VJ Day 80th Anniversary 80km Challenge

As Europe celebrated the surrender of German forces on VE Day thousands of British, Commonwealth and Allied Armed Forces personnel were still involved in bitter fighting in the Far East. 

Victory over Japan day on 15th August marks the surrender of Japan, which in effect ended the Second World War. For months after VE Day on 8 May 1945 war continued to wage in the Asia-Pacific region and only came to an end after two atomic bombs were dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 

By 1945 across Asia and the Pacific there were 365,000 British and 1.5 million Commonwealth troops were deployed.

10% from every entry fee will be donated to Help for Heroes.

We have launched an 80km target for our Special VJ Day Challenge.

The medal is a double sided beautiful gold chrome star, the front  side, along with the ribbon, is a faithful recreation of the 'Pacific Star'- awarded to all operational service during the Second world War. The reverse carries the 80th anniversary logo.

The medal is in production now, and will be the same size and design as the VE Day medal, with the different ribbon and Pacific star detail.

The virtual tracking map takes us on a tour along the south of Singapore, click on the map to see live progress of entrants:

Row, on the water or on a machine, 80km, moving along our Virtual tracking map, Complete this challenge at a time and place that suits your schedule  to receive your exclusive medal. 

Submitting and Claiming your Medal

You will be emailed a personalised tracking link when you sign up, to upload your progress as and when you want to.  Your medal will be sent as soon as you 'complete the map' *please email us using the contact form if this doesn't arrive with you.

Checking Your Progress

We have a real-time results system with instant tables, sort-able by age, gender and Country.   We also have live tracking 'journeys' with fully interactive maps for our annual and seasonal longer challenges!

All the routes follow real life roads and trails, target the next town along on the map,  pass landmarks, cross countries, it's going to be fun!

Strava Connect

Uploading your progress could not be easier with our challenges allowing you to upload activities direct from Strava.  Do not worry if you do not have Strava, as you can also add activities manually.