Run with us during advent for a good cause
30 minutes a day, 25 advent days = great feeling, better fitness, but most of all, you will help those, to whom their life was not so kind to. There is already more than 13,000 of us. Will you run along?
How does the challenge work
1. Connect with us
Link your STRAVA account with our challenge and follow how you stand up against the others in our leaderboard.
2. Run during advent
Every day, from 1st to 25th December, run at least 30 minutes. Don't like to run alone? Come and join one of our group runs!
3. Turn your kilometers into donation
At the end of the challenge donate 1 CZK for each kilometer you ran for a good cause. Want to help even more? Multiply your donation! The final sum is just up to you!
Who did we support with Advent running in 2025?
We are helping by running since 2015
It all began with a personal challenge of the founder of our community, Babeta, who just did not want to run alone. Over the years, more than 13,000 Advenťák Runners joined her. We run together (virtually, but also in the real world) and we turn our kilometers into donations for our heroes, to whom their life was not so kind to. All year along - not just at Christmas.

What is new with us?

2,012,834 CZK — THANK YOU!!!
25. 01. 2026
2,012,834 CZK — THANK YOU!!!
Thank you! You are amazing! ❤️
We are living in challenging times. All the more reason why it is important to help one another and be kind to each other. It is wonderful that you share this belief with us.
We truly appreciate that you joined us again this year and decided to run and help together with us.
Thanks to all of you, we can now collectively change the lives of eleven little heroes who have truly faced unimaginable challenges.
What we are doing together MATTERS!
Because it is not “just” about the money. It is also about sending a message to the families we support — that they are not alone, that we care, and that we stand with them. Very often, our help gives families new energy to continue their fight against a serious illness. This kind of mental and emotional support is sometimes just as important as financial help.
You can find this year’s thank-you video HERE.
Be proud to be Advenťáci — we are incredibly proud of all of you ❤️
Once again, our heartfelt thanks.
#proudtobeadventak

2,012,834 CZK — THANK YOU!!!
25. 01. 2026
2,012,834 CZK — THANK YOU!!!
Thank you! You are amazing! ❤️
We are living in challenging times. All the more reason why it is important to help one another and be kind to each other. It is wonderful that you share this belief with us.
We truly appreciate that you joined us again this year and decided to run and help together with us.
Thanks to all of you, we can now collectively change the lives of eleven little heroes who have truly faced unimaginable challenges.
What we are doing together MATTERS!
Because it is not “just” about the money. It is also about sending a message to the families we support — that they are not alone, that we care, and that we stand with them. Very often, our help gives families new energy to continue their fight against a serious illness. This kind of mental and emotional support is sometimes just as important as financial help.
You can find this year’s thank-you video HERE.
Be proud to be Advenťáci — we are incredibly proud of all of you ❤️
Once again, our heartfelt thanks.
#proudtobeadventak

Big STRAVA update just for Advent runners
01. 04. 2026
We’ve got some big news for you all. And we truly believe every Advent runner will appreciate it — we’ve been calling for this for years (Help and Desk especially 😄). STRAVA is finally available in Czech! But that’s not even the biggest news of the day, because… 🎉🎉
For Advent Running, we’ve created a special version with a custom tweak we managed to negotiate just for us. So if you install STRAVA 8.0 – Advent Runners Edition 2026, you’ll no longer be giving and receiving those awkward generic kudos like everyone else… but Gingerbread Kudos instead!!!! 👍
At the same time, a new challenge will be added every month: Advent Pace 🏃♀️🏃 This tracks how many kilometers you manage to run in a month at a pace of 6:45 min/km. And after every run where you hit that pace, a little gingerbread icon will appear on the map 🤩
We’re absolutely thrilled we pulled this off — and we’re already open to ideas for further improvements.
What about tweaking something like the Local Legend feature? We’d love to get inspired… 😉

2,012,834 CZK — THANK YOU!!!
25. 01. 2026
2,012,834 CZK — THANK YOU!!!
Thank you! You are amazing! ❤️
We are living in challenging times. All the more reason why it is important to help one another and be kind to each other. It is wonderful that you share this belief with us.
We truly appreciate that you joined us again this year and decided to run and help together with us.
Thanks to all of you, we can now collectively change the lives of eleven little heroes who have truly faced unimaginable challenges.
What we are doing together MATTERS!
Because it is not “just” about the money. It is also about sending a message to the families we support — that they are not alone, that we care, and that we stand with them. Very often, our help gives families new energy to continue their fight against a serious illness. This kind of mental and emotional support is sometimes just as important as financial help.
You can find this year’s thank-you video HERE.
Be proud to be Advenťáci — we are incredibly proud of all of you ❤️
Once again, our heartfelt thanks.
#proudtobeadventak

Advent Running 2025 has officially started
01. 12. 2025
Advent Running 2025 has started.
It’s here! We’ve laced up our running shoes and now we’ll run through December together — for ourselves and for those whom life hasn’t treated kindly.
Exactly at midnight, we set off this year in 19 cities across the Czech Republic! Incredible!
In Prague, of course, the run went to Old Town Square — aand gingerbread simply had to be there!
Thank you for being part of this with us! You’re amazing :)
#adventrunning2025