January 21, 2026 • 13 mins
When girls reach about 9 or 10 years old, something culturally changes. Ramped-u[ social pressure and bullying negatively affect girls self esteem, confidence and future plans. My guests are two moms who head up "Girls on the Run" an "empowering after-school program for elementary and middle-school girls that blends physical activity and group connection with life-skills coaching - creating a supportive space for girls to grow in confidence, health, empathy and community engagement.
Guests are Executive Director Annie Horn and Girls on the Run's Program Director Regina Rankin who explain why they offer this program and how to get your young lady involved.
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Girls on the Run Greater Cincinnati serves the following counties: Brown, Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton, and Warren in Ohio; Boone, Campbell, Grant, Kenton, and Pendleton in Kentucky; Dearborn and Ohio in Indiana. Registration is open Feb. 9-22, 2026 for the spring season.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This week on iHeart Sinsey, what.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Happens to little girls when they turn about ten something
shifts and research has shown that social pressure and bullying
negatively affect girls self esteem, confidence, and their future plans.
Speaker 3 (00:15):
Our program teaches girls how to recognize their emotions, how
to tap into them, and then how to express them.
And like you said, they don't often have the words,
and we give them the words.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Today, my guests are two moms who head up Girls
on the Run here in Cincinnati. It's an empowering after
school program for elementary and middle school girls that blends
physical activity and group connection with life skills coaching, creating
a supportive space for girls to grow in confidence, health, empathy,
and community engagement. Today you'll hear from the executive director,
(00:49):
Anni Horn and Girls on the Runs program director or
Gina Rankin about why they offer this program and how
to get your young lady involved and later. Butler Tech
takes aviation education to the next level.
Speaker 4 (01:01):
There's very little precedent for having an entire high school
that's built around preparing students for work in the aviation industry.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
A new aviation center is opening in Middletown, a place
for Butler County High School sophomores to begin a vocational
program to be job ready for the aviation industry, from
aircraft maintenance to piloting. The aviation principal, Adam Snotty is
here to answer our questions.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
Now on iHeart Cincy with Sandy Collins. Welcome back to
iHeart Cincy. I'm Sandy Collins, and I've got a couple
of moms who believe in girls and they are part
of Girls on the Run, which is a nonprofit group
that's international as a matter of fact, and they are
the local leaders online right now. The executive director of
(01:48):
Girls on the Run, Annie Horn, and the program director,
Regina Rank.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
And Annie, welcome to the show today. Thank you for
having us, and Regina thanks for being here as well.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
Likewise, thank you.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
Well, let's talk Girls on the Run. Tell us a
little bit about what is it about and why is
it important to you? Annie Horn?
Speaker 5 (02:08):
Yeah, I would love to start. So. Girls in the
Run is a nationally accredited physical activity positive youth development program,
which is really a fancy way of saying we're not
a running club. We're character development that integrates social, emotional,
and physical skills to teach girls in grades third through
eighth grade, how to be their best selves. So what
this looks like in action is the girls are meeting
(02:29):
twice a week in small teams of sixteen to twenty
girls with three to five volunteer coaches for ten weeks
after school. It's how to churches, community centers, school CRCs,
and the girls are going over lessons about empathy, how
to develop it, how to stand up for others and themselves,
how to set a happy pace in their life, which
(02:50):
translates to how they run, walk, or stroll across the
finish line of the five k, which is how the
season ends twice anyearly Downtown and Cincinnati. Here it's thirteen
counties in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana, which translates in our
twenty one year of existence to more than thirty five
thousand girls served.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
So you're really affecting young girls in a very impressionable
age that in that elementary and kind of middle school
junior high school age between third and eighth graders, right.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
That's right.
Speaker 5 (03:24):
Yeah. Studies have shown that a girl's self confidence begins
to drop at age nine, and then her physical activity
begins to drop at age ten. So these girls are
provided a physical safe space to move their bodies and
also move their minds.
