Welcome to The Walktober Step Challenge 2025 Competitions Page
Prizes Available
Smarter Travel Goodie Bags or Sustainable Water Bottles are up for grabs for our weekly competition and team target prize draws.
Top 50 finishers have a chance to win some of our big prizes including:
- A variety of Stylish Travel Backpacks
- Easy Carry Picnic Blankets
- Fanny Packs
- Fitbits
- Insulated leak-proof Food Flasks
- Insulated leak-proof Travel Mugs
- Massage Guns
- Portable Blenders
- Power-banks
- Smart Tags
New This Year : The Walktober Lottery!
We’re excited to introduce the Walktober Lottery for all participants. It’s simple: just keep walking and you could win some fantastic prizes!
All Teams who appears on the leaderboard each week—at any position—is automatically entered into the prize draw. So whether you’re leading the pack or just getting started, your steps count.
Keep the momentum going and step your way into the prize pool each week!
Early Registration Prize Draws
Congratulations to the Winners of the Walktober Early Registration Prize Draw. Thank you for your enthusiasm in signing up yourself and your teams to the Active Travel Logger!
| Name | Organisation |
| Siobhan Burke | Blackrock Health, Galway Clinic |
| Niamh Keane | HSE Mid-West Community Healthcare |
| Cian Doyle | Lilly GBS |
| Lizzy Halleran | Mayo University Hospital |
| Grace Conway | University College Cork |
Early Bird Coordinator Prize Draw
| Coordinator Name | Organisation |
| Patricia Smith | Cavan County Council |
| Green Team | Department of Social Protection |
| Vitalij Perednev | J&J MedTech (DePuy Synthes) |
| Rebekkah Kaligorsky | Roughan & O’Donovan |
|
Ailsa Lyons |
St. Vincent’s University Hospital |
| Roisin Ni Ghairbhith | University of Limerick |
Week 1 Winners
Well done to everyone who participated in Week 1 of Walktober. It has been a fantastic week as we have nearly 2,031 teams taking part across 148 organisations. Congratulations to all the Week 1 winners listed below and your Walktober goodie bags with be with you shortly. Keep up your step count and stay active!
The winners are:
Team Target (Weekly Team Average of 25,000 steps):
| Team Name | Organisation |
| Knight Walkers 3.0 | Transdev Dublin Light Rail |
| Walkaholics Anonymous | Deloitte |
| Walk this way | Munster Technological University, Cork |
| Strategy walking | IADT |
| KC Sports | Department of Justice |
Top 100: Geo People – Trinity College Dublin
Top 200: Cirque du Sore Legs – Eirgrid
Top 300: Pier Patrollers – Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council
Top 500: The Winning team – eBay
Walktober Lottery Winners:
| Participant name | Team name | Organisation |
| Ciara McHugh | Holy Walkemole | TE Connectivity |
| Pamela Joyce | Blister Sisters | Cork City Council |
| Erin Dunne | Walking the full furlong | Greyhound Racing Ireland |
| Enda Loughman | Miles Of Smiles | Analog Devices |
| Jakub Byrdziak | The Proclaimers | University College Cork |
Week 2 Winners
Well done to all who participated in Walktober this week. Week 2 Competition and Prize Draw Winners are listed below. We will be preparing your Walktober Goodie Bags for delivery in the coming days.
Pedestrian Pursuits Quiz
We received over 2500 entries to the quiz, and nearly 1000 got the perfect score so kudos to all! Winners are listed below:
| Participant’s Name | Organisation |
| Frances Matthews | Monaghan County Council |
| Darren Corcoran | Dubin City Council |
| Peter Brady | OPW |
| Amanda Allen | Department of Children, Disability and Equality |
| Mary O Cal | Cork City Council |
Team Target
Congratulations to the winners of our Week 2 Prize Draws.
Team Target (Weekly Team Average of 45,500 steps):
| Team’s Name | Organisation |
| Freudian Steps | Munster Technological University – Cork |
| The Pink Pony DAZZLERS!! | Blackrock Health Galway Clinic |
| The Last Hurrah | Mayo County Council |
| SQL Strutters | EY |
| Cardio Cartel | Toast |
Top 100: Guys & Dolls- Cavan County Council
Top 200: Leg Day XIV- AECOM
Top 300: Cardio is hardio- OPW
Top 500: CPO – PRS Team- National Transport Authority
Walktober Lottery
| Participant name | Team name | Organisation |
| Barry Aherne | Cranky people gallivanting | ESB Group |
| Janice Dunwoody | Step by Step | National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh |
| Tara Gallagher | Cluid C&P Walkers | Cluid Housing |
| Fiona Joyce | Stayin Astride | Limerick City and County Council |
| Conor Reale | The Class Acts | Houses of the Oireachtas |
Week 3 Competitions
Get Creative with your Steps: Walk of Art!
For Week 3, we are inviting participants to use your walk as a creative outlet. Track your route using a walking app (we have some recommendations below!) and create a word, shape or symbol as you walk. It can be anything; something meaningful to your team, organisation or simply something fun– the possibilities are endless!
You can use various apps to track your steps via GPS and create shapes with your walking routes. Some options include, but are not limited to: Strava, Google Fit, Map My Walk, Nike Run Club, Footpath and more.
Enter solo or as a team, we will be picking the most creative walk of art! Sketch your way to a Walktober goodie bag, by submitting it via the Competition Entry Form by 2pm on Monday 20th October.
Team Target
To motivate you to keep walking, we have increased the weekly team target to an average of 56,000 steps. This average equates to approximately 8,000 steps per person per day. Remember to log your steps by 2pm on 20th October.
Top 100, 200, 300, 500 Leaderboards
Once again, this week, the top 500 teams on the Leaderboard will be entered into Prize Draws for some great Walktober Goodie Bags.
Stay tuned!
Walktober Week 3 Leaderboard and competition will be announced on Tuesday 21st October.
Week 4 Competitions
Halloween-themed Photo Competition: Spooktacular Shots!
It’s spooky season, and we’re calling all ghosts and goblins to lace up their walking shoes and get snapping!
To celebrate Halloween and the last week of Walktober, we are inviting teams to submit Halloween-themed photos that show off your creativity, costumes, and team spirit.
Whether you’re out strolling city streets, your local park or vast fields, we want to see your Spooktacular shots – the more imaginative, the better! Submit your Halloween-themed photos via competition entry form or tag us on social media by Tuesday 28th October:
· Instagram @tfismartertravel
· X @tfismarttravel
Don’t forget to use the #Walktober25 and #SpooktacularShots in your post.
Team Target
Our weekly team target for Week 4 is average of 63,000 steps which to equates approximately 9,000 steps per person per day. Please log your steps by 2pm on 28th October.
Top 100, 200, 300, 500 Leaderboards
Top 500 teams will be entered into the prize draw again!
Week 5 Competitions
Team Target
To motivate you go the final mile in the last week of Walktober, we have once again increased the weekly team target to an average 50,000 steps which equals 10,000 steps per person each day. For the final week, the deadline to log your steps is 2pm on 3rd November.
Top 100, 200, 300, 500 Leaderboards
Last chance this week to reach the premier league and become one of the top 500 teams on the Leaderboard to be in with a chance of winning some fantastic Goodie Bags.
Stay tuned!
Walktober Week 5 and overall prize winners will be announced on Thursday 6th November.