Mile A Day
About the Program
Mile a Day is a walking challenge that encourages individuals and teams from different worksites to establish and track healthy walking habits. There has never been a more important time to get outside and spend time walking in nature.
We’re Trying Something New for Summer 2025
100 Miles. 100 Days. Your Timeline.
This summer, we’re mixing it up! Instead of a set schedule, you choose your own start and end dates anytime between July 1 and September 30.
What’s New:
Temporary Digital Platform
We’re hosting this summer’s challenge on the Come Alive Outside Passport App while we work behind the scenes to improve the original Mile-A-Day app.
Bonus: The Passport App lets you earn prizes along the way—something brand new for Mile-A-Day!
Prefer Paper?
We’ve got you. Download the printable tracker below.
Can’t access it? Just email [email protected] and we’ll send you a copy.
Flexible Timeline
Start logging your 100 miles whenever it works for you.
This pilot format is all about making the challenge more accessible—and your feedback will help shape the future of Mile-A-Day.
What about teams?
We’re not coordinating official teams this round—but that doesn’t mean you can’t create your own!
Here are 3 easy ways to create some camaraderie and/or some competition at your worksite or within your peer group.
- Pick a team name and choose a team leader to manually collect your miles once a week or every month and compete for bragging rights.
- Start a group chat to encourage each other (and send those “I got my miles in!” selfies).
- Plan weekly meetups to walk and talk it out together.
We’d love to hear your responses, even if you didn’t complete the challenge! By completing this survey, you are now entered to win a $300 Gift Card to Dick’s Sporting Goods. Survey closes October 1, 2025. We will announce the winner in early October!
Last Challenge:
Our Summer Fling is officially over as of August 30. Click the button below to take the post-fling survey.
Team Information
Q: I know this is a walking challenge, but can I run?
A: Yep. Do what you’re comfortable with.
Q: What if someone can’t walk or run without help?
A: If someone uses an assisted device to move from place to place like a wheelchair or a walker, that definitely counts.
Q:Does riding a bike count?
A: There are biking challenges out there. The Mile-A-Day challenge is specifically designed for walking, running, or skipping when applicable.
Q: Do I have to walk every day?
A: The goal is to get in the habit of walking a mile a day, so walking every day is ideal. However, as long as folks walk the total challenge miles in the time frame of the challenge, the challenge has been completed.
Q: What kind of miles count?
A: Intentional miles are the ones we like to see. While many people walk a Mile-A-Day doing their regular activities, the aim of our program is to encourage people to get active outside and take a walk for its own sake.
Q: Where should we walk?
A: We recommend that you walk outside, but beyond that, feel free to get creative! From walking around your backyard, your neighborhood, or checking out hiking trails and local parks, we recommend that you walk in places that bring you joy, making it easier for you to keep up your daily walking habit
Read more about the app and its uses below. Check out our YouTube page for tutorials and more!
Why an App? After surveying 6,000 Mile-A-Day participants in 2021, we learned that people overwhelmingly thought that having an app would improve the Mile-A-Day challenge experience. Because of this feedback, we spent 8 months building a mobile application, which we debuted to the public last year during our 30 Miles, 30 Days Challenge.
What Phones Are Supported? The mobile Mile-A-Day app is available for IOS (Apple) and Google (Android) phones.
How Can I Track My Miles? You can track your daily miles by either allowing the app to connect with the Health App (IOS) or Google Fit App (Android) on your phone, or you can manually enter in your miles. Watch a video to learn how to track your miles.
What Does the App Do? The app allows you to see your mileage for each session, for the day, and for the total challenge in real time. It also allows you to see where you rank on the leaderboard. If you are on a team, you can also see where your team ranks on the leaderboard.
