Reading, writing, and .... running?

There’s a running boom in San Diego County, California, among the 5-to 12-year-old set. On most elementary school campuses, children run just before the morning bell while you’re on your morning commute—perhaps, in part, because of your morning commute. Parents facing long drives to work drop their children at school early, and teachers and volunteers are using the extra 15 or 20 minutes to fight childhood obesity with before-school running clubs. In addition, a growing body of research indicates that exercise doesn’t just build bodies. It builds brains. For one thing, a healthy child learns more than an out-of-shape one. A California Department of Education study shows a correlation between the number of state physical fitness standards children meet and how well they score on reading and math tests. Read more in The San Diego Tribune online.