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This World Heart Day get involved with our global challenge, create your own heart shape route to walk, bike or run. Share your route here to add it to our challenge wall and share on social media using the hashtag #WorldHeartDay to inspire others to create their own or try your route.

Step 1
Plan your route

Plan out a route to create your best heart shape route where you are

Step 2
Walk, run or cycle

Whether you prefer to walk, run or cycle, complete your heart shape

Step 3
Share your story

Simply upload your route with a photo and route details to be added to our challenge wall

Create Your Route

Upload Your Route

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Challenge Wall

Take a look at the heart shape routes created around the world, get involved by adding your own.

Love route

Kolkata, India

Cycle

8.0km

World Heart Day

Budapest, Magyarország

Walk

2.0km

Eldoret _kapsabet

Eldoret, Kenya

Walk

35.0km

Petrichor

Manchester, United Kingdom

Walk

6.1km

BONAMOUSSADI, Cameroon (La marche du coeur)

Douala, Cameroun

Walk

8.0km

Petrichor

Manchester, United Kingdom

Walk

6.1km

Petrichor

Manchester, United Kingdom

Walk

6.1km

Raghogarh

Raghogarh -Vijaypur, India

Walk

7.0km

Horse paddock heart

North Adelaide, Australia

Run

1.8km

Raghogarh

Raghogarh -Vijaypur, India

Walk

7.0km

Raghogarh

Raghogarh -Vijaypur, India

Walk

7.0km

Walk

5.0km

Dr Mohammad Ali Shekh

Raghogarh -Vijaypur, India

Run

3.0km

Healthy Heart

Vienna, Austria

Walk

3.5km

Hungarian World Heart Day

Budapest, Magyarország

Walk

2.0km

Create your own USE heart t-shirt

Create your own USE heart t-shirt

Taking part in the World Heart Day Challenge? Why not create your own #UseHeart t-shirt to wear whilst taking part!

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