GRIT

  • Date Wed 1st January 2025 - Fri 31st January 2025
  • Time 12:00AM EST
  • Location Virtual Event
  • Price Free - $54.00
  • Races 2 races

Event summary

Get ready to kick off the new year with an exhilarating challenge at the GRIT event, taking place from January 1 to January 31, 2025, in the vibrant city of Baltimore! This unique month-long running adventure invites participants of all levels to set personal distance goals and explore their neighborhoods while collecting digital badges as they conquer each milestone. Whether you're aiming for 25 miles or pushing for the ultimate 300+ miles, there's a challenge for everyone, including fun levels named after charming Arctic animals like the Harp Seal and Orca.

As you lace up your favorite running shoes, you'll not only enjoy the thrill of competition but also the camaraderie of a supportive community. Participants will receive a race bib, access to an exclusive Strava club, and the chance to win incredible prizes, including epic packages from Asics and Running Warehouse. Join the GRIT experience this January and embrace the winter with enthusiasm, determination, and a spirit of adventure!

Organiser's Description

THE CHALLENGE

Every four years, elite athletes from around the globe gather for a world-class event. Luckily, youre an amateur, so you have something even better: Summer GRIT presented by Asics and Believe in the Run, a world-class event that you can do in your own neighborhood.

Were back again with another edition of this sweat fest, and this time were going full tourist mode as we stamp our passports for a month in the city of love. Paris, here we come.

Set a distance goal for the month of July, grab your favorite fanny pack, and stroll/run through the streets of France. With five checkpoints along the route ranging from the famed Caf'e de Flore to the iconic Eiffel Tower, youre sure to find a mileage goal that will have you refueling with plenty of baguettes and Cherbundi (sponsor shout-out) along the way. However, if youre feeling good in your distance goals and your fuel levels are sound, go even farther, past the Parisian city limits and into the French countryside.

It will be hot, it will be competitive, it will be a challenge to stay in the race. But you can do it, as so many have before you.

As you check off each landmark, collect a badge to celebrate your achievement.

The swag is as good as ever its not French fashion, but it is a sweet custom singlet courtesy of Asics. Youll also receive an event sticker and other prizes to come.

Medals? Who needs em. We got epic prize packages from Asics and Running Warehouse, including weekly shoe giveaways and grand prize shopping sprees. We still like gold, which is why well also be giving out a handful of random golden tickets that will entitle lucky winners to a special prize surprise.

This time around, were still honoring the most ambitious tourists who go see the most of the city and climb to the top of the Eiffel Tower: two grand prizes (male and female) to the top elevation gainers for the month, and two grand prizes (male and female) to those with the most mileage for the month.

See you on tour!

HOW IT WORKS

Choose a distance goal. Run those miles anytime between January 1 and January 31. Run more if youre feeling good. Log your miles and land on the leaderboard. Get digital badges and a sense of incredible accomplishment. Be part of a community that stays together and celebrates our wins through the coldest month of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.

CHECK OUT THE LEVELS:

* LEVEL 1) 25 Miles - HARP SEAL
* LEVEL 2) 50 Miles - NARWHAL
* LEVEL 3) 100 Miles - SNOW LEOPARD
* LEVEL 4) 200 Miles - POLAR BEAR
* LEVEL 5) 300+ Miles - ORCA

All registrants will also receive a race bib and access to our Strava club and private Winter GRIT Facebook group where we share our running journeys along the way.

Running outside of the U.S.? You can still join for free and get all of the GRIT graphics and join our GRIT community online.

Races

  • GRIT 2025: Arctic Adventure

    Incl. $4.00 Fee & Custom ASICS Crewneck

    $54.00

    OPENS SOON
  • GRIT: Outside the U.S.

    Free

    OPENS SOON

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