Speaker 2 (03:40):
Regina, do we have any understanding Now we've heard that
for a long time, all of us being female, we've
heard that. Do they have any idea why it starts
around nine ten eleven?
Speaker 3 (03:50):
I think partly because bullying starts around age ten, you know,
or at least it's being reported at age ten, so
theoretically maybe it's starting a little bit earlier. I think
at that age, girls, you know, they have a much
more solid sense of self. And while that sounds like
a positive thing, when you know, put that up against
(04:13):
their peers in school, they're beginning to compare themselves. And
that's why Girls in the Run is really important, because
we talk about uniqueness and individuality and self worth, and
we build confidence in girls to weather those storms. It's
not that those storms don't happen, but girls who go
through our program almost ninety percent report more confidence after
(04:36):
having completed the program, and having that confidence is what
helps you whether the storm come out on the other
side still understanding your individuality and your uniqueness.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
Giving the kids the words to say, or kind of
solidifying the point always seems to help Regina when you're
talking about bullying and like that school era, do you
think it's getting worse these days with social media? Is
it the same? What are your thoughts.
Speaker 3 (05:08):
I think we're seeing that it is worse, but it's
also different, so the bullying is coming in different ways.
Then you touched on it with social media, with online
and we're also seeing researches showing that girls are navigating
increasing mental health challenges. Loneliness has spiked for girls at
(05:28):
this age. Again, this can be traced back to devices
social media. Having a large online presence doesn't negate loneliness.
In fact, it probably exacerbates it. So you know, they're
moving less, they're connecting less, And I think our program
shows girls how to start with how they can move
(05:49):
in a way that suits them, but just how to connect,
how to connect with people in a positive way by
making friends, how to be a friend. Very importantly, our
program teaches girls how to recognize their emotions, how to
tap into them, and then how to express them. And
like you said, they don't often have the words, and
we give them the words. We have a lesson that
(06:12):
very specifically calls out how to connect with somebody or
hate to say, confront but that's often what is happening.
And they'll you know the phrase, I feel plug in.
When you plug in, I would like for you too
plug in. So we give them the tools to again,
whether this time in their lives, and come out on
(06:34):
the other side successfully with some higher confidence.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
I remember that learning that script. It's called a confront
of script, and I learned that in college. And I'm like,
in my early twenties, going, why didn't somebody teach me
this earlier? When you do that, it makes me feel
this way, and I'd rather you do this, And it's like,
it's not rocket science, it's just a formula. And that's
great that Girls on the Run is looking at these
(06:58):
kinds of issues with Regina Rankin, who's the program director,
and Annie Horne, the executive director of Girls on the Run.
So tell me how you would find a local group
to join or start your own.
Speaker 5 (07:10):
Yeah, So we're actually finalizing our spring season right now.
We run a spring in a fall season, so applications
are accepted through our website. And really you just need
an indoor in an outdoor space that the girls can
meet twice a week. It doesn't have to be a track,
it doesn't have to be anything fancy, just a dedicated
indoor outdoor space and at least three volunteer coaches to
(07:30):
lead the curriculum. And to be a coach, you don't
have to be a runner, you don't have to be
a mom. These are often teachers, community members, parents, guardians,
anyone who has a healthy lifestyle that the girls can emulate.
So our intention is never to create a runner, despite
the name. It's really just to teach them how to
be their best selves. And so it's really lovely when
(07:52):
our girls can see a mixture role models, whether that
be an outside community member who comes to us with
a general interest in supporting her neighborhood, or a grandma
who's retired and wants to spend time with her granddaughter's school.
Anybody can be a coach. We put you through the training,
we background check you, the curriculum is scripted, We provide
all the materials. There's no cost to a site to
(08:12):
run the program. We have registration fees for the girls,
but we operate on a sliding scale, including financial aid.
So nobody has ever turned away for any financial reasons.
