Journey Through Middle Earth Virtual Challenge
When and Where - This is a virtual adventure challenge. Participants can complete at any time, from anywhere in the world that you want.
How - Set your own timeframe and finish the required distance by walking, running, cycling or any distance-based activities of your choice.
Welcome to our virtual fitness challenge that takes you on a journey through Middle Earth - the stunning and otherworldly landscapes of New Zealand that provided the backdrop for the iconic films.
This unique virtual challenge allows you to experience the magic of New Zealand as you push your physical limits and reach your fitness goals.
Whether you're a fan of the movies or simply looking for a new challenge, our virtual fitness challenge will take you on a virtual tour through some of the most beautiful and challenging landscapes of New Zealand, all from the comfort of your own home.
So gear up, set your fitness goals, and get ready to explore the wonders of Middle Earth!
Virtually travel the Journey Through Middle Earth
Map your progress along the 1857 km (1154.1 mile) route of the Journey Through Middle Earth virtual challenge. Every time you add a workout, you will advance along the map.
Not only can you see your avatar and other participants on the map, but you can also see your virtual journey progress, with the activity and passed milestones as you approach the finish line.
Virtual Postcards
Receive custom virtual postcards when you reach certain milestones along the route.
Each postcard contains interesting information about the location. 10 postcards are waiting for you along the Journey Through Middle Earth route.
Plant real trees as you progress
Climate change is harming our planet, but if we all make a small change, we can make a big impact. By taking part in our challenges, partnered with Ecologi, we will plant a real tree for every 25% of the Journey Through Middle Earth challenge you complete, helping sequester carbon dioxide in the future.
By the end of the challenge, you will have planted 4 trees. Imagine what we can achieve as a community!
Enter the Journey Through Middle Earth Virtual Challenge
Multibuy Savings! Purchase multiple entries of the same challenge at the same time (to take part as a family, couple or friends) to save on your entry fees.
Virtual Rewards
- Virtual entry to challenge
- Virtual postcards along your route
- Plant 4 real trees
- Track progress via your device or manually
- Digital finishers certificate to share
Real finishers medalMini medal/keyring
Virtual Rewards + Medal
- Virtual entry to challenge
- Virtual postcards along your route
- Plant 4 real trees
- Track progress via your device or manually
- Digital finishers certificate to share
- Real finishers medal*
Mini medal/keyring
* Medals are shipped on completion of your challenge to your choice of shipping address. We charge a small postal fee for medals depending on your location - check out the next page for the current postage charge.
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Frequently Asked Questions
A challenge that is on pre-sale means that either we have sold out of medals or the medals are on the way.
You can still sign up for the challenge, take part and earn all the virtual rewards as normal, it just means that there may be a delay in receiving your medal after you complete your challenge.
If you take roughly six weeks to complete a challenge, then you may not have long to wait at all.
You can log distances using two methods:
1) Manually - sign in to your account online, click the orange plus icon at the top, select your exercise type, add a distance and boom, you're done.
2) Automatically – via the range of apps and devices that we connect with. Currently we support: Strava, Garmin, Fitbit, Polar, Suunto and Wahoo Fitness (more coming soon).
Yes - You can log any distance-based exercise that you do. The common ones that we have settings for are:
Running (indoor and outdoor)
Cycling (indoor and outdoor)
Rowing
Walking
Skiing
Swimming
Eliptical
Wheelchair
The amount of time it will take you to complete this challenge depends on your fitness level and exercise type.
You can set your own timeframe goal from 1 week to 18 months to complete each challenge. This goal can be easily changed at any time if you want to extend or shorten it.
And you can change this goal as many times as you like during the event.
Medals are sent out to you once you have completed your challenge distance.
We will notify you via email once your challenge is completed to confirm your delivery address.
Please view the pricing on the pricing table above. We also have packages available to save you money on multiple entries!
Our mini medals are a smaller version of the main medal but are just as awesome!
Use them as a keyring for yourself so that you can still show off your achievement on a daily basis.
Take part with your child and let them have their own mini medal.
Take part with your dog and let them have their own collar medal to show that they accompanied you on your challenge.
The choice is yours on how you display your mini medal.
Have more questions, then visit our frequently asked questions or if we haven't answered what you need to know before signing up, then drop us a message and we will be happy to help.