Red Socks Run is your chance to take action — for your health and for the 2.7 million Australians affected by kidney disease.
This October, challenge yourself to walk or run 60km — symbolising the 60 hours people on dialysis spend connected to a machine each month.
You can complete the distance your way, in your own time — whether it’s solo or with a team, all at once or across the month. However you do it, every step helps raise funds and awareness to help end dialysis by 2050.
Register
Register solo or start a team! Choose your distance and set your fundraising goal.
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!
Renal Units and Workplaces
Step up as a team – for your renal unit, your workplace, or your community.
Join the Red Socks Run as a team and take on the challenge together. Whether you’re walking for your renal unit, running with colleagues, or rallying friends and family – every step raises awareness and funds to help End Dialysis by 2050. Unite, move, and make a real impact.
✔️ Start a team under your renal unit or workplace name
Join the Red Socks Run as a team and take on the challenge together. Whether you’re walking for your renal unit, running with colleagues, or rallying friends and family – every step raises awareness and funds to help End Dialysis by 2050. Unite, move, and make a real impact.
✔️ Start a team under your renal 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
30,000km Virtual Challenge
The Renal Unit Challenge is at the heart of Red Socks Run - honouring every person connected to dialysis.
By visiting each renal unit across the country, we’re shining a spotlight on the people, places, and stories behind kidney disease. It’s a powerful way to build awareness, show solidarity with the kidney community, and remind every patient and healthcare worker that they are not alone in this fight.
By visiting each renal unit across the country, we’re shining a spotlight on the people, places, and stories behind kidney disease. It’s a powerful way to build awareness, show solidarity with the kidney community, and remind every patient and healthcare worker that they are not alone in this fight.
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.
