Milestones Running Club - Growth Mindset & Fitness Program

10/31/2025

Happy Halloween! 🎃

Make good choices - and stay safe!

New season starts TOMORROW! Learn more and register: milestonesrunningclub.com

10/03/2025

Thank you for nearly 4 years of running, learning, and creating memories. I truly have enjoyed each and every season I coached in Tampa schools and at the park. I'm moving soon, but will never forget this community - or the kids.

I'm saying goodbye THIS Saturday, October 4, which also happens to be my birthday. If you or your kiddo would like to come say goodbye to me or friends they’ve made at run club, stop by anytime between 10am - 11:30am at Gadsden Park. We will be at the very front of the park, where you drive in from MacDill Ave.

RSVP, please! If you’re able to come, please shoot me a quick text or email: (813) 766-7667, [email protected] 🙂

Also, I will have shirts available for purchase for $15 each if you're child wants to size up or get another design they didn't receive as a member.

Thanks so much for being part of Milestones Running Club. I hope that in the near future, another coach can take my place here in Tampa and carry on without me.

- Coach Melissa

09/05/2025

Hi families,

As Milestones Running Club approaches its four-year mark, I have bittersweet news. My family is relocating several hours away, so I will be discontinuing our local kids run club. Our current season will be the final season with me. If you'd like to register your child for this season, please do so today, so they can attend tomorrow morning at 9am.

Typing that is harder than I expected. (Who am I kidding, I’ve cried three times before typing this email.) Over these years I’ve watched shy first classes turn into confident strides, “I can’t” turn into “I’m determined!,” and kids of all ages encourage each other as they learn to encourage themselves. Your kids have made me laugh, cheer, and tear up more than once. Coaching them has been a gift, truly. There have been times I thought I maybe cared a little too much, but I have wanted nothing more than to make a difference. I've become a better coach each season, thanks to you and your kids. Most of my runners have finished seasons learning more about running, but I hope many have also learned how to believe in themselves, set goals and standards, and treat themselves with kindness and respect, as they do others.

YOU’RE INVITED

This season’s last class is October 4, which also happens to be my birthday. If you or your kiddo would like to come say goodbye to me or friends they’ve made at run club, stop by anytime between 10am - 11:30am at Gadsden Park. Stay tuned about which area of the park we’ll be in; Gadsden looks to be fixing the green space near the pavilions, so we could be there. I will bring some fruit, pretzels, and other snacks.

If your child is a member this current season, please arrive by 11am, though you’re also welcome to stay with your child until 11:30am.

RSVP, please! If you’re able to come, please shoot me a quick text or email: (813) 766-7667, [email protected] 🙂

MILESTONE’S FUTURE IN TAMPA
After my family moves and settles into our new home, I would love to find the right coach to pick up the baton and keep running in Tampa. If you think you might be interested in coaching, please reach out. I truly believe in how and what this program teaches, and would love for it to continue without my physical presence.

Thank you for trusting me with your runners and helping me build this community. Please stay subscribed to stay in touch or hear about possible future virtual challenges and the continuation of run club in Tampa. I’d love to cheer your kids on from afar. In the meantime, I hope to see you October 4th at Gadsden Park to celebrate nearly four great years, my birthday, and say see ya later!

Sincerely,

Coach Melissa

08/13/2025

Grab a buddy, and sign up today! TampaKidsRunClub.com We start this Saturday!

🏃‍♂️ 8-Week Running Empowerment Program
🏃‍♂️ Ages 6 and Up, We Mix It Up To Benefit All
🏃‍♂️ Games, Drills, Lessons, Races, Balance, Agility
🏃‍♂️ Character & Mindset Coaching With A Coach Who Cares

This program is not like a track or cross country club (or like our 5k Training Program) that is focused exclusively on running. It’s an empowerment program that uses running as a tool to teach invaluable lessons about effort, character, mindset, and more. Our approach to running is game-based and kid-friendly. Each class in our 8-week program covers a different running skill and empowerment principle, demonstrated through fun games, drills, and lessons.

This running 101 is challenging for both beginners and advanced athletes - because everyone is measured by their own effort, based on their current capabilities.

Saturdays 9am - 10:30am | South Tampa | Starting August 16
TampaKidsRunClub.com

Questions? Ask!

08/13/2025

STARTING THIS SATURDAY! Our 8-Week Game-Based Running Empowerment Program begins. Visit TampaKidsRunClub.com to learn more and register.

RUNNING EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM
☀ Ages 6+
✔ Advanced athletes
✔ New/non athletes
☀ Running games and drills
💪Build confidence by overcoming challenges
🌲Benefit from time outside
💥Improve mindset
🏃‍♂️Running, balance, agility, communication, teamwork, and more
💓Make friends of different ages, backgrounds, from different schools, homeschoolers

Saturdays 9am - 10:30am | South Tampa | Starting August 16
TampaKidsRunClub.com

Questions? Ask!

08/11/2025

HUGE announcement: Hey, homeschoolers! We're now PEP & UA Step-Up Approved! If you're funded, you can log into your EMA portal and search for us using Find a Provider. If you've been awarded, but not funded, you can register/pay for our season now and submit for reimbursement after you're funded.

Register now! Our new 8-Week Empowerment Program starts THIS SATURDAY!

https://milestonesrunningclub.com/sessions

08/11/2025

TampaKidsRunClub.com Jumping jacks ... and a new season coming atcha! 😃 Register now!

8 Empowerment Principles paired with 8 Running Skills over 8 Weeks - starting THIS SATURDAY. Our Empowerment Program not only helps kids increase fitness and become better runners, it helps to build lasting confidence, improved mindset, and better character.

Visit TampaKidsRunClub.com to learn more and register.
RUNNING EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM
☀ Ages 6+
✔ Advanced athletes
✔ New/non athletes
☀ Running games and drills
💪Build confidence by overcoming challenges
🌲Benefit from screen-free time outside
💥Improve mindset
💓Inclusive
🏃‍♂️Running, balance, agility, communication, teamwork
💓Make friends of different ages, backgrounds, from different schools, homeschoolers

Saturdays 9am - 10:30am | South Tampa | Starting August 16
TampaKidsRunClub.com

07/24/2025

FALL 1 Park Programs Registrations are open for 5k Endurance Training and Our Empowerment Program. We start in mid-August! Learn more now about us and our Park Programs: https://milestonesrunningclub.com

06/23/2025

THIS is why we cancel when there is lightning anywhere within 10 - 12 miles of our class or group run. I hate to cancel, but I'd hate even more for a child in my care to get hurt. Stay safe, everyone, and make good choices! 🌩 Coach Melissa

Today we had a perfect example of “bolts from the blue”.
3 lightning strikes, miles away from the parent storm.
The lesson: you don’t need to be in the rain to be struck by lightning.
Lightning can often strike 5-10 miles + from the storm.
Head indoors and Stay safe!
WFLA News Channel 8

06/18/2025

Congratulations to our two Spring runners who recently completed their 5k challenge!! I'm so proud of their dedication to putting in the time, energy, sore muscles, and sweat -- even after the heat and humidity rose and the mosquitoes came to play! Great job, runners!