Tahunanui School Final Mile
Students from Tahunanui School ran around their school field, completing their 26.2-mile (42km) Marathon which is part of the KiDSMARATHON... View Article
December 11, 2024 9:59 pmCategories for Schools
Riwaka School complete their final mile
Rod visited Riwaka School recently and spent time talking to the kids, and congratulating them on completing their 42km marathon... View Article
October 6, 2024 8:06 amInspiring young marathon runners at Appleby School
The Mayor of Nelson, Hon Dr Nick Smith, together with Rod Dixon attended the Appleby School to encourage the students... View Article
December 4, 2023 3:34 amRod inspiring the Brooklyn School kids
Rod was at Brooklyn School to run alongside the Year 3 and 4 children in their final mile of the... View Article
December 4, 2023 3:27 amKiDS Classic 10K in Middletown, NY
Rod visits Middletown, NY and talks with Jeff Benjamin of RunBlogRun, before encouraging the KiDS to run their four laps,... View Article
June 6, 2023 1:40 amOlympians support Nelson team taking part in New York marathon.
Nelson mayor Nick Smith, Tāhunanui School principal Barbara Bowen, Saint Paul’s Catholic School Board chair Lester Binns and Top South... View Article
April 3, 2023 7:21 pmEncouraging the next generation
Fifty years ago, Rod and Jeff Rackley attended the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, with Rod taking the 1500m bronze medal.... View Article
October 3, 2022 11:21 pmInspiring Brooklyn school runners
7km west of Motueka, New Zealand, and at the foot of the Brooklyn valley is a rural, family orientated, full... View Article
October 3, 2022 8:45 pmTorrington promote KiDSMARATHON 2022
Torrington KiDSMARATHON 26.2 has a great introduction and presentation to the Torrington Connecticut schools and community by Coach Tim Gaffney.... View Article
March 28, 2022 9:49 pmDixon tries different footing in promoting schoolkid sport development
Rod’s quest to inspire tomorrow’s sporting winners has seen him challenge students to be deliberately wrong-footed or cack-handed as a way of increasing their sporting abilities.... View Article
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