Running challenge · Finished June 2025

Run Around Aus

Run as many kilometres as you could through June. The closer your total got to the length of Australia's entire coastline, the more entries you earned.

This one's finished. Get the app and find the next challenge in the Challenges feed.

30days of June

$2,360prize pack (AUD)

01 How it worked

One month. One coastline.

Through June 2025, you logged your kilometres in the Harry's app, one entry a day, and stacked up a running total.

The closer that total got to the length of Australia's entire coastline, the more entries you earned toward a camping and hiking prize pack worth $2,360. Every entry needed image proof, with a Strava link if you had one.

02 How it went

129 runners took it on.

They spent June 2025 chasing the coastline one daily entry at a time, with a prize pack worth $2,360 on the line: a Dune double swag, a 65L hike pack, a Mountain Designs sleeping bag, a JetBoil and more.

129Joined

30days

03 The Rules

Prove every kilometre.

Each day's distance was logged as one entry in the Harry's app during June 2025. Any of these and it didn't count.

Run outside the month of June.

Didn't count

No image proof with the entry.

Didn't count

A second entry on the same day.

Didn't count

Tracking & Submission

One entry a day: log the distance in the Harry's app.
Upload image proof with every entry, and add the Strava link if you had one.
Issues? ethan@hardcoreharrys.com.au

Next time

Run Around Aus was free to enter with the Harry's app. It's finished, so download the app and grab the next challenge from the Challenges feed.

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Participation is voluntary and at your own risk.

You confirm you are in good physical health and assume all liability for any injuries. Hardcore Harry's AU PTY LTD reserves the right to disqualify any entry that violates submission rules. Repeated violations may lead to removal from the challenge.

04 The format

What is a virtual distance challenge?

A virtual distance challenge gives you a big total to reach over weeks or months, and lets you get there however suits you. Every run, ride or swim you log adds to your tally until you hit the target.

The targets are often real journeys: a lap of an island, a famous crossing, the length of a canyon. It turns ordinary sessions on your local loop into progress toward something you'd never do in one go.

Because you can split the distance across as many sessions as you like, it fits around work and life. Little and often gets you there just as surely as a few huge days.

Cumulative distance: Your running total across every logged session.
Challenge window: The dates your sessions have to fall between to count.
Target: The total you need to reach to finish.

How it works in the app

From download to the draw.

1
Download Harry's
Free on the App Store and Google Play.
2
Join the challenge
This one's finished, so find the next challenge in the Challenges feed and tap join.
3
Do it. Prove it.
Track it with your watch or a running app, then log it in the Harry's app with a screenshot or your Strava link.
4
Climb the board
Every entry goes on the leaderboard, and earns your shot at the prizes.

The Harry's app: a challenge's prize pool and rules, and the screen for submitting an entry

FAQ

The Run Around Aus challenge, explained.

What is the Run Around Aus challenge?

A month-long running challenge in the Harry's app that ran through June 2025. You ran as many kilometres as you could, and the closer your total got to the length of Australia's entire coastline, the more entries you earned.

How long is Australia's coastline?

There's no single answer, because the closer you measure, the longer it gets. At a 1:100,000 map scale Geoscience Australia puts it at about 34,000km, not counting small offshore islands, and close to 60,000km once every island is added. Using the most detailed data for each stretch of coast, its latest estimate is around 200,000km. Run Around Aus had runners chasing the length of that coastline through June, earning more entries the closer their total got.

How far is it to drive around Australia?

Highway 1, the ring of highways that loops the country and links every mainland capital except Canberra, runs for around 14,500km, which makes it one of the longest designated road routes in the world. That's well short of the coastline, because a road can't follow every bay and inlet. Run Around Aus used the coastline as the target instead, and the closer runners' June totals got to it, the more entries they earned.

When did it run?

From Sunday 1 June 2025 to Monday 30 June 2025.

What was the prize?

A camping and hiking pack worth $2,360 (AUD): a Dune Double Swag and Dune Chair, a Denali Trek Hike Pack 65L, a Mountain Designs Wilderness 400 Sleeping Bag, Pro II 25 Sleeping Mat, Double Hammock and Inflatable Pillow, a JetBoil Zip Cooking System and a 5-pack of Back Country dehydrated meals.

What counted?

Runs during June, logged as one entry a day in the Harry's app with image proof. A Strava link was optional.

Was it free?

Yes. The app is free to download and Run Around Aus was free to enter.

Do I need to be in Australia to do Harry's challenges?

No. You take part wherever you are and log it in the Harry's app.

Where do I find the next challenge?

In the Challenges feed in the Harry's app. Download it free and watch for the next one.

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