Join the Finger Lakes Runners Club for a winter Scavenger Hunt via the FLRC Forum! It’s free to participate, and you can join any time. The event will run from December 15, 2025, to January 4, 2026. You may run, walk, or hike, and there’s no minimum mileage required. (“Run/running” below means run, walk, or hike.) Please sign the waiver if you haven’t already done so in 2025.
Each week in Group Runs & Workouts, we will post five items and two bonus items to find while on your run. For each item you find, photograph, and post to that week’s hunt list, you’ll get one point (no repeating items for multiple points) and two points for each bonus item. The items will be posted on Fridays for the next week beginning on Monday, so you can plan your adventures. The person (or people if there’s a tie) with the most points each week will be entered into a drawing to win fun FLRC swag at the end of the event.
Additionally, the race director (that’s me!) may choose an additional person to add to the drawing each week. This choice may be based on a particularly creative, artistic, or amusing photo, a top commenter, or how many “likes” a picture receives on the Forum.
Take selfies with that week’s hunt items while on your runs, and post them in the hunt list thread on the Forum. (From a desktop computer, you can just drag your photo in; from a smartphone, tap the upload button and then pick a photo; see the screenshots below for an iPhone; the right-hand one looks different on Android.) If you’re feeling shy, a picture of the item alone is okay, but the goal here is to share in each other’s adventures.