Five milestones for The Daily Mile

Published Jan 27, 2020

The Daily Mile – running for 15 minutes a day at school – is a well-known concept in schools at home and abroad. But how do you keep it appealing throughout the entire school year? To achieve this, The Daily Mile and Jongeren Op Gezond Gewicht came up with the five milestones.

Each interim goal is linked to a theme, making it challenging to take part in The Daily Mile. With each Milestone, a school has a chance to win a cheque worth 2,500 euros from JOGG partner KOMPAN, as well as tailored advice on how to create more diversity in physical activity at school. You do not need to register; you only need to complete the challenges that week and submit the assignment or post your answer on The Daily Mile’s Facebook channel.

Two of the five milestones have now been completed:

Milestone 1: The National Sports Week Milestone (23 to 27 September 2019)
Milestone 2: The New Year Challenge (13 to 17 January 2020)

Click here for the challenges for Milestone 1.

Click here for the challenges for Milestone 2. This video was recorded at the school that won Milestone 1.

So there are still three to come:

Milestone 3: Week for a Healthy Youth (16 to 20 March 2020).
Milestone 4: Spring Challenge (11 to 15 May 2020)
Milestone 5: Support the Olympic Games (15–19 June 2020)

In the photo: Children taking part in The Daily Mile with Erben Wennemars and Mr Bart at Dalton school de Bakelgeert in Boxmeer.

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