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Your frequently asked questions
The Westminster Women Winter Weekends is a joint initiative between Westminster Council and Cancer Research UK London Winter Run 10k. It's a female only virtual challenge for residents living in the borough of Westminster. Whether you are taking part of would like some more info, you can find the most commonly asked questions that we receive below.
Entering before 4th January:
Please register your interest to take part in the challenge via our pre-reg form here. You'll then be emailed a week out from the challenge start date with a link to complete your registration and a link to download the Stridekick app. You'll then need to set up your Stridekick profile. At the start of each week during the challenge you'll be emailed a link to enter that weekends challenge alternatively, you'll receive a push notification on your phone where you can join the weekend challenge directly from the Stridekick app. Each weekend you can select whether to complete 5km, 10km or 15km to unlock your reward.
Entering after 4th January:
At this point the challenge will be live so we ask you to register directly via our sign up form. You'll then be emailed shortly after with a link to download the Stridekick app. You'll then need to set up your Stridekick profile. At the start of each week during the challenge you'll be emailed a link to enter that weekends challenge alternatively, you'll receive a push notification on your phone where you can join the weekend challenge directly from the Stridekick app. Each weekend you can select whether to complete 5km, 10km or 15km to unlock your reward.
The challenge is exclusively for women who live in the borough of Westminster. The entry process is set up so that only women can enter and we will manually check address' to confirm that they are within the Westminster borough boundaries.
Across the six weekends between 9th January and 14th February each participant will have the choice to complete 5km, 10km or 15km with the Stridekick app counting all steps taken to complete the chosen distance. By completing the chosen distance you will unlock that weekends reward. Weekdays will not count towards the step count.
For the Westminster Women Winter Weekend challenge, there are six rewards in total that you can unlock! The more challenges you complete, the more challenge rewards you will earn. A full list of our challenge rewards can be found here.
Challenge rewards will be posted out at two points, following the first weekend and following the final weekend.
Please note: If you signed up after the first weekend you will receive all your challenge rewards following the final weekend.
Still have a question? No problem, you can get in touch with our participant services team here.