Challenge period

00:00:00, 1 December – 23:59:59, 31 December 2025 

Team Format

• Each team consists of 3 members, with at least one female participant.
• Open to current RMIT students and staff from all three campuses (Saigon South, Hanoi, and Danang).
• Alumni and participants under 18 are not eligible.

Platforms

Participants will use Strava application to record and track activities, and Vietrace365 website as the official challenge portal to log results.

Accepted Activities

• Running, jogging, or walking activities that generate distance (indoor or outdoor).
• Activities must be recorded through Strava and synced with Vietrace365.

How to Join

1. Registration

• Create a personal Strava account if you don’t already have one. Detailed Strava setup guide: [Click here]
• Complete the registration form HERE
• After registration, you will receive an email with a Vietrace365 challenge link from the organizers.
• Click the link and follow the instructions to:
  • Create a Vietrace365 account.
  • Find your team’s name (as listed in your registration form) and select “Join Team.”
  • Sync your Strava account with the Vietrace365 platform.

2. Sync Your Activities  

• You only need to connect Strava to Vietrace365 once. After that, all activities recorded during the challenge will sync automatically.
• Record your activities using Strava.
• Ensure your Strava activities are set to Public so they can be verified.

Milestones and Rewards

 Team Milestones:

• First 30 teams to reach 250 km → each member receives a Student Life backpack + lanyard combo.
• First 25 teams to reach 500 km → each member receives an RMIT Active casual wear shirt.

 Grand Prizes:

Top 3 overall teams with the highest accumulated distance will receive vouchers from Gotit

1^st place: 5mil voucher

2^nd place: 3 mil voucher

3^rd place: 2 mil voucher

Rules and Regulations

1. Eligible Activities

• All indoor and outdoor on-foot activities that generate distance and can be recorded by Strava are accepted.
• Not accepted: swimming, and any activity assisted by vehicles (motorcycles, bicycles, electric scooters, etc.)
• Note on indoor activities: Treadmill, elliptical, and other indoor machines are accepted as long as they generate measurable distance, and the distance is successfully recorded on Strava.

2. Pace Requirements

• To ensure fairness and accuracy:
• Valid pace per kilometer: between 4:00 min/km (maximum speed) and 20:00 min/km (minimum speed).
• Distances with pace outside this range will not be counted.

3. Activity Counting Timeline

• If you register before 1 December, your activities will be counted from 00:00 on 1 December.
• If you register on or after 1 December, your activities will start counting from 00:00 the following day.

4. All Strava activities must be set to Public to be validated and synced to Vietrace365.

5. Christmas Break Bonus Week: Double Your Distance! From December 22 to December 28, 2025

During the Christmas Break, every valid activity you record will count for DOUBLE the distance

6. The performance recording time is calculated based on elapsed time.

7. All decisions made by the Organizing Committee are final.