Tyne and Wear SGO Lockdown Challenge club

The club intends to be a bit of fun to encourage individuals and families to get out and enjoy running/walking and let us see how far we can travel as a collective group over this lock down period!

Starting on Friday 22nd January , the target for each county club is to travel an accumulative distance of 10,000 miles (the distance between the UK and Tokyo- the host city of the 2021 Olympic & Paralympic Games) as quickly as possible – the club to run/walk 10,000miles collectively first are the winners.

TIP: Please remember to register both a walk and a run as a run. Otherwise your walking distance will not be recorded.

The Tyne and Wear School Games Organisers (SGOs) are hoping you might like to join our club and take part in the challenge with us, Click Here for a bit of a guide on how it works.

A couple of extra things ……

Privacy

Strava users can create ‘privacy zones’ for their runs, which basically blurs where the run has been started to a certain level. This is just in case anyone taking part feels uncomfortable about sharing runs publicly that shows where they live. Please see link below that gives a bit more of an explanation: https://support.strava.com/hc/en-us/articles/115000173384-Privacy-Zones

Government Guidelines

As per Government guidance we advise you exercise alone or with members of your household.

'We recommend only one outing a day of exercise outside of the home'

Exercising with children

If you are exercising with your children, please read this additional guidance:

Guidance from “The road Runners club of America (RRCA)” on how far to run with children

Children 5 and under should focus on “dash” events that range from a few yards to 400 meters.

Children 5 and over, kids fun runs that are a ½ to 1 mile long may be considered but should allow for a combination of running and walking.

Children ages 12 and over may want to participate in a 5K run.

Please sign up and enjoy exercising!!! Let’s see how far we can get!