PEARL, Miss. (WLBT) — More than 1,100 kindergarten through fifth grade students packed Trustmark Park in Pearl on Saturday for the 13th annual Get Ready to Run Kids’ One-Mile Fun Run, an event hosted by Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi to encourage healthy lifestyles for children.
The event was not limited to the race.
Forty-five schools across Mississippi spent weeks preparing through a physical education curriculum developed by Blue Cross…