{"id":37411,"date":"2025-06-02T07:00:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T07:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/?p=37411"},"modified":"2025-06-02T14:11:02","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T14:11:02","slug":"finding-the-joy-in-physical-activity-one-step-at-a-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/finding-the-joy-in-physical-activity-one-step-at-a-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding the joy in physical activity, one step at a time","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"

Rhianna Bedient is no stranger to getting kids up and moving. As a physical education teacher at Bryant Montessori and the physical education lead for the Tacoma School District, she spends her days teaching kids how to safely move their bodies and find joy in doing so.<\/p>\n

But even she’s found something special in the MultiCare Sound to Narrows run.<\/p>\n

“The look on the kids’ faces when they come through the finish line and get their medal \u2026 they know they’ve put in the hard work and it’s something they’ve earned,” she explains. “When they cross the finish line and all those people are cheering for them, in that moment they feel like superheroes.”<\/p>\n

Bedient has coached a Fit for Sound to Narrows team for years, hoping to help as many kids as possible experience that moment for themselves.<\/p>\n

Fit for Sound to Narrows is a six- to eight-week training program that prepares students 12 and younger to run Sound to Narrows. Students attend a one- to two-hour session twice a week, either before or during school. Volunteer coaches help them with running form, safety, nutrition, hydration, stretching and building up stamina to complete the course length of their choice.<\/p>\n

The program is free and students receive a discount on their Sound to Narrows registration fee, which includes a T-shirt, race bib and timing chip delivered to their school ahead of time. Runners can then earn their medal at the race.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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