The Tysons Corner Center Mall will help National Geographic Kids magazine set two Guinness World Records® titles: Most people to run 100 meters in 24 hours and the longest chain of shoes. (They’ll be recycled into athletic surfaces). To break the record, more than 5,000 people worldwide need to run 100 meters between noon ET Oct. 26, and noon ET Oct. 27, 2012, and more than 25,000 shoes will need to be collected and sent to National Geographic Society headquarters by Nov. 9. Visit kids.nationalgeographic.com/run-for-the-planet/ for official rules, additional locations and other information.
The initiative—called Run for the Planet—inspires children and families to do something good for their health and the environment. Run for the Planet supports First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! campaign, which encourages people to get healthy and active.
National Geographic Kids magazine encourages kids and families to get teams, classmates, organizations and communities to join them in setting the magazine’s sixth and seventh Guinness World Records. People can also take a pledge to run on the National Geographic Kids website, kids.nationalgeographic.com/run-for-the-planet/.
Groups of local runners will participate in the challenge by running 100 meters on Saturday, Oct. 27, 9 a.m.-noon
at Tysons Corner Center on the street outside Chipotle and Elevation Burger, near Parking Garage C, 1961 Chain Bridge Road in McLean.