How does a running challenge work?
A running challenge asks for a distance, a number of times a week, for a number of weeks. That is the difference from a step challenge: steps are scored per day, runs are scored per week. Miss a run on Tuesday and you can still make the week by running on Saturday.
Why the week matters
A step challenge has one goal that repeats every day, so every day is pass or fail on its own.
A running challenge has a weekly window instead. Inside that week it does not matter which days you run, only how many of them you cover the distance on. That is what makes a running challenge survive a busy Wednesday in a way a step challenge does not.
What you set
- Distance
- 3 to 15 km, in whole kilometres, counted over the day. The default is 5.
- Runs per week
- 1 to 7. The default is 3.
- How long
- 1 to 8 weeks. The default is 4.
- Cheats
- Counted in runs, not days: from none up to one fewer than the total number of runs in the challenge. The default is 1.
- Entry fee
- €2 to €10, the same as a step challenge.
Two runs in a day count together
The distance is measured per day, not per outing. With a 5 km goal, 2.5 km in the morning and 3 km in the afternoon make 5.5 km, and that day counts.
So what you need in a week is a number of days on which you cover the distance, however you get there.