The 2026 Race across Middle-earth™ has now finished. If you have finished you can still unlock your medal. If you need help unlocking your medal please contact support and ask to speak to a person.
If you have completed the race and redeemed your medal, but not received a tracking number it will be due to a delay on the last batch of medals, these medal will dispatch within 2 weeks of the race ending.
The Conqueror launched a limited time virtual race to mark the 25th anniversary of the LORD OF THE RINGS™ film release. This race is licensed with Warner Brothers.
Unlike our regular Virtual Challenges this Virtual Race is a limited time event and the race will only be able to be completed during the race week starting September 28th.
You can no longer purchase the Race across Middle-earth™.
There is no map or virtual postcards for this race — it's a different format from our classic LORD OF THE RINGS™ Virtual Challenges. Instead, you'll receive Training Scrolls in the lead-up to race week: beautiful images with iconic LOTR quotes to keep you motivated and immersed in the story.
There were four distances for Race Across Middle-earth™:
🌿 5K — 3.1 miles
🌿 10K — 6.2 miles
🌿 21K — 13.1 miles (half-marathon)
🌿 42K — 26.2 miles (marathon)
Each distance is its own challenge in the app, so if you'd like to complete more than one, you'll need to join each separately! However the medal for each distance is identical.
Purchasing
The race join codes will allow you to enter any of the 4 race lengths, you do not need to choose this before purchasing.
Universal join codes will not work for joining Race across Middle-earth™
LORD OF THE RINGS™ Virtual Challenges join codes will not work for joining Race across Middle-earth™
Swapping / changing distance
We do not have the functionality for users to swap the distance they are on by themselves. If you contact support you will need to ask our AI assistant to connect you with a human to remove you from your original length and provide you with a new join code for the new length.
Other
Auto-posting is disable by default on this challenge, so if you normally see your distances post automatically and they haven't with this challenge you'll need to go into your posting preferences and turn them back on for your connected device / app.
There is no new medal hanger for this race.
There is 1 tee-shirt design for the Race across Middle-earth™.
Race across Middle-earth cannot be completed as a team.
Some of your training scrolls may unlock after you complete the race. This is because we have set the unlock on time rather than distance for this race. If you start the race after September 30th, your training scrolls will all unlock when you begin the race. We will review this and look for a better solution for future race events.