HOLIDAY MILE, a National Tradition for 13 years.
HOLIDAY MILE, a National Tradition for 13 years. Race Description
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14th Annual Holiday Mile® National Fitness Challenge
Thanksgiving Day 2025 - New Year's Day 2026 - www.HolidayMile.com
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14th Annual Holiday Mile® National Fitness Challenge Thanksgiving Day 2025 - New Year's Day 2026 - www.HolidayMile.com DAILY CHECK-IN: Checking in with your mile(s) every day is our way of holding you accountable for your pledge. Each day you check-in, you will be entered into a weekly drawing. Weekly prize winners will be notified via email. Please be sure to add 5kevents.org to your safe sender list to ensure you receive updates from us. Click the "Manage my Registration" > "Submit Virtual Results" tab shown above to submit your daily miles. |
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The holiday season is a health and fitness nightmare, with event cancellations, parties, to cookies, and time spent traveling to visit loved ones, it can feel impossible to stay on top of your fitness goals...but it doesn't have to be that way.
The Holiday Mile is a remote (aka virtual) race that takes place from Thanksgiving Day to New Year's Day. Participants commit to moving their body for at least one mile straight each day during this time period. They can walk, run, paddle, bike, or swim their mile each day. The event is open to individuals and teams.
In addition to completing the daily miles, participants are encouraged to participate in weekly challenges. These challenges include:
- Social Media Contest: Post something about the Holiday Mile on your social media that will motivate others to join in.
- Photo Contest: Post a photo of your Holiday Mile Journey on our Facebook page.
- Random Act of Kindness: Do something kind and share what you did on our Facebook page.
- Local Clothing Drive: Collect clothing as a team or individually and donate to a local charity.
- Local Food Drive: Collect food for a local food shelter.
- $100 Review Prize: Rate your experience with the Holiday Mile and tell us how it helped you.
All registered participants will receive a custom digital race bib, custom finisher medal, event performance t-shirt or hoodie, and a commemorative Certificate of Completion.
There will also be weekly prizes awarded to randomly selected participants. To be eligible for a prize, you must check in each day of the week.
The course is entirely up to you! You can run, walk, paddle, bike, or swim your mile anywhere you like.
The Holiday Mile is a great way to stay fit and motivated during the holiday season. It's also a great way to give back to your community. So what are you waiting for? Sign up today!
HOW TO COMPLETE YOUR VIRTUAL RUN/WALK
- Register for the race and print your bib
- Walk, run, or crawl at least 1 Mile a day at your convenience, any time, anywhere between November 27, 2025 - Jan 1, 2026
- Submit your time daily (optional) to see how you placed overall and receive your finisher certificate.
- Celebrate your accomplishment by sharing on social media! #5Kevents, #HolidayMile
- Feel free to join the 5Kevents Community Group to share and celebrate with other participants. Don't forget to follow our Remote Runners Facebook page too!
Moving your body at least one consecutive mile each day is just a small part of the Holiday Mile. To really get engaged, we encourage participants to SHOW YOUR HOLIDAY SPIRIT by participating in our weekly challenges:
AND we award one lucky participant who participates in the challenge each week with a $50 Amazon Gift Card!
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Nov. 26 Week 1: Social Media Contest - Post something about the Holiday Mile on your social media that will motivate others to join in. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc. (be sure to tag #5Kevents or #HolidayMile)
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Dec. 03 Week 2: Photo Contest - Post a photo of your Holiday Mile Journey on our Facebook page, Creativity counts HERE!
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Dec. 10 Week 3: RanDOm Act of KINDNESS - Maybe not so random, but do something kind and share what you did on our Facebook page. Motivate others to do kind acts! Our favorite week here at the Holiday Mile HQ! Post your act of kindness HERE!
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Dec. 17 Week 4: Local Clothing Drive - Collect clothing as a team or individually and donate to a local charity. Post your pic on Facebook HERE
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Dec. 24 Week 5: Local Food Drive - Collect food for a local food shelter! Share your efforts with us on the Facebook page HERE
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Jan. 01 Week 6: $100 Review Prize - Rate your experience with the Holiday Mile and tell us how it helped you! Post HERE
Each registered participant will receive a custom digital race bib, custom finisher medal, event performance t-shirt or Hoodie (See above), and a commemorative Certificate of Completion!
Every week we will draw a random winner to receive an awesome door prize. Each time you check in for the week, you will be entered into the drawing. Only one check-in per day is allowed.
EVENT FEATURES:
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Team & Individual Tracking
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Performance wear - OPTIONAL short sleeve t-shirt (unisex, ladies' fit, youth or Pullover)
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Commemorative Virtual Race Bib (Download under the "Manage my registration" tab above
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Commemorative Finisher's medal (Your choice of 3 styles)
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Certificate of completion
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Team Incentives (25 or more)
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Weekly prizes!
COURSE DESCRIPTION: That's entirely up to you! It doesn’t matter where your Holiday Mile takes you, you just have to do at least one mile straight and check in each day.
SPECIAL TEAM / COMPANY AWARDS! The Holiday Challenge is designed to encourage and maintain healthy lifestyles and reward individuals for doing so.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL OPTIONS: This design will be a keepsake for years to come! 2025 is to be revealed soon!
TEAM INFORMATION: The Holiday Mile encourages participants to maintain healthy lifestyles and rewards individuals for doing so. Organizations that adopt this challenge will discover they will increase morale, create a healthy work environment, and help alleviate some holiday stress.
