Get to Sesame Street Challenge
Benefitting Sesame Workshop's Yellow Feather Fund
Accept the Challenge & Become Your Best You
Run, walk, hike, swim, paddle, or crawl 100 or 500 total miles and be rewarded with Sesame character pins as you hit 6 milestones along the way.
We've partnered with Sesame Workshop, the non-profit behind Sesame Street, to bring you this unique officially licensed virtual distance challenge that can be done on your own time and in any location.
Challenge yourself to go 500 miles!
It doesn't matter how you do it. Run, walk, hike, swim, paddle, or crawl.
Every registration includes:
Available Add-on Options:
The only way to receive each character pin and the medal is to earn them by going the distance and reporting to your VRC account once you're done with each milestone. Each pin is sent after you accomplish each milestone
Earn a Pin at Each Checkpoint!
50 Miles
Count von Count
100 Miles
Cookie Monster
200 Miles
Snuffleupagus
300 Miles
Bert
400 Miles
Ernie
500 Miles
Grover
Get to Sesame Street Challenge
Official Finisher Medal
Optional Add-ons
Waterproof Printed Bib
Official Challenge T-shirt
Shirt/Bib Registration Deadline
25
Days
20
Hours
36
Minutes
59
Seconds
Register by April 27 to get your shirt/bib by 5/27/21
DON'T WAIT!
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Event Specifics & FAQs
Registration will be open as supplies last.
Complete your distance whenever it works best for you during 2021.
There is one shirt and one bib design that you can add on to your order. Shirts start at just $14.95 and bibs are only $6.
Shirts and bibs are printed specifically for each participant. We don't produce extras. Be sure to check out the size charts because we'll have none to exchange.
Shipping Deadlines:
Shirts / Bibs ordered by | Should arrive by (approx.) |
|---|---|
Dec. 2nd, 2020 | Dec. 25, 2020 |
Jan. 5, 2021 | end of Jan. 2021 |
Jan. 12, 2021 | Feb. 8, 2021 |
Jan. 31, 2021 |
Feb. 22, 2021 |
Feb 15, 2021 |
Mar. 22, 2021 |
March 8, 2021 | Mar. 29, 2021 |
After March 8, 2021 | Apr. 26, 2021 |
Shirts and bibs are only available while supplies last.
NOTE: Because of international product disruption and supply chain limitations, if the chosen shirt color is no longer available, the next best shirt color for the design will automatically be substituted for you.
When you report the completion of each milestone, your name goes into the waitlist to be sent the appropriate pin (and other items as needed). Your 1st shipment will also include your series ribbon. Your last shipment will also contain your official finisher medal. (The medal attaches to the series ribbon which contains 6 spots where you can place your pins.)
When pins will ship
Due to high demand, we have sold out of inventory several times. Everyone that registers and reports the completion of each milestone will get the associated pin and finisher medal in the anticipated timelines listed here:
Registered by 12/25/20: Pins for completed milestones will start to ship at the end of January
Registered by 1/3/21: Pins for completed milestones will start to ship in March
Registered after 1/3: Pins for completed milestones will start to ship by April
More info: Medals will start to ship to those that have completed all milestones in March 2021.
All swag ships separately. Shirts, Medals and Pins ship with a tracking email from support@virtualrunningclub.com. Bibs are sent first class with a stamp. Sometimes bibs are set aside as a bill or other mail. They are in a white envelope.
All items will ship according to the timelines listed for each item in this dropdown.
There are 2 ways to report your progress:
Using the Spark App
Note: The Spark app is a supplemental tool designed to help you log your miles as you go. It is free but not required.
By Web Form
The Spark Challenges app is the official way to track your progress in our challenges and report milestone completion.
If you're unable to use Spark you may use this alternate reporting form but it may cause a slight delay in processing your shipment.
The 100 mile challenge and the 500 mile challenge are completely separate challenges. If you wish to participate in both, you'll need to register for each one separately.
Nope. You can complete your distance however works best for you. Ideally you'd complete your distance under your own power, but do what's right for you.
Track of your distance in whatever way works best for you. Many people use their preferred GPS app and others use a notebook. Do what works best for you.
Our messages come from support@virtualrunningclub.com. Please add that to your safe list so you're sure to get all updates.
The 100 mile challenge milestones are: 15, 30, 50, 65, 80 & 100
The 500 miles challenge milestones are: 50, 100, 200, 300, 400 & 500
When a participant is added to your registration, their progress is tracked with yours, not individually.
If another participant wants to track their own progress they should register using their own email and phone number.
No. The Facebook group is just for fun and provides a place for other participants to share experiences.