🍂 FALL 2026 🍂
2026 Fall-natic Challenge
Join The Fall-natic Challenge and get ready to tackle a 5K in September, October, and November (three 5Ks this fall!)
Here's how it works:
- Run or walk 3.1 miles in September, October, and November
- You choose when and where (through the neighborhood, on the treadmill, nearby park trail...)
- Score unique monthly medals to celebrate your victories
The 2026 Line-up:
🍂 Fall-tember
👻 Shock-tober
🦃 Turkey Dash
Whether you're running, jogging, or walking, it's all about staying active, enjoying the crisp autumn air, and earning all three Fall-natic Challenge medals 🧡
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$15.00
CELEBRATE THE SEASON
The Fall-natic Challenge keeps you moving all season long! Complete a 5K in September, October, and November.
🥉 3 Medals, 3 Months, 1 Challenge: You’ll earn a unique, fall-themed medal for every 5K you complete. That’s three medals to celebrate the season!
✅ One Easy Registration: Sign up once and you’re set for the entire challenge.
🚚 Ships Together: All three medals ship at the start of September, so you’ll have them waiting for you at your finish line, wherever that may be.
🌎 Do It Your Way: Run or walk anywhere, anytime—on the trail, treadmill, or around your neighborhood.
🍂 Stay Motivated: Enjoy the best running season while scoring exclusive medals along the way. You're going to love your new fall tradition
But hurry: the Fall-natic Challenge is 90% sold out for 2026!
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The best running season beckons you to get outside more. This challenge has become an annual tradition for tens of thousands of fall-natics across the globe!
FAQ's
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The Virtual 5K is a traditional, one-time 5K that can be completed anytime, anywhere this fall. It includes a lightweight tech hoodie, finisher medal, and bib.
The Fall-natic Challenge is a multi-month challenge where you run/walk a 5K three separate times (once in September, once in October, and once in November).
The Virtual 5K can be done by itself OR you can add-on the Fall-natic Challenge in conjunction with it.
Similarly, the Fall-natic Challenge can be done by itself or alongside the Virtual 5K.
tl;dr the Fall-natic Challenge scores you 3 unique medals. The Virtual 5K scores you a lightweight tech hoodie, finisher medal, and bib, and is done only once during the fall.Still stuck? ~70% of participants choose to do both the Virtual 5K + Fall-natic Challenge (max bling!)
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Run, walk, skip, or jog. What matters is that you are committing to staying active all season long! Who knows...maybe by the end of fall, you'll be a little faster than when you started!
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The Fall-natic Challenge ships worldwide!
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GPR is a fall-themed 5K that celebrates our favorite season! We offer a full Virtual 5K option where you can receive a Lightweight Tech Hoodie, finisher medal, and bib. This can be done in conjunction with the Fall-natic Challenge.
Over 500,000 have completed the 5K since 2012!
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Nope! We keep this as flexible and easy as possible so you can just focusing on completing each 5K.
Feel compelled to sharing your results? Join our group in Strava! -
You'll receive:
- Fall-tember
- Shock-tober
- Turkey Dash -
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So many medals!!!! I do a lot of walking, most of it with no recognition from anyone, but now I can come home and say hey! I have a medal!!! That's ridiculously helpful and rewarding. The medals are gorgeous and the jacket is also so fun and a great weight.
It was a great way to get out and be active,,, I am a new runner, and this was Awesome.
I love that i can do my 5k anywhere
So far I've done September Challenge and loved it. Definitely love the look of the metals. Great motivation 👏
Medals are fantastic! Virtual walks are too! Easy to do in my own time. I have even got my dog to do his first 5k with me!
Amazing !!
This is my first official 5k. Loved the items! Excited to finish all three months.
Love it already completed 2 5ks
I love doing the tough pumpkin virtually. I got a pumpkin that was a little to big (8.6 pounds) but thats the challenge amd im glad I did it and in my record time.
absolutely love the medal's 🥇🥉🥈🏅
The medals are so cute. I can't wait to do my 5ks each month. Great addition to my medal collection for sure.
Great run
Love the ‘ber’ theme. Great looking medals
I just accomplished my September challenge today
Amazing. Stress free, flexible, at my own leisure and my kids love that we can pick where to enjoy the run. The medal is also beautifully made, such high quality!
Beautiful! They're huge and well-made. They look great on my metal rack!
Nice metals. Has some nice weight and seem to be magnetic
I just got my all my metals. They are very nice and great quality. I also got the virtual 5K pumpkin run. I absolutely love the shirt/lightweight jacket and that metal just as great of quality. I will continue to buy from this company for sure.
They are great!!! I have just recently got back into running and Gourdy's Pumpkin Run medals and race have really encouraged me.
Never received my medals.
Love this. High quality!!
Fun way to stay challenged through the holidays.
I never received the order
Such a great price for a group of races. Really fun to pace myself and see where I end up. Glad I signed up!
This was a fun one. I am glad I signed up. The price was very reasonable. I only gave it 4 stars as I thought it would come in September or August, it did not come until October. I was still able to finish it and was happy with the medal.
Very nice Medals with fast shipping!
So far it’s a blast. The medals are also beautiful and really big 😏