1,000 kilometres. One month. Everyone invited.
A community challenge built on a simple idea: whether you could run 1km or 42km, every kilometre counted.
After the original 60km challenge, 2020 became something different. The goal was 1,000km across Movember, but this time the kilometres could come from everyone: our local running groups, family, friends and anyone who wanted to get moving with us.
One kilometre counted. A marathon counted. Every bit helped. It was an early version of an idea that still sits at the heart of BrosWithMoes today: the challenge might start with us, but it gets better when other people can be part of it.
“Give me your best whether that’s 1km or 42km. Every bit will count and help us reach and hopefully smash that 1000km goal.”
“On my own this simply wouldn’t be possible, but together we can do anything.”
The archived screenshots capture the challenge exactly as it was being lived: not as a polished campaign, but as a call for mates, family and the local running community to get up, move and contribute to something bigger.
The final combined community distance is not available in the surviving material we have so far, so this archive only includes results we can verify.
By day 10, the novelty had well and truly worn off. Matt wrote that his legs were sore, tired and fatigued, and that he'd nearly let the pain stop him getting the day's run done.
“My competitive personality and the commitment I made starting this challenge will continue to push me and motivate me more than any pain will hold me back.”
The final Strava summary shows just how much work sat behind Matt's contribution: 400.2km across 55 activities and more than 43 hours of running in the month.
Matt's reflection at the end was less about the number and more about doing what he'd said he would do, even on the days when staying home sounded a lot better.
“Mental health affects everyone but for us guys it feels harder to talk about.”
In the final reflection, Matt wrote about having his own rough times, being proud to still be here, and wanting to help other people still be here too. That idea of using hard physical challenges to make difficult conversations easier is still at the centre of BrosWithMoes today.
One of the surviving Day 30 photos shows the challenge ending with mates out running together. It is a fitting snapshot of what The Community 1000 was trying to do from the beginning: make movement something everyone could be part of.
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