Challenge (YOURSELF) 2026

Windy says come join this "one of a kind" virtual challenge where you can RUN, JOG, WALK, CYCLE or do any COMBO of the 4 disciplines in 2026 to achieve your chosen miles

It's ALL for CHARITY, so there's no hard and fast rules or regulations - Just do your own thing and challenge YOURSELF !!

You have the entire year starting from January the 1st 2026 to achieve your chosen miles, at your own pace and without the pressure of a race environment - You can go out on your own, go out with friends, or even clock up the miles with your Club or other Events you're doing 

You can do one or more of the discplines if you want - just mix an' match it up. It's YOUR challenge. Complete it YOUR way !!

Apart from being fun, it is also a great way to motivate yourself throughought the year, and to raise money for CHARITY !!

On Offer

There are five monthly distances on offer - 25+; 50+; 75+; 100+ or 500+ miles (or choose your own monthly target)

The challenge will start on January the 1st 2026, with an early bird discount up to January 31st. But you have all year to sign up (Please sign-up as soon as you can though, as it kinda defeats the purpose really if you leave it until November 2026)

The challenge will last all year and you will need to complete your chosen miles by the end of every month, but like I said, there are no hard and fast rules or regulations, so just do your best and challenge YOURSELF !!

It’s your race, your rules, so you do the disciplines you want as and when they fit in with your schedule - You can run on a treadmill or run outside. You can cycle on a turbo bike or cycle outside. You can walk round the local park or head up into the hills. Just whatever !!

The Bling

Get signed up now for Windys (virtual) Challenge 2026 and earn yourself an awesome handmade wooden medal (measuring roughly 3 1/2" in diameter) and an exclusive Windys Run Club car sticker 

Charity 

ALL profits from this event will go to Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY)

My then 14yr old son had open heart surgery on Monday December 21st 2020 (a date that will be forever etched in my mind, but a place in time that I never go back and visit, unless I'm out doing an ultra and struggling. It's my own personal pain cave 

Anyway. My wife Gusty organises HEART SCREENING every year which costs us £13,000 a weekend (enough to have 200 x youngsters screened. Aged 14-35). The heart screening allows us to pick up any undiagnosed heart defects and get them treated before anything worse happens 

Every week in the UK, 12 fit healthy young people die from undiagnosed heart defects. One of these 12 could be your son or daughter, and it doesn't need to be like this. A simple heart sceening can make all the difference !! (That's TWELVE people EVERY WEEK - let that sink in !!) 

For every 5 sign-ups to Windy's VIRTUAL Challenge 2026 we can screen one young person and potentially save a life !!

Bumf

All miles submitted will be based on trust, and it would be good if you have a Strava account, or something similar to record yer monthly mileage  

I've even set up a Facebook page where we can share our activities, stories and photos -

Windy's Run Club on Facebook

Mon then. Let's go . . . Challenge (YOURSELF) 2026 and save a life !!

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