Juneau, Alaska

This “page” provides a place to share information about varied running activities and relevant issues to the Juneau running community.

*Girls on the Run^® Southeast is seeking volunteer coaches at new and established sites throughout Juneau to run its twelve-week program.* Girls on the Run® is a national experiential learning program for girls in grades 3 through 5. Although its perceived goal is completion of a noncompetitive 5K, in fact GOTR® is as much about good health, friendship, positive body image and self-esteem as it is about running.
It was designed to help 8- to 14-year-old girls before they encounter what Molly Barker, the founder of GOTR®, calls the “girl box”—that place where society, peers, even parents inadvertently direct so many girls, a place where they think they are judged on a superficial level only.
Barker explains, “As they approach their teens, girls often lose their tomboyish personalities and become more self-critical and depressed.”
Through its focus on positive emotional, social, mental and physical development, GOTR® helps more than 100,000 girls gain a strong sense of self as they enter adolescence. Currently in Juneau there are 4 sites (Harborview, Gastineau, Mendenhall River, and Auke Bay), with 60 girls participating.

The GOTR® curriculum is based on extensive research and “on-the-track”
testing of lessons. Each lesson includes a “getting on board” exercise, a warm-up activity, a stretch routine with question and answer time, a workout with a team goal, a cool-down and stretch with additional question and answer time, and a closing cheer or words of encouragement.
In addition, each group performs a community service project of their own design.

Coaches attend a one-time training and are provided detailed lesson plans. They do not have to be runners themselves; the only requirement is that they be enthusiastic and committed to the healthy development of young girls. Groups meet twice a week for 60 minutes.

For more information on Girls on the Run®, including how to volunteer, contact Ati Nasiah, director of Girls on the Run® Southeast, at (907)586-6623.

Current (semi-organized) running groups open to participation:

If you would like to add your group to this list, please contact Bob Marshall (bobm@gci.net) or the Webmaster using a link on the Contact SERR page).

Out of (or new) to town and looking for a running partner?

In addition to the individuals above, SERR officers can help you locate a running partner(s). 

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We will post relevant messages to the running community at this location (number & content to be limited to protect the sanity of our webmaster).