The Red Socks Challenge invites you take on 60k your way and stand with the 2.7 million Australians affected by kidney disease.
This October, walk it, run it, swim it or ride it. However you move, any pace, any activity, complete 60km over the month.
Every kilometre helps raise awareness and funds for better care and support.
Wear your Red Socks and share your journey!
Every kilometre helps raise awareness and funds for better care and support.
Wear your Red Socks and share your journey!
Inspire
Your challenge begins! Pull on your red socks, share proudly with your friends and family and ask them to donate.
Smash your Goal
Log your km's and help us virtually visit every renal unit across Australia to show them we are fighting for a better future!
Dialysis Units and Workplaces
Step up as a team – for your dialysis unit, your workplace, or your community.
Join as a team and take on the challenge together. Whether you’re walking for your dialysis unit, running with colleagues, or rallying friends and family – every kilometre honours the hours spent on dialysis, raises awareness and helps fund better care.
✔️ Start a team under your dialysis unit or workplace name
Join as a team and take on the challenge together. Whether you’re walking for your dialysis unit, running with colleagues, or rallying friends and family – every kilometre honours the hours spent on dialysis, raises awareness and helps fund better care.
✔️ Start a team under your dialysis unit or workplace name
🏃 Compete with other units or businesses on the leaderboard
🎉 Celebrate your collective kms and fundraising impact
🥰 Build team spirit and drive awareness in your community
How to Log your Kilometers
Connect your fitness app
1. Using your device, download FitBit, Strava or Map My Fitness.
2. Click on the 'My Fitness Activity' Tab and you will see a ‘Connect your preferred fitness app’ section, then click your chosen app.
3. Follow the prompts to connect your account.
4. When you’re about to start your run or walk, select ‘start your workout’ on your phone the app, save your workout when you're done and your distance will be added to your page tally the next day.
2. Click on the 'My Fitness Activity' Tab and you will see a ‘Connect your preferred fitness app’ section, then click your chosen app.
3. Follow the prompts to connect your account.
4. When you’re about to start your run or walk, select ‘start your workout’ on your phone the app, save your workout when you're done and your distance will be added to your page tally the next day.
Log your kms manually
1. Login to your Red Socks Run account.
2. Click on the 'My Fitness Activity' Tab.
3. Scroll down to 'Add Activity', enter the date and distance of your activity and click the 'Save Changes' button.
4. Now you can see your km's added to the virtual map.
2. Click on the 'My Fitness Activity' Tab.
3. Scroll down to 'Add Activity', enter the date and distance of your activity and click the 'Save Changes' button.
4. Now you can see your km's added to the virtual map.
