virtual running event

The 269 (48 hour) Challenge

2

Miles you run each time

6

Hours between each run

9

Times you repeat the process

Black and white image showing the head of calf 269 with the 269 ear tag clearly visible

Tamir Bar Yehuda (תמיר בר יהודה), CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

COMPLETED FOR 2024

📈 2024 Results

💷 £152 raised for The Maggie Fleming Animal Hospice and Karass Animal Sanctuary

🎬 Check out our 2024 virtual highlight reel below 👇🏽


Date: Friday 08/11/24 – Sunday 10/11/24*

Time: 6pm start then every 6 hours thereafter, finishing 6pm on Sunday*

Price: Starting from £15

Run for good 💚: £10 from every entry will be donated to The Maggie Fleming Animal Hospice and Karass Animal Sanctuary.

*If you want to participate in the challenge but not on those dates or times, that’s ok, sign up anyway and let us know when you plan on doing it so we can make sure we can cheer you on! Why not inspire people you know to sign up and join you!

Entered the event but forgot to buy the eco bling bundle? Get it here 👇 (please ensure you HAVE entered the event!)

Step 1


Step 2


Optional but great for moral support and showing your run evidence!

Step 3


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Via Strava, email or our contact form

Step 5


Tell me more about the ECO BLING BUNDLE!

Once we sell 100 bundles we will hold a ‘win back your bundle price’ and select 2 names at random to be fully refunded and get their bundle for FREE! Spread the word!

The medal 🏅 – shaped and designed like the 269 calf ear tag, made from bamboo wood and finished with a bright satin ribbon. It is VERY cool!

The pin badge 📛 – Because most of us don’t walk around with our medals on all day, we have also added a conversation starting 269 pin badge in full colour! Stick the badge where people will see it and they will ask: ‘what is the 269 challenge’? Our priority here is to stimulate conversation about the relevance of the number 269…the fact you mention the challenge and point them to us so they can take part and raise money for charity (and buy their own eco bling bundle) too is just a bonus 😉.

The pen 🖊️ – We don’t normally note how nice a pen feels to hold in the hand, but this one really does feel nice! It’s made of 50% Wheat Straw and 50% ABS (a recyclable plastic that is also very durable) so none of your fast-fashion pens here 😆. It’s blue ink which we know is the lesser spotted pen colour…but, well that’s a conversation starter in itself! ‘Oh, you write with a blue pen!’ *leans in* ‘What does that say? The 269 Challenge? What’s that?’ Cue the same chat as with the pin badge 😆.

Pre-print production artwork 👇

Challenge Information

Why 269? What’s the significance?

269 is an important number in the vegan community. It is the number that was on the ear tag of a calf who was rescued from slaughter in Israel and came to symbolise the fight for animal liberation across the world. You can read more about the story here.

Do I have to run on those dates and times?

No! We are encouraging a mass participation event so that as many of us as possible can come together ‘live’ and complete the challenge as a community – gaining moral support, sharing run stats, pics, and thoughts on getting out for a midnight run😬. If those dates and times don’t work, sign up and announce your own plan (maybe you move the time a couple of hours or complete the challenge at a later date) so we can still support your efforts. Regardless of how you participate – live or on-demand, – it’s all more monies raised for the animal sanctuary 💚

If I don’t do the live challenge, do I still get added to the live challenge results?

If you complete the challenge within a day or two of the live challenge we will add your results in. Any later than that and we will add your results to the on-demand challenge results – you’ll get the same stats as the live results but in a different spreadsheet. This is to allow us to release the live results to those taking part in the live challenge as soon as possible after it ends. You know us runners, we like to see how we did, so we can’t endlessly move entrant results around as new results come in 😅

I don’t have Strava, can I still take part?

You sure can! Strava is optional, but if you want to complete the challenge without it, go on ahead! Whatever works for you 🙂

Can I walk it instead of run?

Indeed you can! The main thing is to cover 2 miles of distance by foot or wheelchair each time – walk, jog, run or crank those wheels! Whatever works for you 🙂

How are results processed?

Once we have the evidence of your 9 runs, we will add these to a spreadsheet, providing a breakdown of the run times for each run and a total run time over the course of the challenge so you can see how you compared to others.

We will do the same for those who list a running club, providing the overall time, plus an average time for each club.

Bear in mind though – this challenge is for FUN! So the results bit is just for kicks, don’t take it too seriously and definitely don’t opt out of signing up because you think your time won’t cut it!

Do I get a medal?

We don’t want to price people out of the challenge and we want to make as much money for our chosen animal sanctuary as we can. So we are keeping event entry as the main entry fee, but you can add-on The 269 Challenge ECO BLING BUNDLE which not only includes an awesome medal, but a pin badge and pen too (see above).

I bought The 269 Challenge ECO BLING BUNDLE – when will I receive it?

As soon as the challenge is completed (regardless of whether you do it live or on-demand, when we have your results we will send out your awesome ECO BLING BUNDLE!

And if you end up not managing the challenge any time soon, we can either still send it out or hold onto it until you complete it, just let us know your preference! Don’t worry – we won’t hold your bling captive 😆

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