Speaker 2 (08:22):
And you alluded to the idea of having them learn
how to move that makes them comfortable. I know is
girls get older, there's some natural athletes that pop up
in your class, and then there's some other girls that
are a little less athletic, and then they get intimidated
and then suddenly they don't want to move at all.
Speaker 1 (08:38):
How do you.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
Address the girls that are reluctant to be seen by
other people and that scares and how do you address that?
Speaker 5 (08:46):
I think that's one of the most beautiful things about
our curriculum is is it's adaptable to any and every girl.
And the key part about reaching girls at this age,
as Regina alluded to, is girls naturally are going to
retreat into themselves physically around this time as puberty sets in,
as competitive sports around them build up, so they might
(09:09):
not know where they fit with their body and movement.
But girls learn offers them a place to run, jump, skip,
or stroll through the time week curriculum, and so really
it's not always about whose loudest, it's never about who's fastest,
but it's about showing up each time. If you want
to witness the most beautiful moments in history of humanity,
(09:32):
just comes stand at the finish line of our five
k's and you will see everybody from the girl who's
running alongside her brother, who's her running buddy, and they're
pushing each other as fast as they can to you know,
a young lady who uses an adaptive device to cross
the finish line and she takes, you know, an hour
and a half to cross, but her joy is as
contagious as the first girl quote unquote across the finish line.
(09:56):
And so really it's about meeting the girl where she is,
understanding her context. We place a lot of emphasis on
context and what the girls are bringing to practice. They
are showing up as their whole self, So we are
meeting them where they are and then adapting our approach
to them. But it's really just a neat way to
show them that they're in control. And one of the
(10:17):
ways is that they're in control of their pace and
their body in the five K, and we understand that
not every day is going to be her best day.
We have a lesson about comfortable and uncomfortable emotions and
we use a lot of that language to understand how
the girls are coming to practice each day. The very
first component of the curriculum each time is the getting
on board. So what are they like when they're coming
(10:39):
to us. So they have a crumy day at school,
did they have a great day or are they having
friends issues with somebody else on the team. So really
understanding what level practice is beginning with.
Speaker 2 (10:51):
So this is for girls from the third through the
eighth grades, and they're broken up into looks like two
different age groups through fifth grades and then six through eight.
If you've got a young girl in your life that
might benefit from this, I'm sure they'd love to hear
from you, Regina. You want to tell us real quickly,
is succinctly how to get a hold.
Speaker 1 (11:11):
Of you all?
Speaker 3 (11:12):
Yes, So if you'll go to our website at go
to GTR Cincinnati dot org. It's GOTR Cincinnati dot org.
You can look at an interactive map to see where
all of our sites will be in the spring. That
season starts March second. But our registration, our girl registration
(11:33):
will be open February ninth through February twenty second. They
can hop on now take a look at where all
of our sites are and try to make a plan
for where their girl can participate.
Speaker 2 (11:45):
And don't let money be an obstacle, All right, Regina,
and you have final words here before we wrap up
today here on I heard Cincy.
Speaker 5 (11:52):
Yeah. By supporting Girls on the Run, you really are
supporting the Tri States future. We are old enough in
existence now that we have alumni all over the country,
in the nation, and we're seeing them do amazing and
positive things and that starts here at the starting line
of the five K.
Speaker 2 (12:08):
Excellent. Thank you so much the executive director of Girls
on the Run, Annie Horn, and their program director, Regina Rankin.
Thanks for what you do, Thanks for getting involved when
you had your own kids, and we look forward to
hearing from you again about the five K.
Speaker 1 (12:21):
When is it going to be real quick?
Speaker 5 (12:24):
We're still nailing down the date, but it looks to
be mid May, probably May sixteenth downtown. Anybody is welcome
to the five ks up into public participants and it's
a great way to come out and encourage our girls
and coaches.
Speaker 2 (12:36):
Annie Horn and Regina Rankin from Girls on the Run.
