#RunChatHunt 2022: The Holiday Edition
Another round of our scavenger hunt - known as #RunChatHunt - is back once again this holiday season!
For this installment, entries will be open from 12:01 a.m. ET Thursday, Nov. 24 through 7:59 p.m. ET Sunday, Jan. 1. All winners will be announced just after the Jan. 1 #RunChat concludes.
HOW #RUNCHATHUNT WORKS
We have our list of items to find farther down in this post. Your mission: Find those items on your run and tweet photos of those items and/or post them to Instagram. With each photo, you’re entered to win prizes. We’ll break this down with some additional FAQs we’ve had over the years.
Can I tweet or post to Instagram more than one photo with multiple items?
Technically yes, but you’re limiting yourself to the number of entries. One photo = one item = one entry. We have 12 items on our list. 12 photos = 12 entries on Twitter. If you combine your entries, you get fewer entries. A collage of 5 photos for 5 items = 1 entry. Why? Because it’s one tweet.
The same rules will apply to Instagram, which will be detailed more below.
⚠️ A NEW REQUIREMENT: You must tag @therunchat on Twitter as well as using the #RunChatHunt tag in your entries.
Can I enter an item more than twice?
No. If you tweet a Grinch, don’t try to find another Grinch or a better display and have that count as your entry. It’s really confusing to do that.
However, since we will have separate prizes for Instagram, you can post that same photo to that platform for separate entries there.
Can I use old photos?
No. Please create new memories with new photos.
“Does this count?”
While that’s pretty generic, we get that pretty often. If you have to ask if it counts, you’re going to get a “yes” reply. If it’s close to the item or you’ve used some kind of creativity to get that item, then yes, you’re good to go.
Can I post to Instagram?
Yes … and for this installment, Instagram has totally separate prizes, so you can post the same photos to both Instagram and Twitter. So technically, you can enter 12 times on this platform AND 12 times on Twitter.
⚠️ A NEW REQUIREMENT: You MUST tag @therunchat and use the #RunChatHunt tag on your posts for Instagram.
Can I win more than one prize?
You are eligible to win one prize on Twitter and one prize on Instagram.
THE ITEMS TO FIND
Last year’s experiment of multiple categories was fun, but we’ve scaled that back a bit to have two categories: Holiday items and then a list of miscellaneous other items. Each category has 6 items.
HOLIDAY-RELATED
Selfie in a Santa hat
The Grinch
Hanukkah decorations
At least 3 inflatables at once
Wacky light display
Snowman (real or fake)
ALL THE OTHERS
Leftover election sign
Local landmark
Sunrise or sunset
Something out of season
Train
Bridge
THE RULES
There is some repetition here from our FAQs section above. Also, please note: As we all know, there’s a lot of wild things happening on Twitter right now. If there are drastic changes that impact this contest, we reserve the right to revoke all of these guidelines and move #RunChatHunt elsewhere.
Rule No. 1 … HAVE FUN! This is meant to be a stress-free, take-your-mind-off-current-events type of event.
Creativity counts. If you're having trouble finding an item, please know that each individual thing doesn't have to be so literal. We've had some amazing creative entries over the years. Keep it fun, relaxed and entertaining to you and your Twitter followers.
Each item to find counts as ONE entry per platform (12 on Twitter, 12 on Instagram). So if you post a collage of items, sorry, it's only one entry. Post each item separately so you can have up to 12 entries on each platform for the prizes. (Threading your tweets is perfectly fine!)
Your tweets and Instagram posts MUST tag @therunchat and contain the hashtag #RunChatHunt even if you’re replying to @therunchat tweets with photos.
#RunChatHunt is open from 12:01 a.m. Saturday, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022, through 7:59 p.m. ET Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023. Retweets and liking of tweets do not increase your chances of winning.
Please note: We may use your photos that have the #RunChatHunt tag on other social media posts or future scavenger hunt events. We'll give you photo credit as much as we can.
THE PRIZES
Finally, the prizes! Things are a bit more scaled back this time around, but we still have some great items up for grabs.
TWITTER PRIZES
PRO Compression - 2 pairs of socks (2 total winners)
sQoosh - 1 prize pack that includes #RunChat branded items (sQoosh, headband, and gaiter, and 1 scraper tool)
1 Blue Ridge Marathon entry
INSTAGRAM PRIZES
PRO Compression - 1 pair of socks
sQoosh - 2 prize packs (2 winners total)
1 Blue Ridge Marathon entry