Run up to Christmas Schools Challenge with Mayo Sports Partnership
We would like to invite you once again to join us in our Run up to Christmas Schools Challenge 2023
Simply sign up your school on Eventbrite – We have limited this to 50 students per school, but if you had more students who would like to take part, please let us know :
Who can take part?
All schools both primary and secondary the challenge is open to anyone who can walk 1k a day!
How do you do it?
“You have from Monday November 27th to Monday December 18th – to walk, Jog or run to reach a milestone and achieve your goal. we have 2 milestones for you to target to make your goals more achievable.
Milestones;
- 50k – 1.5k a day
- 100k – 3.5k a day
OR 300,000 Steps = 10,000 steps a day = 8k a day!
Remember these can be broken up into any distance per day/week for e.g. 10k a week over the 5 weeks = 50km = Milestone 1 - 50k
- Set a goal to be physically active 4/5 days per week.
- Pick one of our milestones to reach by the end of the 30 days.
- Register for the challenge with your PE Teacher/ Teacher
- Screenshot your weekly total for November and December or record on our Run up to Christmas Tracker and submit to your Teacher to be in with a chance of winning School prizes!
Every participant who completes the challenge will receive an award. Additionally, we will have Sports Vouchers or Sports equipment for category winners which will be decided by Mayo Sports Partnership staff. To contact Mayo Sports Partnership about the initiative phone Deirdre Donnelly 087-3910337 or email