Rab Nature Challenge 2024

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The Rab Nature Challenge

The entire month of June is all about the Rab Nature Challenge for trail runners and other outdoor enthusiasts!

Join us and challenge yourself to spend 100, 250, 500 or 1000 km in nature during the entire month of June. Did you succeed? Then you will receive the unique Rab Nature Challenge medal in your mailbox!

It is also possible to complete this challenge while walking, in which case slightly different rules apply.

This Rab Nature Challenge is a gift to yourself. We try to motivate participants to spend a challenging amount of kilometers in nature within a timeframe of 1 month

What is the Rab Nature Challenge?

The Rab Nature Challenge challenges you to be as active as possible in nature during the month of June. You choose what is a feasible challenge for you; 100, 250, 500 or 1000 km. Your distances and times are automatically recorded via our Rab Nature Challenge Website (or you can upload them later from your watch or handheld). When you complete this challenge, you will be rewarded with the unique Nature Challenge medal that will be delivered to your home.

Since there is a difference in pace between runners and hikers, there is a Rab Nature Challenge for RUNNING and a Rab Nature Challenge for HIKING. These challenges each have their own rules and their own medal. The big difference is that with RUNNING the distance is decisive for achieving the Challenge, and with HIKING the duration is decisive.

The first runner to complete the challenge!

Chris van Beem was the first to successfully complete the 1000 km Nature Challenge. This did not go without any setbacks, but his experience was absolutely amazing.

Here you find a short Dutch documentary about the first ever Nature Challenge. Despite the fact that the documentary is in Dutch, the visuals will probably give you an accurate impression of his intense journey.

These are the rules for the Rab Nature Challenge RUNNING

Run 100km, 250km, 500km, or 1000km in the month of June
The distance is leading here, how many hours it takes you has no influence on achieving your Challenge
Your kilometers are automatically tracked because your Garmin Connect, Strava, or similar account will be linked to the Challenge Hound platform
All meters which you ran outside count, including the kilometers on asphalt (treadmill does not count)
When you complete your Challenge, the Rab Nature Challenge Running medal will arrive in your mailbox, or you will receive it during the Rab Nature Challenge Closing Event

These are the rules for the Rab Nature Challenge HIKING

Hike 10 hours, 25 hours, 50 hours, or 100 hours on the trails during the month of June
Time is leading here, how many kilometers you travel has no influence on achieving your Challenge
Your time is automatically tracked because your Garmin Connect, Strava, or similar account well be linked to the Challenge Hound platform
All time spent walking outside counts, even when walking on asphalt (treadmill does not count)
When you complete your Challenge, the Rab Nature Challenge Hiking medal will arrive in your mailbox, or you will receive it during the Nature Challenge Closing Event

The progress you make is automatically tracked via Challenge Hound. On this platform you have a clear insight into your statistics and the progress of your fellow participants. Because this platform visualizes your progress at a glance, this is extremely motivating.
More info about Challenge Hound (Dutch)

Rab Nature Challenge Closing Event – 30 juni

Complete your challenge together, receive your medal, and share this achievement with each other

During previous editions we noticed that participants like to share beautiful, difficult and fun moments with each other. After all, you’re all committed to a similar challenge. That is why we are organizing the Rab Nature Challenge Closing Event on June 30!

What to expect?

We have set out two beautiful loops of approximately 8 km for you at Landgoed Stakenberg (Elspeet, Gelderland). It is possible to start these loops from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM to complete your Nature Challenge. It is up to you which loop(s) you want to run. It is of course also possible to complete these loops multiple times if, for example, you still have to cover 30 km on that day.

We will of course be present with an aid station and the necessary encouragement! Have you completed your Nature Challenge? Then we can immediately give you your well-deserved Rab Nature Challenge medal.

Do you want to join this event?

In the week before the start of the Nature Challenge 2024, all participants will receive an invitation to this exclusive event. It is only possible for Nature Challenge participants to order a ticket for this event. This ticket only costs 10 euros! It will be a special, pleasant and festive day!