Move through the Darkness Challenge
- Date Mon 1st December 2025 - Sat 31st January 2026
- Location Virtual Event
- Price Free
- Races 8 races
- Distances Ultra
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Event summary
Join the Move Through the Darkness Challenge from December 1, 2025, to January 31, 2026, in beautiful Windsor, Larimer! This inspiring virtual event invites participants from around the globe to engage in a variety of physical activities, including walking, running, biking, yoga, and more, all while focusing on mental, emotional, and physical well-being. Choose from exciting race distances of 100, 250, or 400 miles, or opt for hours of activity, with options of 25, 45, or 65 hours. Whether you participate solo or as part of a team, this challenge presents a unique opportunity to foster healthy habits and combat the challenges of seasonal affective disorder and low energy during the darker months.
Not only is this challenge free and accessible to everyone, but it also encourages participants to make a difference by fundraising. Contributions help support vital programs by Imagine Zero of Weld County and Windsor Gives, promoting suicide awareness and education. Together, let’s move through the darkness and shine a light on mental health! Sign up today and take the first step toward a healthier, happier you while making a positive impact in your community.
Not only is this challenge free and accessible to everyone, but it also encourages participants to make a difference by fundraising. Contributions help support vital programs by Imagine Zero of Weld County and Windsor Gives, promoting suicide awareness and education. Together, let’s move through the darkness and shine a light on mental health! Sign up today and take the first step toward a healthier, happier you while making a positive impact in your community.
Organiser's Description
When: December 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026
What: Virtual Challenge to complete a set number of miles through walking or running, or a set number of hours of exercise (biking, yoga, etc)
Why: Move Through the Darkness is a collaboration between Imagine Zero of Weld County and Windsor Gives to provide you with an opportunity to focus on your mental, emotional, and physical health. Losing daylight, self-care time and healthy habits can lead to a feeling of hopelessness, depression, sleeping too much, low energy and ultimately an increase in suicide rates nationwide.
How: This challenge is completely free and open to anyone world-wide. Sign up and complete the challenge as individual and/or team. For teams, the distance or time you choose is the collective amount of miles or time broken up as you choose. If you sign up to run/walk, all of your miles must be completed by running and/or walking. If you sign up for Hours of Activity, you can complete your hours with any combination of activities.
DISTANCES: 100 Mile, 250 Mile, or 400 Mile Challenges - done individually or as a group of 2-6. 400+ miles for teams over 6!
HOURS OF ACTIVITY: You can complete 25, 45, or 65 hours of activities outside of your normal daily routine. For groups of 2-6, the hours are 150, 270 or 390 total. 390+ hours for groups over 6. For example yoga, pickle ball, bike riding, exercise classes, are just a few examples. Once you complete your activity, log the time that activity took and in the comments what the activity was.
DONATE AND/OR FUNDRAISE as individual or team for your 2025/26 MTD challenge. All donations/fundraising efforts from the MTD Challenge go to the finisher beanies or shirts, and additional amounts go to Imagine Zero of Weld County to provide suicide education, awareness and to reduce the stigma surrounding suicide, and to Windsor Gives, a 501(c)3, to produce the finisher beanies.
What: Virtual Challenge to complete a set number of miles through walking or running, or a set number of hours of exercise (biking, yoga, etc)
Why: Move Through the Darkness is a collaboration between Imagine Zero of Weld County and Windsor Gives to provide you with an opportunity to focus on your mental, emotional, and physical health. Losing daylight, self-care time and healthy habits can lead to a feeling of hopelessness, depression, sleeping too much, low energy and ultimately an increase in suicide rates nationwide.
How: This challenge is completely free and open to anyone world-wide. Sign up and complete the challenge as individual and/or team. For teams, the distance or time you choose is the collective amount of miles or time broken up as you choose. If you sign up to run/walk, all of your miles must be completed by running and/or walking. If you sign up for Hours of Activity, you can complete your hours with any combination of activities.
DISTANCES: 100 Mile, 250 Mile, or 400 Mile Challenges - done individually or as a group of 2-6. 400+ miles for teams over 6!
HOURS OF ACTIVITY: You can complete 25, 45, or 65 hours of activities outside of your normal daily routine. For groups of 2-6, the hours are 150, 270 or 390 total. 390+ hours for groups over 6. For example yoga, pickle ball, bike riding, exercise classes, are just a few examples. Once you complete your activity, log the time that activity took and in the comments what the activity was.
DONATE AND/OR FUNDRAISE as individual or team for your 2025/26 MTD challenge. All donations/fundraising efforts from the MTD Challenge go to the finisher beanies or shirts, and additional amounts go to Imagine Zero of Weld County to provide suicide education, awareness and to reduce the stigma surrounding suicide, and to Windsor Gives, a 501(c)3, to produce the finisher beanies.
Races
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Running or Walking - 100 Miles Solo or Team
Free
Run or walk. Complete all 100 miles as individual or sign up with a team of 2-6 and complete the challenge together. You can complete your miles by just doing one activity, such as running, or you can do a combination of all. Log your run/walks/activity daily, weekly, and make sure they are all submitted by midnight on 1/31/2026. -
Running or Walking - 250 Mile Solo or Team
Free
Run or walk. Complete all 200 miles as individual or sign up with a team of 2-6 and complete the challenge together. You can complete your miles by just doing one activity, such as running, or you can do a combination of all. Log your run/walks/activity daily, weekly, and make sure they are all submitted by midnight on 1/31/2026. -
Running or Walking - 400 Miles Solo or Team
Free
Run or walk. Complete all 400 miles as an individual or sign up with a team of 2-6 and complete the challenge together. You can complete your miles by just doing one activity, such as running, or you can do a combination of all. Log your run/walks/activity daily, weekly, and make sure they are all submitted by midnight on 1/31/2026. -
Running or Walking - Over 400 Miles Solo or Team
Free
Run or walk. Complete OVER 400 miles as an individual or sign up with a team of 7 or more and complete the challenge together. You can complete your miles by just doing one activity, such as running, or you can do a combination of all. Log your run/walks/activity daily, weekly, and make sure they are all submitted by midnight on 1/31/2026. -
Physical Activity - 25 Individual Hours or 150 Team Hours
Free
Activity can include biking, workouts, yoga, etc. This can be done individually (25 hours) or as a group of 2-6 (150 hours total) -
Physical Activity - 45 Individual Hours or 270 Team Hours
Free
Activity can include biking, workouts, yoga, etc. This can be done individually (45 hours) or as a group of 2-6 (270 hours total) -
Physical Activity - 65 Individual Hours or 390 Team Hours
Free
Activity can include biking, workouts, yoga, etc. This can be done individually (65 hours) or as a group of 2-6 (390 hours total) -
Physical Activity - 66+ Individual Hours or 391+ Team Hours
Free
Activity can include biking, workouts, yoga, etc. This can be done individually (66 or more hours) or as a group of 7 or more (391 or more hours total)
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