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Resolve To Run Winter Challenge!

location_city Phoenixville

location_on Pennsylvania

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calendar_today 01 Jan, 2026 – 21 Mar, 2026

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About the Event

The Resolve to Run Winter Challenge RETURNS for winter 2026!

Embrace the Chill, Conquer the Miles, and Keep Running all Winter with help from The Resolve to Run Winter Challenge!
And earn incredible swag!


Let The RUNegades & The Pennsylvania Running Company help you stay motivated through the winter months with The Resolve To Run Winter Challenge!! 
Run a specified number of miles from January 1st to March 21st and earn swag and rewards as you hit your goals!

 

New This Year: EARLIER SWAG!!--Not only is the swag INCREDIBLE, but we'll be sending it out by mid-January so that you can wear it during your winter runs!

 

Here's How it works!
1. Choose the level of your challenge: 125 miles (10-12 per week), 200 miles (18-20 per week), 300 miles (27-30 per week), or the 500+ mile ULTRA (45-50 miles per week)!
2. Run with us at group runs, with other groups at their runs, or on your own. Any run or walk counts (yes, even on the treadmill)!
3. Log your miles on our easy to use miles tracker. Just make sure to sign into Run Signup and CLICK HERE!
4. Earn your swag and rewards as you complete each level!

Here's the Motivation!
1. All registrants will get lightweight hooded long sleeve T-shirt  with its one-of-a-kind challenge-theme design, a 2026 Resolve to Run Medal, AND 25% off the RUNegades' SRG 1/2 marathon and 5-miler on March 9th in Douglassville, PA.
3. If you decide to push yourself even farther and sign up for 200 miles, you'll also earn a pair of Resolve to Run running gloves
4. If sign up for 300, you'll earn a Resolve to Run Halloway Full-Zip Running Jacket. (The jacket alone retails for $70). 
5. If you sign up for the Ultra Championship you'll get everything above AND, if you finish in the top three in terms of total miles run, you will WIN AN ENTRY to the in-person event of your choice! Check out our 2026 schedule on www.runegades.com.  
**SHIPPING IS INCLUDED IN YOUR REGISTRATION. WE'LL MAIL YOUR SWAG BY MID-JANUARY!

FREE Option
We don't want anyone to feel left out, so if you want the group motivation, but don't want the swag, you can sign up for the challenge for free.

A portion of the proceeds and 100% of all donations benefit Phoenixville Area Community Services (PACS)!
 
So far, the R2R Winter Challenge has donated over $9,000 to PACS. With a history of over 47 years of helping people get through difficult or challenging periods in their lives, PACS is a model for community feeding community. Collaborating with other food pantries and meal providers in the Phoenixville community, PACS provides their clients with dignity, respect and healthy, nutritious foods. Providing access to additional resources, PACS creates a food secure community.

Extra Motivation from Threshold Athletic Coaching!
Threshold Athletic Coaching is proud to be a sponsor of the 2025 Resolve to Run Winter Challenge event. All Winter Challenge registrants will be eligible to win a free “Jump Start” training program! If you join team Threshold Athletic Coaching when you register, you'll be eligible for an additional prize! At the end of the challenge, the runner in each leaderboard who hits their number of challenge miles, and has the best net pace for that mileage, will win a free JumpStart package. TAC will choose one winner from each leaderboard. Ties in pace will be decided by the first to log their final miles. Mileage and net pace determined by the run signup leaderboards. 

ULTRA Challenge Championship!

If you sign up for the ULTRA championship, your goal will be set at 500 miles, but the person who runs the most miles will be deemed the Winter Challenge Champion.The top three will receive a free entry to a 2026 RUNegades-affiliated event of their choice! See our 2025 race schedule HERE


Races Offered

Other

Jan 01, 2026

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Distance — Other

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Type — Road running

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Less than a week to prepare

Ultra

Jan 01, 2026

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Distance — Ultra

terrain

Type — Road running

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Less than a week to prepare

Weather Overview

These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for January in Phoenixville.

Temp (°C)
Feels Like (°C)
thermostat -1.6° / 6.2°
wb_sunny -6.3° / 2.1°
Wind (km/h)
Humidity (%)
air 11.8 /
water_drop 70.6%

About Phoenixville

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Phoenixville is a borough of 17,000 people (2019) in Chester County, Pennsylvania. It is part of the Philadelphia Metro Area. Phoenixville used to be a beaten-down mill town, but its downtown has been revitalized by 10 craft breweries and a distillery. It has more breweries per square foot than anywhere else in America.

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