What does running mean to you? Would you like to kick it forward?

Here's your chance to inspire others to get active and enjoy the power of fitness.

Volunteer to be a Personal Motivator to support a member of Team Kick Start as she trains for the Skirt Sports Skirt Chaser 5K Denver on October 1, 2011. Volunteer today.

An initiative of Skirt Sports, Kick Start offers women with barriers to fitness who otherwise couldn't or wouldn't participate in a 5k due to lack of resources, family obligations, lifestyle or health, a life-changing chance to train for and complete a 5K race. Kick Start provides Racers a training plan, weekly tips, an online forum to communicate with each other and, most importantly, a Personal Motivator - or mentor - to encourage and guide her.

This is where you come in...

Kick Start is seeking Personal Motivators - women that find empowerment, fulfillment and sanity in running - to share this passion and commitment with a beginner member of Team Kick Start who has not yet found this gift.

Personal Motivator duties:

• Attend the mandatory Personal Motivator training and Kick Start Kick-off event to meet your assigned Kick Start Racer on Saturday, August 6, 2011 time and location to be announced
• Establish the best mode of contact with your Racer - phone or email
• Check in once a week (or more as necessary) with your Racer to motivate, share advice, review training progress, etc.. This should take no more than a half-hour each week and can be done from anywhere
• In-person training sessions (optional)
• Attend Skirt Chaser 5K Denver on October 1, 2011 at 3:00PM at Invesco Field

Kick Start has three training levels - run, run/walk, walk. Team Kick Start Racers will choose which plan she wants to follow. Most of the training will be done on the Racer's own schedule.

Kick Start provides Personal Motivators with all the necessary resources to best support members of Team Kick Start and staff will train and support Personal Motivators, but it is your passion and personal experience that will make the difference for your Racer to take control of her fitness future.

Personal Motivators will receive a special gift from Skirt Sports and a free race entry to the Skirt Sports Skirt Chaser 5K Denver on October 1, 2011

Click here to apply to be a Personal Motivator today.

Not available for Kick Start but still want to volunteer to inspire another woman to get active? Check out Skirt Sports' Kick it Forward program.