Day 86: Celebration Sprints
Ten sprints, ten different styles — the Crab, the Superhero, the Giant Leap, and Slow Motion, which is far harder than it sounds. Short and fast with full recovery, which is exactly what taper week needs. Full guide for every age right here.
Day 85: Fresh Legs Monday
Welcome to the strangest week of the challenge — the one where we ask your family to do less. Today's rule: if you finish feeling like you could have done more, you did it right. Full guide for every age right here.
Days 83 & 84 Weekend Edition: The Longest Long Run + Rest & Reflect
The longest run of all 92 days, with one rule: you never run the whole thing, you only run to the next landmark. Then a Sunday to rest, reflect, and set the Day 92 goal. Full guide for every age right here.
Day 82: The Gauntlet
Twelve weeks, twelve stations, one course — the Traffic Light Game, the chalk ladder, the balance beam, the breathing, the target throw, all of it in one lap through the whole summer. Completed, not raced. Full guide for every age right here.
Day 81: Personal Best Day
One event, three attempts, and one specific thing you change between them. "Try harder" is the least effective way to break a record — every one of these events has a technical fix worth more than extra effort. Full guide for every age right here.
Day 80: The Negative Split Run
Today's run asks almost nothing physically and quite a lot mentally: an out-and-back where the way home has to be faster than the way out. Which means running the first half slower than your body wants to. Full guide for every age right here.
Day 79: The Hardest Workout of the Summer
You've known this day was coming since June 1st. Hill repeats, with one rule: your last one has to be as fast as your first. Hardest doesn't mean longest — little ones are done in eight minutes. Full guide for every age right here.
Day 78: The Progress Report
Final Push week starts with evidence, not a pep talk. Four tests from across the summer, redone today and chalked right next to the old numbers — and the mile stays sealed until Day 92. Full guide for every age right here.
Days 76 & 77 Weekend Edition: The Adventure Long Run + Active Recovery Day
This weekend's long run has one rule: it has to end somewhere it didn't start. Point A to Point B, with a destination worth arriving at — because a point-to-point run takes away the option to quit. Plus a full recovery day. Full guide for every age right here.
Day 75: The Great Outdoor Games
Day 75 of 100, and the whole week turns into a competition: throw a heavy thing, carry a heavy thing, jump, climb, balance, race. Every age has its own bracket, personal bests score points, and the victory lap has no losers. Full guide for every age right here.
Day 74: Nature Scavenger Sprint
Today's workout is ten hard sprints with recovery in between. Your kids are going to think it's a scavenger hunt — and the search is the rest interval, which is exactly why every sprint stays fast. Full guide for every age right here.
Day 73: Park Circuit Challenge
The park down the street is a fully equipped gym that nobody charges you for. Benches are step-up boxes, monkey bars are a pull-up rig, and the stairs are a stair machine — six stations, three rounds, jogging in between. Full guide for every age right here.
Day 72: The Trail Blaze Run
A trail isn't a road with dirt on it. Today has three cues — eyes up, short steps, soft feet — and one permission that most kids need to hear: every hill gets walked. Full guide for every age right here.
Day 71: The Explorer's Mile
Week 11 is Outdoor Adventure, and it opens with a rule instead of a workout: today you may not take a route you've taken before. Three turns, called by the youngest kid, and find your own way home. Full guide for every age right here.
Days 69 & 70 Weekend Edition: The Coordination Long Run + Active Recovery Day
This week we asked for precision while fresh, then precision on a clock. This weekend: precision while tired — coordination drills scattered through an easy long run, then a full recovery day. Full guide for every age right here.
Day 68: Precision Relay Race
All four of this week's skills go into one course, and misses cost seconds instead of do-overs — which is how kids teach themselves to slow down and aim. Full guide for every age right here.
Day 67: Long Jump Introduction
The hardest part of the long jump isn't the jump — it's hitting the takeoff line at full speed. Today we teach the approach run, the step count, and the landing, all on a driveway with no sand pit required. Full guide for every age right here.
Day 66: Hopscotch Sprint Series
Day 66 of the R2R Summer Movement Challenge continues Week 10: Precision and Coordination with the Hopscotch Sprint Series. A childhood game that is secretly one of the best footwork, coordination, and lateral agility drills in athletic training. Full guide for every age right here.
Day 65: Jump Rope Challenge
Day 65 of the R2R Summer Movement Challenge continues Week 10: Precision and Coordination with the Jump Rope Challenge. Rhythm, timing, coordination, and cardiovascular fitness in one of the oldest and most effective training tools in all of sport. Full guide for every age right here.
Day 64: Target Practice Run
Week 10 of the R2R Summer Movement Challenge starts today and the theme is Precision and Coordination. Day 64 is the Target Practice Run — a circuit that combines running with throwing accuracy at every station. Speed gets you there. Precision keeps you there. Full guide for every age right here.