You can find them online here in Cincinnati. It's a
ten week after school program to help girls in elementary
and middle school find their voice and make the most
of who they are coming up.
Speaker 4 (12:51):
We've heard enormous industry demand on the workforce development front,
specifically for maintenance technicians. There's always a need on the
pilot drone side as well well, and that's really how
we were able to piece things together to acquire the
funding to actually make this project happen.
Speaker 2 (13:07):
Stand by iHeart, since he continues in a moment
This week on iHeart Sinsey, what.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Happens to little girls when they turn about ten something
shifts and research has shown that social pressure and bullying
negatively affect girls self esteem, confidence, and their future plans.
Speaker 3 (00:15):
Our program teaches girls how to recognize their emotions, how
to tap into them, and then how to express them.
And like you said, they don't often have the words,
and we give them the words.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Today, my guests are two moms who head up Girls
on the Run here in Cincinnati. It's an empowering after
school program for elementary and middle school girls that blends
physical activity and group connection with life skills coaching, creating
a supportive space for girls to grow in confidence, health, empathy,
and community engagement. Today you'll hear from the executive director,
(00:49):
Anni Horn and Girls on the Runs program director or
Gina Rankin about why they offer this program and how
to get your young lady involved and later. Butler Tech
takes aviation education to the next level.
Speaker 4 (01:01):
There's very little precedent for having an entire high school
that's built around preparing students for work in the aviation industry.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
A new aviation center is opening in Middletown, a place
for Butler County High School sophomores to begin a vocational
program to be job ready for the aviation industry, from
aircraft maintenance to piloting. The aviation principal, Adam Snotty is
here to answer our questions.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
Now on iHeart Cincy with Sandy Collins. Welcome back to
iHeart Cincy. I'm Sandy Collins, and I've got a couple
of moms who believe in girls and they are part
of Girls on the Run, which is a nonprofit group
that's international as a matter of fact, and they are
the local leaders online right now. The executive director of
(01:48):
Girls on the Run, Annie Horn, and the program director,
Regina Rank.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
And Annie, welcome to the show today. Thank you for
having us, and Regina thanks for being here as well.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
Likewise, thank you.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
Well, let's talk Girls on the Run. Tell us a
little bit about what is it about and why is
it important to you? Annie Horn?
Speaker 5 (02:08):
Yeah, I would love to start. So. Girls in the
Run is a nationally accredited physical activity positive youth development program,
which is really a fancy way of saying we're not
a running club. We're character development that integrates social, emotional,
and physical skills to teach girls in grades third through
eighth grade, how to be their best selves. So what
this looks like in action is the girls are meeting
(02:29):
twice a week in small teams of sixteen to twenty
girls with three to five volunteer coaches for ten weeks
after school. It's how to churches, community centers, school CRCs,
and the girls are going over lessons about empathy, how
to develop it, how to stand up for others and themselves,
how to set a happy pace in their life, which
(02:50):
translates to how they run, walk, or stroll across the
finish line of the five k, which is how the
season ends twice anyearly Downtown and Cincinnati. Here it's thirteen
counties in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana, which translates in our
twenty one year of existence to more than thirty five
thousand girls served.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
So you're really affecting young girls in a very impressionable
age that in that elementary and kind of middle school
junior high school age between third and eighth graders, right.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
That's right.
Speaker 5 (03:24):
Yeah. Studies have shown that a girl's self confidence begins
to drop at age nine, and then her physical activity
begins to drop at age ten. So these girls are
provided a physical safe space to move their bodies and
also move their minds.
Speaker 2 (03:40):
Regina, do we have any understanding Now we've heard that
for a long time, all of us being female, we've
heard that. Do they have any idea why it starts
around nine ten eleven?
