The Covering House 24,901-Mile Challenge, by F3 Gateway (STL)
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The Covering House 24,901-Mile Challenge, by F3 Gateway (STL)

Saint Louis, Missouri, United States View on map
Oct 04, 2026 – Oct 10, 2026 (America/Chicago local time)
Running

About this race

Join F3 Gateway (St. Louis) for our 7th annual, week-long virtual activity challenge, benefiting The Covering House. This year, we will attempt to CIRCLE THE GLOBE for TCH... 24,901 miles! We will need your help!  All participants will track and report their mileage throughout the week. Together, we will log more than 24,901 combined miles of walking, running, cycling, or whatever your favorite activity is! 

The goal of the event is to raise awareness about the prevalence of sexual trafficking and exploitation in the Saint Louis area and around the world. This event is also a fundraiser to raise money for a deserving nonprofit that helps survivors of sex trafficking from all around the country, but is based in St. Louis, MO called The Covering House. The funds raised through this event will go directly to the restoration of survivors of sex trafficking and exploitation.

ABOUT THE COVERING HOUSE - https://thecoveringhouse.org/ 

The Covering House provides refuge and restoration, using the least restrictive environment, for sexually exploited and trafficked children and teens, providing safety, dignity, and freedom utilizing top level staffing and oversight. The Covering House provides residential therapeutic services and community based services for youth survivors of sex trafficking and exploitation. These services include counseling, group therapy, education, and mentoring. 


ABOUT F3 ST. LOUIS - https://f3nation.com/ (for F3 STL Locations, click here: https://f3stlouis.com/) 

F3 is a national network of free, peer-led workouts for men. Our mission is to plant, grow and serve small workout groups for men for the invigoration of male community leadership. Started in 2011 in Charlotte, North Carolina, F3 is now in 48 states with  more than 5,400 scheduled workouts a week through the volunteer efforts of men whose lives have been changed by their involvement with the group.

The three Fs in our name stand for Fitness, Fellowship and Faith — the last of which we define as not one specific religion or faith system, but simply a belief in something outside oneself.

Our workouts …
Are free of charge
Are open to all men
Are held outdoors, rain or shine, heat or cold
Are led by men who participate in the workout in a rotating fashion, with no training or certification necessary
End with a Circle of Trust
We welcome men of all fitness levels to our workouts and have no requirement for membership other than that you show up at the appointed time and place and follow what the workout leader (the “Q” in F3 lingo) does.

The F3 Credo is: Leave no man behind, but leave no man where you find him.

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The Covering House 24,901-Mile Challenge, by F3 Gateway (STL)

Join F3 Gateway (St. Louis) for our 6th annual, week-long virtual activity challenge, benefiting The Covering House. This year, we're back to hit the lofty goal to perform 24,901 miles of activity as a group. As sex trafficking is a huge issue all around the world, we have decided to perform one (1) mile of activity for every mile it takes to travel around the entire Earth! All participants will track and report their mileage throughout the week, using a GPS tracking app/device (Apple Watch, Samsung Watch, Strava, MapMyRun, etc). Together, we will log more than 49,802 combined miles of running, walking, cycling, swimming, rucking, bear-crawling or whatever your favorite activity is!

Oct 04, 2026 Ultra 12:01 AM
$30.00
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Typical race-day weather

Based on 8 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Saint Louis, plus the 3 days either side.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (race-week average) 16.4° / Maximum temperature (race-week average) 26.9°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 16.0° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 30.8°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (race-week average)
14.7
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (race-week average)
1.7mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (race-week average)
69.6%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on October 4, 2026 (CDT)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on October 4, 2026 (CDT)
Daylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on race day
11h 39m

The sun rises at 6:59 AM and sets at 6:39 PM local time (CDT) in Saint Louis on October 4, 2026 — 11h 39m of daylight.

Course

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  • Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
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