2023
Year in Miles
Challenge
Choose your own adventure – 2,023 or 202.3 miles
How do you measure a new year? We challenge you to measure it in miles – either 2,023 or 202.3! Commit to your distance goal and earn adventure-themed pins along the way to your finisher medal.
“I love that walking counts, too! This challenge helped me go farther than I ever thought possible in 2022. Can’t wait for another year of goal chasing.”
TARA G.
Every Registration Includes:
Available Add-On Options:
ADDITIONAL GEAR AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE IN THE VRC SHOP
select how you'd like to receive your rewards
2,023 MILE challenge
Check out the rewards you'll be collecting as you reach each checkpoint!
Click an item from the dropdown menu below for help.
You have through June 30, 2024 to complete this challenge! Take the time you need to reach the 300-mile distance goal.
If you prefer a more flexible timeline, we recommend opting to receive all your rewards up front during registration. Then you can earn them on your unique schedule.
Swag ships separately in the methods and timeframes listed below.
Pins & Medals
- Ship with a tracking email from support@virtualrunningclub.com
- If you select autoship, pins and medals ship within a week of registration
- If you opt to report for rewards, pins and medals ship within a week of reporting their completion on the VRC mobile app
Bibs
- Sent in a standard white envelope with a first class stamp
- Available to purchase through January 31, 2023
- Will arrive in mid-January for those who order by December 31
- Will arrive in mid-February for those who order by January 31
Shirts, Stickers, Mileage Trackers, & Tote Bags
- Printed on-demand and expected to arrive roughly 2 weeks after you place an order
Registration remains open at the dates and prices below while supplies last. Custom race bibs are available for purchase through January 31, 2023.
Early Bird Pricing
- Through December 15, 2022
- Report for Rewards: $125
- Autoship: $85
Regular Pricing
- From December 16, 2022 onward
- Report for Rewards: $130
- Autoship: $90
Additional Deadlines
- Register by January 31 to receive custom bibs by mid-February
Your registration comes with access to the VRC mobile app to report your miles. Click here to download the app on iOS or Android, then follow the instructions below:
- Enter the email associated with your registration.
- Click the 2023 Year in Miles event.
- Select “Add Activity”.
- Enter your miles and click “Save”.
- When you reach a milestone, your freshly earned pin will pop up on your screen. Congrats! Click “Claim” and follow the prompts to receive your reward. If you opted to receive your rewards up front instead, the “Claim” button will not appear.
If you opted to report for rewards, make sure you log your miles in the VRC mobile app. Once you log enough miles in the app to reach a milestone, your freshly earned pin will pop up on your screen. Congrats! Click the Claim button and follow the prompts to receive your reward.
Reached the milestone awhile ago and still haven't gotten your reward in the mail? You may have forgotten to hit the Claim button. Here's what you need to do:
- Log back into the app.
- Click the milestone you reached, but have not yet received your reward for.
- If you forgot to hit "Claim" the first time, the Claim button will reappear.
- Click it and verify your mailing address to put your reward in our shipping queue.
Still having trouble? Shoot us an email at support@virtualrunningclub.com.
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We find some of our participants like to do multiple Virtual Running Club events at once. If you want to double-dip – that is, apply your miles to multiple events – you have our full permission to do so. Choose whatever works best for you!
There’s a special Facebook group for VRC Distance Challenges, where members share their achievements and cheer each other on. Joining the group is entirely voluntary.
Partial proceeds from this event benefit the Brave Like Gabe Foundation, founded by pro runner and rare cancer advocate Gabriele Grunewald.
Brave Like Gabe supports rare cancer research and empowers all cancer survivors through physical activity.
Work with our friends at Wander Project and when you raise the minimum threshold for a non-profit (usually $500), Virtual Running Club will sponsor your participation in this event at no cost to you!
Learn more on the Wander Project Charity Bib Page.