Elementary running club trains
with guidance of world champion boxer

It's one thing to run hard when a physical education teacher asks you too. It’s entirely different when the WBE Welterweight Boxing Champion is offering the directive with encouragement.

The latter is the case for 35 A.W. Becker Elementary School students who training before school three times a week to take part in the Freihofer’s kid’s mile run on May 31.

The students, members of the Wackadoodles Running Club, are being aided in their training regiment by Liz Mooney, winner of the WBE Welterweight Class championship belt during a fight last winter.

Mooney – whose son, Seamus, is a member of the club – joins physical education teacher Cheryl Morenz and others in training the students most Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays on the playground or in the gymnasium of the A.W. Becker Elementary School. The students train from 8:15 a.m. to 9 a.m., when the school day begins.

This past Monday, Mooney joined in the training regiment after completing a 12-hour shift as a registered nurse.  She is expected to attend this Friday’s training session.

During the training students sprint, jog and perform calisthenics as well as learn proper breathing and running techniques.