Special Corporate/Team Challenge
Companies and teams that recruit 25 or more participants will receive a $50 Visa Gift Card. Your company can choose how to distribute the $50 Card. Some ideas are to award the team member that has the most miles or the most days logged for the challenge.
- All Medals and T-shirts will be shipped to the Team Captain for distribution.
- Downloadable recruitment flyer:
- JPG Flyer for web
- PDF flyer for print
- Program Intro Letter
- Sample Letter (Word Doc Download)
INVOLVE YOUR FRIENDS: You don't have to do this alone - get your friends to take the pledge with you and hold each other accountable.
HOW DO I GET CREDIT FOR REFERRALS?
- Get $2.00 OFF your registration simply by sharing on Social Media.
- Get 10% credit per referral!
- Refer 10 or more people, your registration is FREE!
Click the "Manage my Registration" > "Submit Virtual Results" tab shown above to submit your daily miles.
PRO TIPS: This is the 13th year of the Holiday Mile, so we've learned a few tips from successful participants along the way:
- Make the Holiday Mile website your "Start Up Page" on your web browser
- Post daily words of wisdom, fun images, sweaty selfies, results, distances, etc. on your Facebook page
- Check-in daily on our Holiday Mile Facebook page, Facebook group, Instagram, and Twitter feeds
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
- Do I have to track my time / How do I track my time?
No, tracking your time is optional. There are several apps available that you can use to track your time. Here is a list of the top 10 apps. - Do all team members have to participate together?
No, that is the great part about a virtual race! Each team member can run/walk at their own pace on their own time. - Do all team members have to do the same distance?
No, each team member can choose to do their own distance. - Can I split up the distance over several days?
Yes, you can certainly split up your distance over time if needed. - Do I have to submit my time to get my medal?
No, submitting your time is optional, you will still get your medal regardless. But if you want to print off your finisher certificate, you must submit your time. - When will I get my medal and/or shirt?
Medals and shirts will start to ship in mid-December. - How do I print my bib?
Bibs are provided in digital format. Once you register, you will be automatically assigned a bib number. Under “Participant Management” you will see an option to print your bib for this race.
- Do I have to track my time / How do I track my time?
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HOLIDAY MILE, a National Tradition for 13 years. Where & When
- Location: National Event, Racine, WI 53403
- Race Dates: 11/27 - 01/01/2026
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Categories:
- Holiday Miler
HOLIDAY MILE, a National Tradition for 13 years. Reviews
It was so much fun to have motivation for my daily walks & to be walking with a virtual team during the isolation of 2020. Will definitely be doing it again next year!
Peggy P.
3/3 found this review helpful.
I have participated in this challenge for the past several years. Each year, even if I don't post much, I enjoy the motivation it provides and watching others complete their miles and how they challenge themselves. I highly recommend joining us, getting out, and moving during the holiday season.
has attended 5+ times
Absolutely amazing and inspiring
Happy New Year🌞 I truly enjoyed the Holiday Mile Race 2022. The “Holiday” theme falls right into place as my favorite time of the year and I found inspiration and excitement to finish this race while “Tis the Season to Indulge”. The website and daily submittals were easy too. Thank you for helping inspire me to be health conscious through the Holiday Season🎄👏🏻🥂 Looking forward to the next race🌞 Sincerely, Cynthia Binnall Cbinnall1@pbcgov.org
I love this race because I love a challenge. Even though I regularly workout I do not count those workouts. I have to make a conscious effort to go for a walk or bike ride for me to count it toward this challenge. This resulted in me taking walks with friends, walking the dog a little extra or going for a quick walk before sitting to watch TV or go on the computer at night. Even though it is totally up to me I felt held accountable and motivated by the logging of results and the FB posts of others. It has helped create a healthy habit and I love it! I also love how the organizers challenge us with a "give back" challenge each week. Taking time to think of others while taking care of yourself as well! What is there not to love about this race! I will definitely be back again and continue to refer people to it. Thank you organizers and fellow racers!
I had so much fun logging my workouts every day and seeing how my fellow participants were doing. It got competitive and pushed me to do a lot more than I probably would have without this challenge. I’m looking forward to doing it again next year!
I really look forward to the Holiday Mile. The first couple of years, I walked the mile and appreciated the challenge of getting out daily during the holiday season. But last year, I chose to turn my daily Holiday Mile into a daily 5k. I really loved it, especially since we were having a very mild winter in my area in Nov./Dec. And then after the HM ended...welp, inspired by the whole HM experience, I just kept on going for the ENTIRE YEAR. I called it my #5keveryday project and my mantra was #consistency. A few days were logged on the treadmill due to weather, but most were outside on the Millennium Trail. It was good for my physical and mental health. And at 74, it kept my old joints from getting too creaky and rusty. I finished Dec. 31, 2022 with a total of having walked or jogged 1,260 miles from Jan. 1-Dec. 31, 2022. And starting Jan. 1, 2023, I am repeating that effort again. The facebook page was fun and wonderful for sharing our experiences and for the support and encouragement found there. Thanks again for offering this event, and especially for the inspiration to get out there and walk. See you all next November!
has attended 4 times
This was my first year participating and it was an awesome experience. I have been making an effort to exercise more. Holiday Mike was exactly the motivation I needed to stay active. I’m happy to say that not only did I not gain any weight this year, I lost a few pounds. Love it!
I really enjoy this holiday mile because it keeps me in track during the holidays. It's "run" very well. Thank you to all the staff who are in charge of setting it up every year. I look forward to next year.
has attended 5+ times
This challenge inspired me to get out and pound the pavement during the busy holiday season. I’m grateful for the support and motivation from the group.
has attended 1 times
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