portfolio would have an overweight or at risk of becoming overweight, which puts them at risk of cardiovascular diseases Cardiovascular disease Disease that affects the heart and blood vessels. Mentioned in: Lipoproteins Test cardiovascular disease and diabetes. ``You'll get diabetes,'' said Thomas Pena, 13, of Northridge. ``You'll have to take shots every day.'' Participating schools may be eligible for a physical education grant from the foundation. To ensure a healthy lifestyle, people have to start young, said Dan Witt, one of several physical education teachers from Northridge who chaperoned more than 120 middle-school students to the event. ``The habits they develop now will carry through their lifetime,'' he said. ``A healthy lifestyle now will carry over when they're older. ``Events like this are very helpful to show the kids exercise can be fun and beneficial.'' But more importantly, nobody wants to be the slow kid. ``You look at someone, and they don't exercise enough, they look pale,'' said Ali Jimenez, 11, of Northridge. Bronte Burnette, 11, said she enjoys reading but is not above going to the gym for the treadmill or to scale the climbing wall A climbing wall is an artificially constructed wall with grips for hands and feet, used for climbing. Some are brick or wooden constructions, but on most modern walls, the material used is a thick multiplex board with holes drilled into it. . ``I can read books while I'm working out,'' said Bronte, a student at Hale Middle School in Woodland Hills. After a mass stretch-out, the kids were off and running. Ali and Thomas were back at the starting point Noun 1. starting point - earliest limiting point terminus a quo commencement, get-go, offset, outset, showtime, starting time, beginning, start, kickoff, first - the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the within 30 minutes. ``It was OK,'' Thomas said. ``I did it last year. The last time I did it, it was tiring. I didn't have the experience.'' eugene.tong(at)dailynews.com (818) 546-3304 CAPTION(S): 4 photos Photo: (1) More than 10,000 children, parents and teachers participate in Saturday's Kids Fitness Challenge, a 5K organized by the Kids Fitness Challenge Foundation to encourage youths to live healthy lives. (2) Samichya Rijal, 10, of Canoga Park stretches Saturday before the start of the 3.1-mile run around the Rose Bowl. (3 -- 4) The University of Southern California The U.S. News & World Report ranked USC 27th among all universities in the United States in its 2008 ranking of "America's Best Colleges", also designating it as one of the "most selective universities" for admitting 8,634 of the almost 34,000 who applied for freshman admission marching band Noun 1. marching band - a band that marches (as in a parade) and plays music at the same time band - instrumentalists not including string players , left, joins in the stretching before the start of the Kids Fitness Challenge, which drew participants both young and old to encourage youths to develop healthy living habits now. Above, Andrew Velazquez, 12, left, and Manuel Arambula, 11, both of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , pin on their race bibs before the start of the 5K. The race took runners around the Rose Bowl on Saturday morning in Pasadena. Evan Yee/Staff Photographer |
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