Awards

Generally, awards fall into two main categories: completion within the same calendar year, or within a one-year period (365 days from the start date).
The KR-10000 spans 2 years, the Veteran award requires 10 consecutive years, the Asia Award must be completed within 3 years, and Adventure awards have no time limit for completion.
Medals for purchase can be ordered via email. The shipping fee is 4,000 KRW.
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• ACP Brevet Medal(200,300,400,600,1000K): 20,000 KRW
• ACP Super Randonneur Medal: 20,000 KRW
• LRM 1200km+ Official Medal (Sold on-site): 20,000 KRW
• Baekdudaegan, Galmaegi, River to Ocean, Eastern 60 passes: 20,000 KRW
• Korea 1200km+ LRM Medal: Free
• R-12, KR-5000, KR-10000, Asia Award: Free
• Paldo, Veteran, Adventure-24, Pig: Free

A rider becomes a Super Randonneur after having successfully completed a full series of brevets in the same year. A full series consists of the following brevets: 200 km, 300 km, 400 km, 600 km.

A longer distance brevet can be substituted for a shorter distance brevet.

• During 4 years (2024-2027) the lay-out remains unchanged.
• The medal can be ordered each year in December via the website.
• It will be sent by mail during the early part of the following year.

Korea Randonneurs has established a KR-5000 award.

The following criteria are minimum for acquiring the KR-5000 award, these brevets need to be successfully completed in Korea in a period of 1 calendar year:

A full series means completing the ACP brevets 200k, 300k, 400k, 600k, and achieving Super Randonneur status is also acceptable.

• a full series (makes 1500 km)
• participating in a Fleche team (acc. to 1860 km)
• BRM 1000K OR a 1200+K LRM (acc. to 2860 or 3060+km)
• other brevets and permanents to supplement to 5000 km

There exists an international award for having accumulated 10,000 kms of sanctioned brevets, but Korea Randonneurs has established its own.
The following criteria are minimum for acquiring the KR-10000 award. These brevets, organized by Korea Randonneurs, need to be successfully completed in a period of 2 calendar years.
The first years that the KR-10000 award can be won are 2023 and 2024.
Send your request form per email before 12/31. (janboonstra49@gmail.com)

• 2 x full series of ACP brevets (makes 3000 km)
• 2 x SR-600 (acc. to 4200 km)
• Participating in a Fleche team (acc. to 4560 km)
• 3 x ACP brevets 1000 km or 1200+ km LRM event (acc. to 7760 or 7960+ km)
• other brevets and permanents to supplement to 10,000 km

A special certificate and a listing in the Roll of Honor is given to the randonneur who has completed the four most challenging permanents crossing the baekdudaegan mountain range within the period of one year. The applicable permanents are as follows:

• PT-19 12 hills 7 passes OR PT-19R Baekdudaegan 19 passes
• PT-20 Taebaek, Hill of the wind
• PT-21 The oldest Korean passes
• PT-25 Baekdudaegan 4

Permanents in the adventure series are hard, using small roads in remote countryside and show the most beautiful scenery of the country. Riders must have a good condition and must be well prepared. Take care of safety at all time. If the weather condition is not good, especially after rain or snow, riding can be difficult. Please be careful of small pebbles, sand, and fallen leaves on the road. Be sure to prepare cleat-covers, etc. Carbon wheelsets with rim-breaks are not recommended.

Three awards can be won for completing different adventure permanents at own choice:
Adventure-6 award, Adventure-12 award and the Adventure-24 award. There is no date limit.
The winners are listed in the 'Honor Roll' on the Korea Randonneurs website, and the winner of the Adv-24 award will receive a medal (no cost).

"Paldo" stands for the 8 provinces in Korea, in the time that Jeju-do belonged to South Jeolla-do and the independent and special city regions (Seoul teukbyeolsi, Busan gwangyeoksi, etc) did not exist yet. The challenge is to ride in 8 different provinces within a period of 12 months. The "city provinces" are disregarded and Jeju-do is included. Of those 9 provinces shown on the map, you need to ride in 8 to win the award. The winner will receive a medal. The following rules apply:

1. Successful finishing of a regular brevet, permanent or SR-600 is valid.
2. Results from before 2021/01/01 do not count.
3. Only the province of the start location counts.
4. The official starting location counts, not your actual starting location.
5. The member needs to keep record him/herself and request for confirmation after completing the challenge by email to Jan Boonstra. (janboonstra49@gmail.com)
6. The award can be won only once.

Example: PT-117 (Seoul-Busan) counts for Gyeonggi-do, while PT-118 (Busan-Seoul) counts for Gyeongsang Nam-do.
Note: Daejeon counts as Chungcheongbuk-do, and Sejong counts as Chungcheongnam-do.

In this challenge "River to Ocean", the rider needs to ride from Seoul to the southern port city of Tongyeong in 4 sections. The course is designed to show the best of what Korea has to offer to a randonneur regarding countryside and scenic beauty. A special award is given to the rider who completes the four sections within the period of one year.
The four sections are PT-72, PT-137, PT-174, PT-34.

Three permanents are forming a string with a total length of 623 km, starting in Seoul and ending in Busan. Here are the details:

1. PT-171 Seoul - Boryeong 207 km
2. PT-172 Boryeong - Gimcheon 209 km
3. PT-173 Gimcheon - Busan 207 km

The complete string is called the "Galmaegi Challenge", and members who successfully finish the three permanents within one year will be assigned the Galmaegi award. It does not matter which permanent you ride first. The winner will be listed in the honor roll.

