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Gondor Virtual Challenge

Launches on April 6th

Will the White Tree of the King blossom once again? Witness as the rightful King of Gondor is crowned and a new age of peace begins in Middle-earth.

Gondor Virtual Challenge takes you on Aragorn's journey through the heart of the battle of Minas Tirith and towards the Black Gate for Man’s last stand against Sauron.

This challenge offers two routes: 70mi /112km (recommended for running and walking) and 662mi /1065km (recommended for cycling).

Each time you complete a distance-based exercise such as running, walking, cycling, swimming, etc., you advance along the map of Middle-earth.

Complete your fitness journey with Gondor Virtual Challenge today and earn a stunning medal!

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Earn the stunning Gondor Medal

Celebrate your achievement with a stunning medal worthy of the next King of Gondor.

Emblems of Gondor mark this medal with beauty and nobility: the White Tree upon King Elessar's Crown and the Seven stars that are set upon Gondorian banners and armor.

The last medal of the Return of the King Series gets mailed to you once you have completed the challenge.

“You must come to Minas Tirith by another road."

Legends say that only the truly worthy may see the journey through to its end! Complete all three challenges in sequential order and get a medal for each!

The Return of the King is a standalone series — you can get started even if you haven’t completed any other THE LORD OF THE RINGS Challenges yet.

Experience the journey with Stories, Postcards and Local Spots

As you progress through the challenge, you'll unlock Postcards, Stories and Local Spots when you reach certain milestones.

The Stories are inspired by the narrative of the film trilogy with handpicked images and captions that add rich contextual information.

Each Postcard comes with challenge-specific artwork designs and exciting information highlighting key locations.

Virtually Travel from The Paths of the Dead to The Black Gate

To make the story that much more immersive, we designed the Middle-earth map from scratch based on THE LORD OF THE RINGS film trilogy.

Every time you add a workout, you advance on your way to Mordor.

Watching your virtual avatar move from one side of the world to another will make your fitness progress that much more tangible.

Track your progress in Middle-earth

You can track all your miles (or kilometers) across Middle-earth directly in our mobile iOS and Android apps.

You can enter an activity into the app manually by entering its distance or by syncing your activities from your favorite fitness tracker or smartwatch.

Pick a cause

We will plant a tree or stop 10 plastic bottles from entering the ocean for every 20% of each challenge you complete.

There’s no extra work or cost for you — just make sure you keep exercising!

By the end of each challenge, you will have planted 5 trees or have stopped 50 plastic bottles from entering the ocean. Imagine what we can achieve as a community!

So far, we have planted 4,887,336 trees and stopped 732,470 plastic bottles from entering the ocean.

Gather your fellowship

Want to rack up mileage faster? Now it’s easier than ever through the fellowship feature.

Grab the helm and create a fellowship that will keep you accountable and help you through your Middle-earth journey.

The number of members in a fellowship is unlimited, so gather as many brave heroes as you want.

Virtual challenge, real community

Fighting Sauron or getting active requires a great deal of motivation and encouragement from others.

Our private Facebook group can offer you exactly that. Every day 215,000 people from all over the world inspire and encourage each other to keep crushing their fitness goals.

Collect all three medals

Gondor Virtual Challenge is part of our epic The Return of the King Challenge Series.

Follow Aragorn as he makes his way through Middle-earth on a quest to help Frodo destroy the One Ring and unite the Men of Middle-earth against the evil forces of Sauron.

Each of the three virtual challenges rewards you with a glorious medal, inspired by the places on the route traveled by Aragorn.
Follow Frodo from The Shire to Mordor in order to complete your ultimate THE LORD OF THE RINGS Collection.

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Access anywhere

Log and see your progress on our iPhone and Android mobile app.

Fellowship or solo

Get a group of friends or workmates together and share the load, or take on the challenge by yourself.

Choose your own timeframe

Pick your start date and choose how many weeks you want to set as your goal to complete the challenge depending on your exercise type, fitness level and how many other people there are in your team (if any).

Multiple exercise types

Any distance-based activity can count toward reaching the finish line. Do cartwheels if that’s your thing.

Don’t miss out — get notified

You don’t need a Palantír to let you know when you can sign up for The Return of the King Virtual Challenge Series.

Register with your email address and we’ll let you know as soon as you can embark on your new adventure.