Running Down a Dream

Running Down a Dream is a recurring challenge from Survivor. It debuted in and has since re-appeared in , , and .
==Rules==
Castaways must toss two balls into an overhead track and navigate through tripwires to catch the ball before it hits the ground. Once both balls have been caught, they must dig their way under a log with their two balls before accomplishing a final task.
==History==
=== United States ===
When the challenge debuted in as a Reward Challenge, the final portion was taken from the Matt Finish challenge, in which the castaways had to land their two balls on a narrow perch. In a race to land their final ball on the perch, Gavin Whitson was ultimately able to edge out Aurora McCreary and Victoria Baamonde to win reward.
In , the challenge was used as an Immunity Challenge, where the final portion was a slide puzzle depicting the season's logo. In a race between most of the tribe, Nick Wilson managed to solve the puzzle first, winning immunity and two Fire Tokens.
The challenge was used as a Reward Challenge in , with the Edge of Extinction set up being adapted for tribal use. Each tribe member had to toss a ball one at a time into the overhead track. After all four members caught their ball, they must dig under a log, then land each ball on a narrow perch. Luvu suffered a blowout defeat after Heather Aldret struggled with catching her ball, allowing Ua, then Yase, to cruise to victory.
The challenge reappeared in as a tribal Reward Challenge, with the end portion being changed to having to land a coconut in a basket before landing three rings on a target. Though the tribes were mostly even during the track portion, Kaleb Gebrewold managed to land the three rings first for Lulu to give them their first challenge win of the season, a large basket of fruit, and the right to raid another tribe's camp. Austin Li Coon landed all three rings for Reba shortly after, giving them second place.
=== Australia ===
In , this challenge was used as the first part of the fifth tribal Immunity Challenge. The tribes had to open a hatch to release nine balls down a ramp; all tribe members will then race across a series of obstacles, attempting to collect one ball each before the balls touch the ground. Any tribe members that do not catch a ball in time must try again. Once everyone has a ball, they will roll their ball up a ramp and into a chute. After everyone has landed a ball in the chute, the tribe would bring their balls and race through a mud pit to a final station. Each member must land a ball on an overhead triangular frame. The first tribe to land all nine balls wins. Though Brains had an early lead, George Mladenov struggled haplessly at the ramp, opening the door for Brawn to win in a blow-out and break their streak of immunity losses.
=== South Africa ===
The challenge was used as the final six Immunity Challenge of . At the end of the challenge, the castaways had to solve the pyramid puzzle from A Bit Dinghy. As Killarney Jones and Marian de Vos found themselves stumped by the ball catch, the men of the Salan tribe struggled with the puzzle. Ultimately, Phil Dickson beat out puzzle expert Dino Paulo and won his third individual Immunity Challenge.
==Winners==
<tabber>United States=
Episode	Challenge Type 	Winners
 	Individual Reward 	
 	Individual Immunity	
 	Tribal Reward 	
 	Tribal Reward 	
 	Tribal Reward 	
 	Tribal Reward 	
|-|Australia=
Episode 	Challenge Type 	Winners
Episode 23	Individual Immunity	
Episode 5 	Tribal Immunity 	
|-|South Africa=
Episode	Challenge Type 	Winner
 	Individual Immunity	
</tabber>
==Gallery==
<tabber>United States=
S38E12 RC GavinAurora.jpg|Vata competes in .
S38E12 RC Victoria.jpg|Victoria competes in Edge of Extinction.
4013 IC1.jpg|Koru competes in .
4013 Tony IC.png|Tony competes in Winners at War.
heather running down a dream.jpg|Heather struggles in .
yase running down a dream.jpg|Yase competes in Survivor 41.
|-|Australia=
AuAsEp23.jpg|The challenge in .
aus08e05 chelsea running down a dream.jpg|Chelsea competing in .
aus08e05 george joey running down a dream.jpg|George and Joey competing in Brains v Brawn.
|-|South Africa=
ZAS9 Salan Running Down a Dream.jpg|Salan competing in .
</tabber>
==Trivia==
*The name of this challenge is a reference to the song "" by .
==References==
Category:Challenges
Category:Recurring Challenges
Category:Survivor (U.S.)
Category:Survivor: Edge of Extinction
Category:Edge of Extinction Challenges
Category:Survivor: Winners at War
Category:Winners at War Challenges
Category:Survivor 41
Category:Survivor 41 Challenges
Category:Survivor 45 Challenges