31 days and every meter counts.
Pick your goal. Show up. Log it. Keep going.
On purpose with purpose.
Free to enter. Open to everyone. Challenge runs May 1–31, 2026.
Free to enter. Open to everyone. Challenge runs May 1–31, 2026.
A month-long endurance challenge built around one simple idea: pick a goal, show up for it, and see how far you can go. A morning run. A Daily Workout. A longer endurance session. Any movement that gets you meters counts and all of it adds up over 31 days.
May also happens to be Mental Health Awareness Month. So there's something fitting about showing up for a month of endurance movement – choosing to keep going, together – and suffering with friends.
The goals (Steady, The Grind, Full Send) might look ambitious when you first see them. That’s intentional as this is a challenge worth chasing, but we'd also bet it ends up being more fun than you're expecting.
Your only job is to keep going. We've built some tools to make tracking your progress easy if you want to use them, but the most important thing is the movement itself.
And when we cross that finish line, everyone who reaches their chosen goal tier by May 31 is entered in a drawing for your choice of a Concept2 ski erg or rower.
It's free and takes about a minute.
After you register, you'll receive an email with a few resources to help you feel ready to go – including a digital tracker option, a downloadable PDF option, a conversion reference chart, and some ideas for how to get your meters in throughout the month, especially if this is newer to you.
Run, row, bike or ski and rack up those meters. Daily Workouts count. Dedicated Endurance sessions count. A mix of everything counts. Track your meters however works best for you because the real work is continuing to show up with mindful movement.
Each week you'll receive an email with a short form to share your meter total for that week. Each week we'll share how far we've gone…and then we'll keep going.
At the end of May we'll send you a simple form to report your total. However you tracked it, that's your moment to tell us how far you went and be entered in the grand prize drawing.
Pick the tier that matches where you are right now, and know that you can always push further.
A strong, achievable month. A good fit if you're building your endurance base, getting back into consistent movement, or just want to see what an intentional, focused month outside of your comfort zone will bring out of you.
A strong, achievable month. A good fit if you're building your endurance base, getting back into consistent movement, or just want to see what an intentional, focused month outside of your comfort zone will bring out of you.
A strong, achievable month. A good fit if you're building your endurance base, getting back into consistent movement, or just want to see what an intentional, focused month outside of your comfort zone will bring out of you.
A real challenge for members who already train with endurance sessions regularly and want a meaningful goal to work toward in May.
A real challenge for members who already train with endurance sessions regularly and want a meaningful goal to work toward in May.
A real challenge for members who already train with endurance sessions regularly and want a meaningful goal to work toward in May.
For experienced athletes who want a full push over 31 days. This one asks a lot… in the best way.
For experienced athletes who want a full push over 31 days. This one asks a lot… in the best way.
For experienced athletes who want a full push over 31 days. This one asks a lot… in the best way.
Kids are welcome. We suggest using 1,000 meters per year of age as a starting point, but caregivers and kids should set a goal together that's right for them.
The higher your goal, the more entries you earn in the prize drawing. Steady gets you 1 entry, The Grind gets you 2, and Full Send gets you 3. Every tier is worth going after, and if you find yourself ahead of pace, you can always push for more.
Don't see yourself in any of these? Set your own. Fitness freedom means this challenge works for you however you decide to show up for it. Pick a number that feels like a worthy goal and go after it.
Track however works for you. We've put together a few day-to-day tracking options if you want something ready to go:
Daily Workouts count
Any meters accumulated through an SP Daily Workout count toward your total: runs, rows, bike distances, all of it. Log them in your tracker the same way you'd log any other session.
Endurance Conversion PDF
If you're mixing modalities or just want to see how different efforts stack up against each other, the SP Endurance Conversion chart is a handy reference. Note: the digital tracker already has all the conversion math built in, so you don't need to calculate anything to participate. Just log what you did and let the sheet do the rest.
Download the Endurance Conversion PDF
Not included: walking and rucking
Walking and rucking are valuable movements. A daily walk is part of a healthy routine for a lot of us, and we genuinely support that. May Meters is just asking for something a little outside that daily baseline. The run, the row, the bike, the ski erg are the kind of sessions this challenge is built around because they represent a different kind of push for most people.
If this challenge isn't the right fit because your extra time or daily practice is focused on walking or rucking, that's okay! We have no doubt there will be other opportunities for you later this year.
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. The meters might seem like the goal of this challenge, but it's worth saying: endurance work does something specific for mental health that's hard to replicate with other training. The repetition, the rhythm, the sustained effort, the self-talk – none of that is always comfortable. That's part of the point of this challenge. Endurance means enduring. The long piece on the erg when you're not feeling it, the early miles that feel like you’re slogging through, the choosing to keep going is part of what keeps minds healthy alongside bodies.
However you're showing up for May Meters this month, you're showing up on purpose with purpose.
Every participant who reaches their chosen goal tier by May 31 is entered into a Grand Prize drawing for your choice of Concept2 rower or ski erg with entries earned based on your tier:
Steady = 1 entry, The Grind = 2 entries, Full Send = 3 entries.
Winners announced in early June.
As part of our SP Gives Back partnership with Suffer With Friends (SWF), a limited-edition Street Parking × SWF collab tee will be available to registered participants before it opens to the general public.
A portion of every tee sold benefits Suffer With Friends and their work of the Active Minds. Learn more about Suffer With Friends here.
More details on timing and ordering will be shared with registered participants directly.
