Go further, together.
Every time you meet, your pull-ups set the distance. Get stronger, go further, all the way to the 20/20: 20 pull-ups each and 20 km together.
- Start from zero. Walk when you need to.
- Get stronger, go further. One pull-up = one kilometre.
- Finish with the 20/20. 20 pull-ups, 20 km, one day.
Pull-ups or running not right for you? There’s an adapted 20/20. Find out more
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The 20/20: everyone does 20 pull-ups, then 20 km together.
Meet 10. Average 20: 20 km.
- 20 pull-ups
- 20 km
- One team
- One day
How it works.
Meet at a pull-up bar.
You and your friends, whenever suits you.
Do your best set.
As many pull-ups as you can in one go. Zero counts.
Run or walk the average.
If the team averages 5 pull-ups, you all cover 5 km. Walk as much as you need to.
The 20/20
The day it all comes together.
20pull-ups eachin one go
20 kmtogetherside by side to the finish
Film the pull-ups. Record the run. Then the pledge goes to Pilgrim Bandits. A day your team won’t forget.
Hit the 5/5, 10/10 and 15/15 together and each lights up on your team’s page. No rush: every team gets there at its own pace.
£20 to start. £20 at the 20/20.
One of you pledges.
Whoever starts the team gives £20 to start you off, and £20 more the day you all do the 20/20. Or their own amounts.
The team earns it.
The second part is paid the day you all do the 20/20.
Joining is free.
Nobody else is asked for money.
Paid straight to Pilgrim Bandits on their own page. No money moves through this site.
Pilgrim Bandits.
Pilgrim Bandits help and inspire injured military and blue-light personnel to live life to the full.
Their motto is “Always a little further”. Registered charity 1136166.
Good to know.
Can’t do a pull-up yet
Then your best set is 0, and that’s a fine place to start. Every pull-up the team adds is another kilometre.
How often to meet
Whenever suits your team. Every two weeks works well: enough time to get stronger, close enough to keep going. Try not to leave it longer than four weeks.
Where to meet
Anywhere with a bar you can hang from: an outdoor gym, a park, a gym, a doorway bar. Find outdoor pull-up bars near you on PullPoint, then run or walk from there.
After your best set
Keep going, in as many sets as it takes, until you’ve each done 20 pull-ups in total. It’s training; it doesn’t change the distance. Can’t do one yet? Jump up and lower yourself slowly. Those count.
If you can’t run it all
Walk as much as you need to. Run what you can, walk the rest, finish together.
How far you go
The team’s average best set, to the nearest kilometre. Six friends doing 0, 2, 3, 5, 7 and 13 average 5, so they cover 5 km. Never over 20. If that’s more than a kilometre further than last time, run 1 km further and walk the extra.
Milestones and the 20/20
The 5/5, 10/10 and 15/15 are milestones: a meet where everyone in the team is there and does at least 5, 10 or 15 in one go. The 20/20 is the same at 20, with proof: film each person’s 20 pull-ups and record the 20 km on any GPS app. The videos stay in your group chat.
How many people
Any number, but four to eight is best. The 20/20 waits for the last person, so a bigger crowd should split into teams.
If someone can’t make a meet
The average is of whoever is there. A milestone or the 20/20 needs everyone.
The adapted 20/20
For anyone pull-ups or running aren’t right for: 20 push-ups, then a 20-minute walk or push, with the rest of the team. One push-up = one minute, from wherever you start. Your push-ups set your minutes and don’t change the team’s distance, and for the milestones your push-ups count instead of pull-ups. Choose it on your team’s page.
An injury
Switch to the adapted 20/20, or agree something else for a while (knee push-ups while a shoulder mends) and note it on your team’s page.
Between meets
A brisk 20-minute walk a day, and pull-up practice when you can.
What it costs
Whoever starts the team pledges to Pilgrim Bandits: £20 to start you off and £20 the day you all do the 20/20, or their own amounts. Joining costs nothing. On the day of the 20/20, anyone who’d like to can add their own; nobody’s named against what they give.
What we keep about you
First names, team names, meets, pull-up numbers and pledges. No email, no password, no videos. Privacy