Welcome to the 25 Days of Christmas Challenge
Let’s Get Started!
Please Read The Following Carefully
Dear Challenge Participants,
Thank you and welcome to the 25 Days of Christmas Challenge. This challenge will go from Dec 1st – Dec 25th.
If you have not already, please join the Facebook group, as that will be our main source of communication and updates. Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ilovetoruncommunity
1. The Challenge will be a 25 Day mileage challenge (run, run/walk, walk). The goal is to have fun and challenge yourself to get as many miles as you possibly can, or really want, or think you want. There is no correct amount. You choose your mileage goal for the month!
2. We will have an official “Finishers Wall of Fame” for runners who hit specific mileage goals.
- 50 Mile Club
- 100 Mile Cub
- 150 Mile Club
- 200 Mile Club
3. Complete your activity (run, walk, hike or treadmill) and record it on your gps watch or any activity tracking app on your phone.
4. We have an official Stravva group, but you can log your miles manually or set up syncing with Garmin, Fitbit, Strava, or Apple Watch.
Strava group: https://www.strava.com/clubs/iltr
5. Only miles on foot count. No bikes or or wheeled activities count.
6. Please make sure to log all of your miles miles during the challenge. At the end of the challenge you will submit your total distance miles from Dec 1st – Dec 25th and send in a pictures/screenshots and show us the distance with your Strava, FitBit, Watch, Treadmill, Run Keeper, or other tracker. We encourage everyone to submit their miles at the end of the challenge.
7. At the end of the challenge we will have a private system to log your results at the end of the challenge:
***We will also post a link in our community to a special web page for you to log your results by Dec 31st. You will submit your name, email address, goal miles, actual mileage and a photo for us to use with your results for our “Finisher Wall-of-Fame”.
8. If you ordered the deluxe registration, keep an eye out for an email from us. Your finisher’s gear will be shipped out at the end of the challenge (after Dec 31st).
9. We will make an “25 Days of Christmas” Challenge aftermovie of the run, so selfies and photos of scenery/dogs are therefore very welcome! 🤳🏻🐶🥳 The movie will be shared in this group only. Tag the post #25daysofchristmas in our private Facebook group, so we can find you.
10. Below is a link to download and print out your official bib.
Click this link to download and print your bib:
Let’s persevere through this difficult time and keep running strong!
Please make sure you are cleared by your doctor before beginning training and always listen to your body.
Facebook Group
Please go to the Facebook Group and share pictures from your run, and anything else you are doing to stay fit and motivated. This is the perfect place to encourage all your other fellow runners. This is a place that we can still be a group through all of this social distancing. It’s a good place to post a photo from your run.
Here is the link to join the FB group for this event: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ilovetoruncommunity/
Strava Group
Here is the link to join the FB group for this event: https://www.strava.com/clubs/iltr
Confirm and Share Your Runs With Us
If you are in our Facebook group you can use the hashtag #25daysofchristmas and tag us at to share a photo from your run.