This challenge was made for those who like rides with a long distance on a mainly flat course. The goal is to ride 700 km consecutively on the combined courses of PT-33 (370 km) and PT-38 (330 km). Both permanents start and finish in Seoul-Banpo. To win the "Strawberry Award" you must:

1. successfully finish PT-33 in 24h 40m.
2. successfully finish PT-38 in 22h 00m.
3. Take no more than 6 hours rest in between the two permanents.

It does not matter which permanent you ride first and which you ride last. The winner will be listed in the honor roll on the website and receive a certificate. There is no medal available for this award.

If you want a perfect strawberry experience on this challenge, make a small detour (2 x 1.8 km, direction Gapyeong) to the Bukhan River bike path just before you cross the Bukhan River on the way to Yangpyeong. You pass by there on PT-33, as well as on PT-38. At the Osam farm you can experience delicious strawberry drinks and toast.

Korea Randonneurs has introduced the R12 award since 2016.
This award is given to members who finish at least one brevet, permanent, fleche, Zwift event, LRM, or SR-600 organized by Korea Randonneurs every month of the year (from January 1st to December 31st).
Winners will be honored in the Roll of Honor and will receive a special medal.

"Eastern 60 passes" is the most challenging climbing course among the most popular Eastern pass series near Seoul.
PT-200 and PT-201 need to be successfully completed in the same calendar year. It does not matter which permanent you ride first.
The winner will be listed in the honor roll and can order a medal.

You will be eligible for the award if you complete all 4 requirements within one year (365 days) from your first ride.
Completion records from 2025 are also valid.

1. Pig Brevet: (6/13)Seoul 200K (E) Pig OR (10/17)Busan 200k Pig Rice Soup
2. SR-11 Seoul Wild Boar (Seoul Gwangnaru S/F)
3. PT-92 Chungnam Gourmet Tour (Cheonan S/F)
4. PT-209 Jeonnam Gourmet Tour (Mokpo S/F)

Please send an application email with the following information, and a certificate and medal will be shipped to you free of charge.
samnim33@naver.com <Membership Number, Name, Completion dates for Pig Brevet/SR-11/PT-92/PT-209>

You can also receive them on-site after finishing the Pig Brevet.

This challenge was made for those who have been a member of Korea Randonneurs for a long time, but have never been able to win any prestigious award. The requirements for the "Veteran Award" are as follows:

1. Successfully finish 10,000 km of any ride organized by Korea Randonneurs in 10 consecutive years.
2. Members who have won a KR-5000 or KR-10000 award are not eligible for winning the award.
3. The winner will be listed in the honor roll on the website, and a medal will be awarded.

Candidate winners must send an application by email with the name, member number, and the start and end years of the 10-year period. (janboonstra49@gmail.com)

Our parent organization ACP in Paris also issues awards, the Randonneur 5000(R-5000) and the Randonneur 10000(R-10000).
The SR-600 challenges are managed by Provence Randonneurs. Read about the SR-600 courses in Korea.
For ACP awards, a written request must be submitted to ACP before October 31st of the current year. Korea Randonneurs management (Mr. Youngsam Kim) will assist members who want to obtain such awards issued by ACP or PR.
For the conditions, please refer to the following webpages (in English):

• R-5000 rules
• R-10000 rules

This award is given to the member who does the reporting in permanents at start, controls and finish in a correct way and order according to the rules.

1. The award is given to the member who completed 10 permanents (or SR600) and reported correctly during one calendar year. (In 2021, finish 5 permanents in the remaining 6 months.)
2. The award is given once a year and the winners are listed in the honor roll on the website.
3. When reporting is done in a group chatroom, all group members' reports are recorded individually.
4. Jan will keep record of correct reporting and will inform the rider when the reporting was done 100% correctly.
5. DNQ counts only when passed the time limit. DNF does not count.

Summary of the conditions for correct reporting

1. Do not send any messages other than photos and essential information required for authentication.
2. Send all authentication photos immediately after taking.
3. At the start, send a photo or a digital copy of the waiver form. (It must be completely filled out including your signature, and clearly visible.) Please send a 'Photo' via KakaoTalk (select album or camera). Authentication cannot be confirmed if you send it as a file transfer.
4. Make sure to apply or change to the permanent number you are participating in before departure. (If you applied with PT-00, you must change the PT number).
5. Send only the following information via KakaoTalk message: member number, name, PT (or SR) number, CP number (only applicable if starting from a CP other than the starting point).
6. Make a start authentication photo as a selfie, and the face and the background of the start location must be accurately identifiable. The transmission time of the start photo will be recorded as the official start time.
7. Authentication must continue in the same chat room.
8. For CP authentication, please send only one photo showing the CP number, your face, and the CP background clearly identifiable. Do not send the region name or location name of the CP.
9. When you arrive at the finish point, send a photo clearly showing your face and the finish point background along with a message such as 'Arrived', 'finish', 'done', or 'end'.
10. After arrival, send a photo of the completed permanent sheet within 24 hours.
11. SR600 has a different authentication method than regular permanents. When authenticating the start point, CP, and finish point, please send a photo where "the bicycle with the frame badge and the background" can be clearly identified.