Raven Challenge Badges and Achievements

Note the 2022 Woodallion design is shown below.

Submit your badge achievements here • submit your distances here

The November Raven 100k Challenge has two goals:

  1. Get to 100k during the month of November by walking, hiking, or running. If you don’t log 100k or more during the month of November, you will not earn the woodallion. Don’t worry, there’s always next year!
  2. Earn as many fun and challenging badges and achievements as possible during the month. (see badge images below)
“Woodallion” has places for each badge that can be earned — with all badges shown as placeholders. We also include participant name, distance, and plus any optional special recognition* for 2022. The star and the meteor insets are the badges for the Veteran’s Day badge and the Raven Meteor badge.

You must achieve 100k to obtain your custom finisher woodallion. If you don’t get to 100k you are not eligible for the badges.

Some of the badges are relatively easy to achieve. Other badges are very difficult. Some are extremely difficult.

For example, to get the turkey, bald eagle, and veteran badges, you simply have to log an activity in RunSignup.com/ravenrocks/results on those days.

On the opposite end of the spectrum are these badges:

  1. To get the Raven Rockstar badge, you must compete FIVE Raven Rocks 10k courses (walk, hike, or run) in ONE DAY. That’s 50k!
  2. To get the Peeter Badge, you must complete 32 or more Raven Rocks 10k courses in the month of November.
  3. The Raven Meteor badge is given to challenge participants who witness a meteor during a run in November.

It’s the Raven Challenge, after all, not the Raven easy…

For those who like to push themselves, there are two achievements:

  1. First, Second, and Third fastest to 100k (male and female)
  2. First, Second, and Third overall longest distance in November (male and female)

IMPORTANT: To be eligible for these achievements, you must enter your distances within 36 hours of completing them. That way the others in the challenge who are pushing themselves to the limit can track how they are doing relative to the competition. If you enter all of your data in batches and you come into contention for one of these achievements, you will not be eligible since you are essentially running in a different race.

Below are the badge images, names, and how you get them on your woodallion after completing 100k in November.

GPS Badge – Request a GPS Challenge item at Ward Pound Ridge Reservation and find it in the park.
Raven Badge – run the Raven Rocks 10k course during November.
Ultra Raven Badge – Run the Raven Rocks course 5x during November.
Full Flock Badge – Run the Raven Rocks 10k course 10 times during November.
Photographer Badge – take a selfie at the Raven Rocks Overlook during November.
Bald Eagle Badge – Run, walk, or hike on Election Day.
Turkey Badge – Run, Walk, or Hike on Thanksgiving Day.
Raven Citizen Badge – Take a photo of yourself with a raven of any kind. Be creative.
Night Owl Badge – Find your way to the Raven Rocks Overlook at night using headlamps (or iPhone flashlights, no judgement!)
Cobweb Crew Badge – Run to the Raven Rocks overlook at dawn. The overlook faces east and has a perfect view of the sunrise.
Snowy Owl Badge – Run, Walk, or Hike 200km during the month of November.
White Raven Badge – Run, Walk, or Hike 300k during the month of November.
Wise Owl Badge – read, record, and submit you reading a stanza from The Raven poem by Edgar Allen Poe.
Raven Rockstar Badge – Run the Raven Rocks 5x IN ONE DAY.
Peeter Badge – Run the Raven Rocks 10k course 32 times or more during November.

Blank Woodallion with no badges

The badge art is lightly engraved onto Woodallion to hint the potential badge that can be earned.

Woodallion with badges

Each “badge” earned is a bold engraved/cut badge tile that is fastened into place to show the badge has been achieved.

The White Raven badge crowns at the top. The Raven Meteor badge is to the side.

The Veteran’s Star is added to float above the fire tower.

The Raven, Ultra Raven, and Full Flock badges (upper left) “stack.” This means each higher one takes precedence over the lower level badge. The Raven Badge is for running the Raven Rocks Run course 1 time, the Ultra Raven is for running the course 5 times, the Full Flock badge is for running the course 10 times.

Bonus achievements for the Raven 100k Challenge (More information)

In addition to running, walking, or hiking 100k during November, there are several bonus achievement badges you can unlock if you are able: 

  • Run 10k on the Raven Rocks Run course (raven badge).This can be done at the Raven Rocks 10k Run race on Nov 9. It can also be done any time at the park. The Course will be marked from 11/8/25 – 11/9/25 for those unfamiliar with it.
  • Run 5x on the 10k Raven Rocks Run course (ultra raven badge)
  • Run 10x on the 10k Raven Rocks Run course (full flock badge)
  • Run 33x on the 10k Raven Rocks Run course (Peeter badge). Note: The Peeter badge is named after Peeter Muursepp who ran the Raven Rocks course 33x during the month of November 2020 during the First Raven 100k Challenge. Peeter exceeded his 2020 feat in 2021 with 63 Loops around the Raven Rocks Run 10k course during the month of November 2021. That is more than 2x RRR loops per day average.
    • Note: If you run 64x or more on the Raven Rocks Run course the Peeter badge is renamed after you. 
  • Take a selfie at the Raven Rocks Overlook and send it in (photographer badge)
  • Take a selfie at any Raven related site, store, zoo, etc. and send it in (traveler/citizen badge)
  • Submit a photo of yourself on a run with your “I Voted” sticker or if you can’t vote in the November election, next to someone with an “I Voted” sticker. (bald eagle badge) 
  • Run on Thanksgiving (turkey badge).Submit a Thanksgiving run photo to get a badge upgrade to the Photo Turkey badge.
  • Do a run in the dark to Raven Rocks (night owl badge). Note: you can use a headlamp or flashlight while running!
  • Do a run early in the morning to Raven Rocks (cobweb crew badge)
  • 200k distance in November (snowy owl badge)
  • 300k distance in November (white raven badge)
  • Read a stanza from Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” poem and send us a link of you doing this. Use soundcloud, youtube, facebook, whatever service you want. We have most of the poem read by challenge participants last year but need a few more to complete the full 16 stanzas. (wise owl badge)
  • Find your Raven challenge object in the Rez (GPS Badge). See below for details