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The One Ring cannot stay in The Shire, it must be destroyed. Are you up for the challenge?
Follow Frodo’s epic journey through Middle-earth with our THE LORD OF THE RINGS Virtual Challenge Series.
Walk, run or cycle all the way from The Shire to Mount Doom in an epic adventure with one goal – destroying the One Ring.
“One does not simply walk into Mordor"
You can only arrive at Mount Doom by having the courage to complete each challenge in sequential order. Only those with the determination and bravery to see the journey through to its end will be able to claim the final medal.
Once you complete the previous challenge, you'll be able to start the next one.
Experience the journey with Stories and Postcards
As you progress through the challenge, you'll unlock Postcards and Stories 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 Shire to Mordor
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 140,000 people from all over the world inspire and encourage each other to keep crushing their fitness goals.
Carry the One Ring across the journey
The five challenges follow the path of the Ring-bearer from The Shire all the way to the fire of Mount Doom, defying Sauron’s growing power.
In the envelope found on the first medal, The Shire, you’ll find the One Ring, and by the end, you must destroy it for the sake of all in Middle-earth.
How? “The task was appointed to you. And if you do not find a way, no one will”.
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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.
Discover our exclusive THE LORD OF THE RINGS T-shirt range!
Take your pick and shine like Mithril with our designs! Wear them on your next THE LORD OF THE RINGS film trilogy marathon or when you go for a run. Shipped to you once you begin your challenge.
Woman’s T-shirt
1 design | 1 color | S-2XL
Man’s T-shirt
1 design | 1 color | S-2XL
Unisex Tank
1 design | 1 color | S-2XL
Woman’s T-shirt
1 design | 1 color | S-2XL
Man’s T-shirt
1 design | 1 color | S-2XL
Unisex Tank
1 design | 1 color | S-2XL
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Get the whole journey
THE LORD OF THE RINGS Bundle
5x Challenge Entries (4 + 1 free)
5 Stunning finisher’s medals
Virtually travel from The Shire to Mordor
Get 467 stories and 53 postcards
Plant 25 real trees or stop 250 plastic bottles from entering the ocean
5x Digital certificates of completion
Medals dispatched on completion
Get one challenge at a time
1x THE LORD OF THE RINGS Challenge
1x Challenge Entry
Stunning finisher’s medal
Virtually travel through Middle-earth
Get 20+ stories and 6+ postcards
Plant 5 real trees or stop 50 plastic bottles from entering the ocean
1x Digital certificate of completion
Medal dispatched on completion
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Frequently Asked Questions
You've got questions, we've got answers - let's do this!
How do I access the challenge once I've signed up?
You will be asked to create an account in the App. Once you have logged in, you'll need to enter the join code that was emailed to you after purchase in the “ENTER THE JOIN CODE” section.
How long do the challenges go for?
Be it 1 week or 18 months, you can easily change your goal at any time in case you wish to extend or shorten the period.
What is a fellowship and how does it work?
**Each member of the fellowship is required to purchase their own entry into the challenge. Each of them will receive their own medal at the end.**
Basically you share the distance with the other people in your team. Each time a team member posts a distance your team icon will advance along the map. You will also be able to see information about your own achievements and rankings separate from the team.
Can I log multiple exercise types?
What's stopping someone from cheating?
What is a Challenge Mode?
While the Story Mode is recommended for those travelling by foot, the Long Mode is recommended for those who choose to cycle through Middle-earth.
Being in the Story Mode you have the opportunity to experience the journey of Frodo and Sam while focusing on the most eventful parts of their journey. The Long mode has the same amount of content as Story mode, but with longer distances to suit cyclists.
How do I enter a distance towards the challenge?
1) Manually - On our The Conqueror Challenges app, both on iPhone and Android. Select your exercise type, add a distance and you’re done. You can add a screenshot of your tracker if you wish but it is not required.
2) Automatically – Via the range of apps and devices that we connect with. Currently, we support: Apple Watch, Apple Health, Garmin, Fitbit, Adidas Running, Strava, Map My Run, Map My Ride, Map My Walk, Runkeeper, Google Fit.
How long does it take to complete the full distance?
What types of exercise count?
From which countries do you accept entries?
Do THE LORD OF THE RINGS Virtual Challenges cover the books or the movies?
What does it mean that THE LORD OF THE RINGS challenges are locked?
You can either acquire one THE LORD OF THE RINGS challenge or the entire bundle of 5 but keep in mind that they can only be completed in sequential order.
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