Upcoming Virtual Races at Virtual Strides

Featured Virtual Runs

At Virtual Strides, we host virtual races featuring different charities every calendar month. Read the details about our featured virtual races below, or jump straight to our Virtual Runs Store to see all of the unique virtual race medals currently available. New virtual races are posted here approximately two weeks before each event begins.

Be sure to check out our Past Virtual Runs too – Even though the original race periods are over, you can still register for all events that have medals left!

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Top Run Virtual Run

Initial Race Period: October 1 – 31
*** Medals Are Still Available! ***
Distances: 5k, 10k, Half Marathon, or Custom Challenge
To Benefit: Air Charity Network

Regular Price: $29
Club VS Member Price: $24
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About this Virtual Run: Celebrate Maverick’s return by joining the Top Run virtual race. Run, walk, step, bike, or swim whenever and wherever you want to earn this super(sonic) 5″ parody medal that features an F/A-18F Super Hornet. Do you feel the need – the need for speed???

P.S. Yes, we know the movie release has been delayed, but we schedule our events well in advance and have had this on our calendar for quite some time. Want to get psyched up for this virtual race now? Watch this trailer!

Matching Shirts: Add a Need For Speed shirt to your registration for an additional $20 ($18 for Club VS members). White shirts are 100% pre-shrunk cotton, available in adult sizes S-XXL:

About the Charity: Air Charity Network is a charitable organization that provides access for people in need who are seeking free air transportation to specialized health care facilities or distant destinations due to family, community, or national crisis. Air Charity Network serves all 50 states and its volunteer pilots utilize their own aircraft, fuel and time to provide free air transportation to medical facilities for citizens who are financially distressed or otherwise unable to travel on public transportation. Air Charity Network members also coordinate flights to fly organ transplant candidates, people involved in clinical trials, chemotherapy or other repetitive treatment, victims of abuse seeking relocation, families receiving help from Ronald McDonald Houses, Shriners Hospitals and many other charities, disabled or sick children to special summer camp programs, and for many other humanitarian reasons.

Combined, the Air Charity Network is the Nation’s largest unified Volunteer Pilot organization comprised of thousands of pilots who annually fly tens of thousands of passengers across the US.

A portion of the proceeds from this virtual race (at least $5 from each registration) will be donated to Air Charity Network. For more information or to make a direct contribution, please visit AirCharityNetwork.org.

Dalgona Challenge Virtual Run

Initial Race Period: November 1 – 30
*** Medals Are Still Available! ***
Distances: 5k, 10k, Half Marathon, or Custom Challenge
To Benefit: Liberty In North Korea

Regular Price: $30 for choice of shape; Get additional medal shapes for only $15 more
Club VS Member Price: $25 + $12 for additional medal shapes
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BONUS: Purchase all 4 shapes and receive an exclusive VS shape for FREE – That’s 5 medals for only $75 ($60 for Club VS members!)

SHIPPING NOTE: Orders containing Dalgona Challenge medals will not ship until mid-to-late November.

About this Virtual Run: Have you watched Squid Game? Rated TV-MA, this South Korean series is NOT for children, but has quickly become Netflix’s most popular show of all time. The series revolves around a contest in which 456 cash-strapped players compete in a variety of children’s games with deadly penalties for the losers. This virtual race is a nod to one of the more interesting games featured in the show, the dalgona candy game. Dalgona is a South Korean honeycomb candy that emerged in the 1950s and was popular with children in the 70s and 80s. In the dalgona candy challenge, players use a needle to carefully carve the dalgona candy without breaking the delicate shape it contains.

All participants in the Dalgona Challenge virtual race will receive a 4″ medal containing the shape of their choice (triangle, square, star, or umbrella), along with a needle. Additional shapes (full medals containing different inserts) are available for purchase at a discounted price, and participants who purchase ALL 4 shapes will receive an exclusive BONUS shape featuring the Virtual Strides “VS” logo for free!

Note: No portion of these medals are edible, and the needle won’t actually carve the PVC insert, but we are including a recipe card for anyone who wants to make their own dalgona candy and take on the dalgona challenge for real.

Matching Shirts: Add a Numbers Shirt shirt to your registration for an additional $25 ($23 for Club VS members). You can choose a custom 3-digit number for an additional $2. Green/White 3/4 sleeve baseball-style shirts are available in adult sizes S-XXL.

Add a Squid Game Shapes Shirt or Squid Game Field Shirt to your registration for an additional $20 ($18 for Club VS members). 100% pre-shrunk cotton shirts are available in adult sizes S-XXL.

About the Charity: North Koreans live in the world’s most authoritarian country. With offices in both the United States and South Korea, Liberty in North Korea is an international non-government organization that helps North Korean refugees escape through a 3,000-mile secret rescue route, and empowers North Koreans who have reached freedom to be changemakers, advocates, and leaders.

A portion of the proceeds from this virtual race (at least $5 from each registration) will be donated to Liberty In North Korea. For more information or to make a direct contribution, please visit LibertyInNorthKorea.org.

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Be sure to check out our Previous Virtual Runs – Even though the original dates for these virtual races have passed, if we still have medals available, you can still register and help the causes!

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