Speaker 3 (03:50):
I think partly because bullying starts around age ten, you know,
or at least it's being reported at age ten, so
theoretically maybe it's starting a little bit earlier. I think
at that age, girls, you know, they have a much
more solid sense of self. And while that sounds like
a positive thing, when you know, put that up against
(04:13):
their peers in school, they're beginning to compare themselves. And
that's why Girls in the Run is really important, because
we talk about uniqueness and individuality and self worth, and
we build confidence in girls to weather those storms. It's
not that those storms don't happen, but girls who go
through our program almost ninety percent report more confidence after
(04:36):
having completed the program, and having that confidence is what
helps you whether the storm come out on the other
side still understanding your individuality and your uniqueness.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
Giving the kids the words to say, or kind of
solidifying the point always seems to help Regina when you're
talking about bullying and like that school era, do you
think it's getting worse these days with social media? Is
it the same? What are your thoughts.
Speaker 3 (05:08):
I think we're seeing that it is worse, but it's
also different, so the bullying is coming in different ways.
Then you touched on it with social media, with online
and we're also seeing researches showing that girls are navigating
increasing mental health challenges. Loneliness has spiked for girls at
(05:28):
this age. Again, this can be traced back to devices
social media. Having a large online presence doesn't negate loneliness.
In fact, it probably exacerbates it. So you know, they're
moving less, they're connecting less, And I think our program
shows girls how to start with how they can move
(05:49):
in a way that suits them, but just how to connect,
how to connect with people in a positive way by
making friends, how to be a friend. Very importantly, our
program teaches girls how to recognize their emotions, how to
tap into them, and then how to express them. And
like you said, they don't often have the words, and
we give them the words. We have a lesson that
(06:12):
very specifically calls out how to connect with somebody or
hate to say, confront but that's often what is happening.
And they'll you know the phrase, I feel plug in.
When you plug in, I would like for you too
plug in. So we give them the tools to again,
whether this time in their lives, and come out on
(06:34):
the other side successfully with some higher confidence.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
I remember that learning that script. It's called a confront
of script, and I learned that in college. And I'm like,
in my early twenties, going, why didn't somebody teach me
this earlier? When you do that, it makes me feel
this way, and I'd rather you do this, And it's like,
it's not rocket science, it's just a formula. And that's
great that Girls on the Run is looking at these
(06:58):
kinds of issues with Regina Rankin, who's the program director,
and Annie Horne, the executive director of Girls on the Run.
So tell me how you would find a local group
to join or start your own.
Speaker 5 (07:10):
Yeah, So we're actually finalizing our spring season right now.
We run a spring in a fall season, so applications
are accepted through our website. And really you just need
an indoor in an outdoor space that the girls can
meet twice a week. It doesn't have to be a track,
it doesn't have to be anything fancy, just a dedicated
indoor outdoor space and at least three volunteer coaches to
(07:30):
lead the curriculum. And to be a coach, you don't
have to be a runner, you don't have to be
a mom. These are often teachers, community members, parents, guardians,
anyone who has a healthy lifestyle that the girls can emulate.
So our intention is never to create a runner, despite
the name. It's really just to teach them how to
be their best selves. And so it's really lovely when
(07:52):
our girls can see a mixture role models, whether that
be an outside community member who comes to us with
a general interest in supporting her neighborhood, or a grandma
who's retired and wants to spend time with her granddaughter's school.
Anybody can be a coach. We put you through the training,
we background check you, the curriculum is scripted, We provide
all the materials. There's no cost to a site to
(08:12):
run the program. We have registration fees for the girls,
but we operate on a sliding scale, including financial aid.
So nobody has ever turned away for any financial reasons.
Speaker 2 (08:22):
And you alluded to the idea of having them learn
how to move that makes them comfortable. I know is
girls get older, there's some natural athletes that pop up
in your class, and then there's some other girls that
are a little less athletic, and then they get intimidated
and then suddenly they don't want to move at all.
Speaker 1 (08:38):
How do you.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
Address the girls that are reluctant to be seen by
other people and that scares and how do you address that?
Speaker 5 (08:46):
I think that's one of the most beautiful things about
our curriculum is is it's adaptable to any and every girl.
