Run TWO half marathons in a month, find a team mate and run a half marathon each on the same day or take on the full marathon distance in one to complete the Run Berlin Virtual Challenge!

*Each participating member must obtain an entry, 10% of entry fees go to charity. We are working with a host of amazing charities who are putting together teams in all of the Virtual Marathons. If you are interested in joining one of the charity teams visit our charity listings pages. International entry is for someone not from the UK and NI.*

** If you are joining us from outside of the UK and want your medal shipped to an international address, please select the ‘International Any Time Challenge’ as this incorporates the international postage and packaging fee.  

Run Berlin Virtual Challenge

This is the “Half Marathon Challenge” therefore on your own or in a pair you need to submit two half marathon times. Individuals need to submit two half marathon times within a month. If you feel 4 legs are better than 2 you will need to submit 1 half marathon time each on the same day. Submit your evidence to calculate your marathon time and receive your Run Berlin Silver medal/medals. We do accept the half marathon times on different days and not consecutively to obtain a medal but your times will be recorded as unofficial.

You can also split the distance up in one of the following ways:

• 26.1 miles as a individual
• 13.1 miles in a pair (13.1 Miles per person)
• 10.54 miles in a team of 4 (10.54 Km per person)
• 5.27Km in a team of 8 (5.27Km per person)
• 2.62 miles in a team of 10 (2.62miles per person)
• 1.048 miles in a team of 25 (1.048 miles per person)

Difficulty

Silver Medal

Age

14+ or 5 and over if accompanied by an adult

Evidence

Official Times – To submit an official time you must use Garmin Connect, Strava, Map My Run, Nike App or any GPS tracking device. Take a picture of your tracker and submit via your online console.

Unofficial Times – You can submit evidence to us by simply keeping a daily log. At the end sign the log, take a photo and upload it to your Virtual Marathon Series online portal. You will receive a medal and our congratulations but your time will only be recorded as an unofficial time.

Special Challenge

For the Run Berlin special challenge you are required to beat the world record marathon time set by Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya on 16 September 2018 in Berlin. Luckily for you, over a half marathon distance. The time you need to beat in both of your half marathons is 2 hours 1 minute and 39 seconds totalling a 4 hour 3 minutes and 18 second marathon. By completing this challenge, you will get a true sense of the almost superhuman achievement this was. Every time you fail to defeat his time, you have to remember Eliud Kipchoge would have not only beaten you, he has just run twice the distance you have! You don’t have to do this special challenge and is not required to obtain your Run Berlin Silver medal.

Rewards & Prizes

Find yourself in the top 5 on the leader board and earn yourself rewards and prizes from our partners at RunThrough Kit. Make sure to keep an eye on where you rank so you can re-enter if you are knocked out of the top 5. Once you have signed up as well as our leaderboard we will have special challenges with prizes, for this event the special challenge.