List your virtual fitness event or challenge — reach participants across Australia
No fixed location. No geographic limit. Participants anywhere in Australia can join.
A virtual event on KeepActive is any fitness event or challenge where participants complete their activity in their own time, from their own location, without attending a fixed venue or start line. There's no centralised race-day gathering — instead, participants log their kilometres, steps, push-ups, or minutes on their own schedule and submit their results electronically.
Virtual events have grown significantly in Australia since the early 2020s. What started as a response to cancelled physical events has become a proven format in its own right. Organisers who ran their first virtual fun run or step challenge as a stopgap have discovered that virtual events reach participants who would never attend a physical event — people in regional Queensland, remote Western Australia, or outer Sydney suburbs where getting to a start line before 7 am AEST on a Sunday isn't realistic.
If you're running a month-long fitness campaign, a virtual fun run open for two weeks, or an online charity challenge timed to AEST or AEDT, a KeepActive listing connects you with Australians who are actively searching for exactly this kind of flexible, accessible event.
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Virtual events and challenges that belong on KeepActive
Virtual fun runs
A virtual fun run lets participants run, walk, or jog their chosen distance anywhere — a local park in Brisbane, a coastal path in Perth, a bush track in regional Victoria — and submit their time online. Participants get a medal and bib without needing to be in the same city as the organiser. If you're running a virtual 5 km, 10 km, or half marathon with an Australian charity or community focus, KeepActive is the right place to list it.
Step challenges
Month-long step challenges — where participants track daily steps and compete individually or in teams — are one of the fastest-growing virtual event formats in Australia. Corporate wellness teams, community groups, and charity fundraisers all run step challenges that suit the KeepActive audience. Whether your challenge runs for a week, a month, or the whole of July, listing on KeepActive puts you in front of Australians looking to get more active.
Dry July and month-long fitness campaigns
Campaigns like Dry July, the Push-up Challenge, and similar month-long fitness initiatives have demonstrated that Australians will commit to structured virtual challenges at scale. If you're running a similar campaign — whether tied to a cause or purely fitness-focused — the KeepActive events directory helps you reach participants who are already looking for their next challenge.
Online charity events
Virtual charity events combine fundraising with physical activity. Participants raise sponsorship dollars while completing a distance or challenge, submitting results through your platform. The MS Walk, various cancer research runs, and mental health awareness challenges have all explored virtual formats successfully. A listing on KeepActive reinforces your charity event's visibility alongside existing physical events, reaching donors and participants in one place.
Prefer a physical race or event? Visit our events directory to list your in-person event and reach local participants in your city or region.
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