2017 holiday #RunChatHunt is here

Instead of the 12 Days of Christmas we have the 12 Items of #RunChatHunt sponsored by the new Altra Duo! That's right ... 12 items instead of 10 for your favorite Scavenger Hunt! 

We're excited to have the new Altra Duo sponsoring this installment of #RunChatHunt, which officially begins at 12:01 a.m. ET Thursday, Nov. 23 and continues all the way through 11:59 p.m. ET Monday, Jan. 1. 

That's an incredible 40 days of #RunChatHunt! 

The new Altra Duo - which will be released in early 2018, perfectly pairs a max cushion height — 31mm — with an incredibly low weight of 7.9 ounces.

We'll be talking a lot more in the coming month about the Duo! And as part of #RunChatHunt, anyone who participates and finds at least one item is entered to win a pair. We'll have one male and one female winner. (Full rules about entries are at the end of this post) 

Also new to this year's #RunChatHunt is having specific prizes from many of our #RunChat friends from recent years to specific items. There was a huge request from this during a Twitter poll a few weeks ago. 

So in addition to the prizes from Altra - which are open for finding at least one of the items below - you have a chance to win these amazing prizes! (And check back during December - more items might be added!) 

HOLIDAY INFLATABLES
PRO Compression socks*
SaltStick Fastchews

CUP OF COFFEE
Run Lites SLING*
SPI Belt

CHRISTMAS LIGHTS
Blue Ridge Marathon swag
Bag of Nuun Performance

BODY OF WATER
CamelBak Dart

SOMETHING UNIQUE TO YOUR LOCALITY
CamelBak Dart

SELFIE WITH SANTA
PRO Compression socks*
SPI Belt

NATIVITY SCENE
Run Lites POLAR Fleece
Bag of Nuun Performance

CHARLIE BROWN TYPE TREE
Year of RockMyRun prize
SPI Belt

LOCAL RUNNING STORE
CamelBak Dart

WILDLIFE
Free entry to any distance race at The North Face Endurance Challenge Massachusetts on June 9-10, 2018.

FLAG OF ANY KIND
RunLites Get Lit T-shirt*
Race 13.1 entry to Myrtle Beach, Charleston, or City of Oaks

STAR WARS DECORATIONS
PRO Compression socks*
Rock My Run T-Shirt

(* prizes available in U.S. only)

Here's how #RunChatHunt works: 

Each item listed counts for one single entry to win a pair of Altra Duo shoes. You must tweet your entry with the #RunChatHunt tag and include only one item per tweet. 

If you happen to find two items within one photo, that is fine, but your picture will count as only one entry. Try to find something else so that you get an additional entry. 

You DO NOT have to find all the items to be eligible for prizes. If you find just one items, you're entered for that prize and at the chance to win a pair of shoes from Altra. 

We encourage you to post to other social media platforms with the #RunChatHunt tag, but please make sure that photo also posts to Twitter. 

Any photos submitted before or after the times mentioned at the top of this post ARE NOT ELIGIBLE for prizes. So please don't get twitter-trigger happy ... or wait until the very last minute. 

Any retweeting of your entries by @therunchat, our sponsors or other users do not increase your chances of winning. 

All winners are chosen at random and will be announced no later than Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018. 

Remember ... HAVE FUN. Get creative. If, for example, you can't find a Santa, find a magazine with a photo of Santa and do your selfie that way. (In other words, don't be so literal with every single item!) 

Lastly, any photo that uses the #RunChatHunt tag may be used by #RunChat-owned social media accounts and emails through Jan. 1 AND for any future Scavenger Hunt promotions. 

Did we mention ... HAVE FUN!