Rouge Runners

Parents, Racers, Coaches, and Friends - See our flyer!

Thanks to all who participated in Race 3 at Catholic High. There were some great efforts and fabulous Halloween costumes. The results are posted in the results tab. Please plan to join us at Hooper Road Park on December 20th for our first trail run.

You can find the latest results in the Race Results section.

Thank you for visiting the Rouge Runners' website. Rouge Runners is a kids running program of the AC Lewis YMCA in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Our desire is to expose kids ages 14 and under to the sport of running by providing a continuing series of events for which kids can Race Photo train and prepare, and begin learning the lessons that we pick up each time we compete.

Kids 8 and under will run ½ mile, 9-12 run 1 mile, and 13-14 run 2 miles. Kids are allowed to run in the other distances, but won't be eligible to win awards. We'll start with the ½ milers this year, then run the 1 milers, and finish with the 2 milers.

Make plans to come out to the races! This season's race schedule is listed to the right. For more information, you may send us an email.

Please take a few minutes to review the Tips sheet and make sure your racer understands what to expect and how to be a "good sport". We hope you'll find the Running for Kids page helpful as well.

We are truly grateful to each of our 2007-2008 sponsors, which include: Gerry Lane, Smoothie King, Whole Foods, Varsity Sports, Catholic High School, Gold Star Trophies, Big Shot Event Photo, Crown Trophy, BREC, Rocketkidz, Rocketchix, Mardi Gras Mambo 10k, Baton Rouge Area Sports Foundation, Episcopal High School and Rapides Junior Runners. Please join us in thanking them for their support, and click on their logos below to visit their website.

Above all, please help us with our work to stress health and happy running. We want children to improve their level of fitness by training between runs with their families. If the kids can see they've improved their time from race to race, they'll be what the YMCA is working towards: STRONG KIDS.