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What is a Virtual Fitness Challenge?

The Chance to Change Your Life

 
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Join From Anywhere
Stay motivated, accountable, and achieve your fitness goals from anywhere in the world!
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Exercise Anytime
Tracking tools, motivating virtual communities, and unlimited resources in the palm of your hand.
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Challenges For Everyone
Runners, walkers, cyclists - anyone! Our challenges are unique, fun, inspiring, and customizable.

Fitness Challenges vs. Virtual Races

What's the Difference?

Virtual races are often one day, one distance events where you compete against others and the clock. For example, you might sign up for a 5K virtual race, upload your results, and look at a leaderboard.

For about the same price (or less), our Virtual Fitness Challenges keep you moving and motivated over a longer period of time and focus on completing the challenge (like climbing a mountain) rather than beating others.

Imagine covering 2,026 miles in the year 2026 or using your miles to virtually travel across the United States. Imagine the new you when you reach the finish line!

 

Our Virtual Fitness Challenges

Discover the Run the Edges' suite of Virtual Fitness Challenges  designed to help motivate you all year long. Explore our Challenges below.

2025 Run the Year Challenge

Not too late. Register Now. Sync back to January 1st.

    • Register for the challenge and decide how many miles you aim for in 2025. Complete the entire 2,025 miles or customize your goal.

    • Use our easy-to-use app to log your miles. Every step counts, and we’ll be there to celebrate each milestone with you.

    • Reach your goals and earn exclusive challenge rewards. From digital badges to fitness gear, there’s a celebration waiting for you at every milestone.

 

2026 Run the Year Challenge

Run, Walk, Step, Move 2026 Miles in 2026
  • Register for the challenge and decide how many miles you aim for in 2026. Complete the entire 2,026 miles or customize your goal.

  • Get our easy-to-use app to log your miles. Every step counts, and we’ll be there to celebrate each milestone with you.

  • Get motivated to reach your goals. Every milestone earns you a digital badge and a super cool celebration to share.

 

Kids Run & Fun
Challenge

Kids Count at Run the Edge!
  • Start them off with the experience of how great running and overall movement is.

  • Kid's Run & Fun is a great way to include your kids, or any kids, in your Run the Year journey.

  • Kids make everything more fun! Join them in filling out their tracker card or even have them on your RTY team.

  • This Challenge has tons of fun activities and motivations to keep your kids moving.

Amerithon Challenge

Exercise Across America!
  • Stay motivated all year long to Run, Walk, Bike, Swim, etc. because it’s a game… and games are fun!

  • Show off your hard work and pride! Exercise 3,521 miles to virtually cross the US and get an interactive medal to show for it!

  • The custom tracker and amazing swag are only the beginning. (You should really click the “Learn More” button below!)

  • You can divide the miles with a team of up to 100  people and STILL take the challenge solo… if you dare.

Miles to the Max
 Virtual 1-Day Event

How Many Miles Can You Log in 24 Hours!
  • RTE now hosts four Virtual 1-Day Events throughout the year to give members something to  train for every few months.

  • The Miles to the Max Event Challenges you to complete as many miles running, walking, or stepping (or adaptive movement) in a 24-hour period.

  • You can set an ambitious goal or just strive to have as much fun as possible, or ideally both!

Fitness Finale
 Virtual 1-Day Event

Finish Up the Year with a Bang!
  • The Fitness Finale 1-Day Virtual Event Challenges you to mix it up.

  • You have 24 hours to get in as many different fitness activities as possible.

  • Try something new.  Anything that makes you move counts - pickleball, cross -country skiing, climbing, boxing, line- you get the picture.

  • Combine all activities to achieve as many miles (20 min of exercise = 1 mile) as you can.

The Hero's Journey Challenge

Complete 12 Fitness Quests in 1-Month!
  • You will have one month to complete 12 different distances. The distances range from 2 to 9 miles, and you can complete them by walking, running, biking, swimming, or any other form of exercise you choose. 

  • Add The Hero's Journey medal to your registration.

  • The centerpiece of the medal opens up via a hinge to reveal a two-sided coin that can be worn as a pendant! (Chain included).

Run the Year Challenge

Run/Walk 2,024 Miles in 2024
  • If there were such a word as “bestest,” this would be THE BESTEST fitness challenge ever invented!

  • Try it solo AND/OR with a team of up to 100! Split miles any way you want between team members.

  • Follow your friends’ progress in the online Run The Year Tracker!

  • Increase your level of awesome by a factor of 10. This challenge can actually do that.

Hero's Journey Challenge

Coming Back in 2025

  • Even if you haven't heard of 'The Hero's Journey', it's a story you've been exposed to more than you realize. It is the perfect framework for epic adventures, books, and movies. A well-known example is Star Wars (Luke is the only hope!).

  • There are twelve phases of The Hero’s Journey as the hero transitions from their own ordinary world into the unknown to complete a quest or mission to ultimately come back home.

  • In our Hero's Journey Challenge you have one month to complete 12 different distances or quests. (read more in our FAQ!)

  • The distances range from 2 to 9 miles, and you can complete them by walking, running, biking, swimming, or any other form of exercise you choose. 

  • There is a suggested order to complete the quests to follow the trajectory of The Hero's Journey, but ultimately, you can complete your journey on your terms!

Run the Month
 Challenge

One BIG Month, One BIG Goal, Lots of FUN and FOCUS

  • Looking to push yourself further in a dedicated month?

  • Run the Month is the one-month version of Run the Year, allowing you to set a special goal for one month.

  • Looking for a great team challenge - Run the Month allows you to set your goal and GO for it all month.

2026 Virtual Events Coming Soon!

 

Hug a Runner Challenge
10 Days, 10 5K's, 10 Chances To Win $500
  • For 10 days, starting November 11th, we give away $500 every day!

  • You are eligible to win $500 when you run or walk 5K that day and enter it into our tracker.

  • Every day we start fresh! Run or walk a 5K and you are entered to win another $500!

YES, this means you have 10 chances to win $500!

PLUS proceeds always go to charity - win-win!