And the key part about reaching girls at this age,
as Regina alluded to, is girls naturally are going to
retreat into themselves physically around this time as puberty sets in,
as competitive sports around them build up, so they might
(09:09):
not know where they fit with their body and movement.
But girls learn offers them a place to run, jump, skip,
or stroll through the time week curriculum, and so really
it's not always about whose loudest, it's never about who's fastest,
but it's about showing up each time. If you want
to witness the most beautiful moments in history of humanity,
(09:32):
just comes stand at the finish line of our five
k's and you will see everybody from the girl who's
running alongside her brother, who's her running buddy, and they're
pushing each other as fast as they can to you know,
a young lady who uses an adaptive device to cross
the finish line and she takes, you know, an hour
and a half to cross, but her joy is as
contagious as the first girl quote unquote across the finish line.
(09:56):
And so really it's about meeting the girl where she is,
understanding her context. We place a lot of emphasis on
context and what the girls are bringing to practice. They
are showing up as their whole self, So we are
meeting them where they are and then adapting our approach
to them. But it's really just a neat way to
show them that they're in control. And one of the
(10:17):
ways is that they're in control of their pace and
their body in the five K, and we understand that
not every day is going to be her best day.
We have a lesson about comfortable and uncomfortable emotions and
we use a lot of that language to understand how
the girls are coming to practice each day. The very
first component of the curriculum each time is the getting
on board. So what are they like when they're coming
(10:39):
to us. So they have a crumy day at school,
did they have a great day or are they having
friends issues with somebody else on the team. So really
understanding what level practice is beginning with.
Speaker 2 (10:51):
So this is for girls from the third through the
eighth grades, and they're broken up into looks like two
different age groups through fifth grades and then six through eight.
If you've got a young girl in your life that
might benefit from this, I'm sure they'd love to hear
from you, Regina. You want to tell us real quickly,
is succinctly how to get a hold.
Speaker 1 (11:11):
Of you all?
Speaker 3 (11:12):
Yes, So if you'll go to our website at go
to GTR Cincinnati dot org. It's GOTR Cincinnati dot org.
You can look at an interactive map to see where
all of our sites will be in the spring. That
season starts March second. But our registration, our girl registration
(11:33):
will be open February ninth through February twenty second. They
can hop on now take a look at where all
of our sites are and try to make a plan
for where their girl can participate.
Speaker 2 (11:45):
And don't let money be an obstacle, All right, Regina,
and you have final words here before we wrap up
today here on I heard Cincy.
Speaker 5 (11:52):
Yeah. By supporting Girls on the Run, you really are
supporting the Tri States future. We are old enough in
existence now that we have alumni all over the country,
in the nation, and we're seeing them do amazing and
positive things and that starts here at the starting line
of the five K.
Speaker 2 (12:08):
Excellent. Thank you so much the executive director of Girls
on the Run, Annie Horn, and their program director, Regina Rankin.
Thanks for what you do, Thanks for getting involved when
you had your own kids, and we look forward to
hearing from you again about the five K.
Speaker 1 (12:21):
When is it going to be real quick?
Speaker 5 (12:24):
We're still nailing down the date, but it looks to
be mid May, probably May sixteenth downtown. Anybody is welcome
to the five ks up into public participants and it's
a great way to come out and encourage our girls
and coaches.
Speaker 2 (12:36):
Annie Horn and Regina Rankin from Girls on the Run.
You can find them online here in Cincinnati. It's a
ten week after school program to help girls in elementary
and middle school find their voice and make the most
of who they are coming up.
Speaker 4 (12:51):
We've heard enormous industry demand on the workforce development front,
specifically for maintenance technicians. There's always a need on the
pilot drone side as well well, and that's really how
we were able to piece things together to acquire the
funding to actually make this project happen.
Speaker 2 (13:07):
Stand by iHeart, since he continues in a moment
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