Media Advisory
National Geographic Kids Magazine Sets Out to Claim 2
Guinness World Records® Titles Tied to Running and Recycling
Marine Corps Marathon Healthy Kids Fun Run
participants to help set 100-meter record;
Collection effort underway for 25,000 sneakers for
recycling, with celebrity help
WHAT: On Saturday, Oct. 27, media are invited
to watch 3,600 kids help break the Guinness World Records® title for most people running 100 meters within a
24-hour period. Through National Geographic Kids’ Run for the Planet
program, in coordination with the Marine Corps Marathon’s Healthy Kids Fun Run,
the Pentagon North parking lot will be packed with kids devoted to fitness,
with Marines cheering them on.
Kids Run
participants will contribute to the record as they complete a one-miler, and
all runners will be observed by Guinness World Records representative Mike
Janela. Per record rules, runners also will be confirmed by two independent
witnesses: healthy lifestyle coach Kathy Pugh, owner of women’s running boot
camp EZ8DC; and DeShay Williams, co-owner of personal training studio
Definitions (both of Washington, D.C.). In addition, runners worldwide will help
set the record with 100-meter runs between noon ET, Friday, Oct. 26, and noon
ET Saturday, Oct. 27. Five thousand participants are needed for the record.
To
simultaneously engage people in recycling, National Geographic Kids is also
collecting old athletic shoes for the longest
chain of shoes. With the help of Nike’s Reuse-A-Shoe program, the
sneakers will be recycled into Nike Grind — a material used in athletic
surfaces such as basketball courts and running tracks — after they have been
tied into a chain later this year. The goal: 25,000 shoes. Shoes contributed by
stars such as the NFL’s Eli Manning and race car driver Danica Patrick can be
seen at National Geographic's Washington headquarters, 1145 17th St. NW, where
people can also drop off their shoes through Nov. 9.
Macerich
malls across the country — including Tysons Corner Center in McLean, Va. — will
be holding events. See macerich.com/ngkids for details. For more on either record attempt, go
to kids.nationalgeographic.com/run-for-the-planet/.
WHERE: Marine
Corps Marathon Healthy Kids Fun Run, Pentagon North Parking Lot
WHEN: Saturday, Oct. 27, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Final
wave organized by National Geographic
Kids: 11:57 a.m.
Kids: 11:57 a.m.
WHO: Rachel Buchholz, Executive Editor,
National Geographic Kids magazine
Mike Janela,
Head of
U.S. Records Management, Guinness
World Records
North
America, Inc.
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(l to r): Eli Manning, Danica Patrick, One Direction, Nolan Gould, Amanda Beard and Jake Short. (on display at National Geographic).
Photo credit: Mark Thiessen / National Geographic
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