Free Online Fitness Challenge Management System

Why Use ChallengeRunner

Thousands of happy customers are using ChallengeRunner around the world

Create a challenge from any criteria.

The ChallengeRunner system is extremely flexible allowing you to easily create a weight-loss competition, walking challenge, or any other type of fitness challenge you can imagine.

Designed around ease-of-use.

With a few clicks, the system administrator can have an employee fitness challenge up and running. A few more clicks will have your participants invited.

Simple data entry options.

ChallengeRunner allows participants to quickly and easily enter challenge data from our web page, smartphone apps, fitness activity trackers or via text message.

What can be done about incorrectly entered data?

In a challenge, data entry mistakes ruin the results. Statistical analysis tools immediately reveal data problems.

Teams improve participation and motivation.

Easily create and organize teams of any size which can compete with other teams or individuals.

Track challenge progress with a real-time leaderboard.

Administrators and participants view challenge progress through a simple competition report on the home page.

Learn how it works

ChallengeRunner is an easy-to use, intuitive program that provided us with the flexibility to run a walk/bike challenge in-house. The technical support is incredibly responsive and professional. Thank you for a great program!

Mary-Catherine Graziano LocalMotion.org

We are so excited to have found Challenge Runner! It has made tracking a breeze for our company. The support has been amazing — any time I have had questions or problems, I have received help very quickly. We have done 2 challenges during the past year and I won’t use any other program. Thank you!

Tanya May Youth Care

Not only is ChallengeRunner easy to use and very flexible, but the support is above and beyond. Most other systems maybe have email support or just support docs you have to search through on your own. Being able to talk to someone about my specific needs and how to get started has been the main reason I continue to use ChallengRunner for my clients.

Kevin Auwarter MyChoiceFit.com

Frequently Asked Questions

What type of challenges do you support?

ChallengeRunner supports any type of challenge you can imagine. From the standard weight loss and walking challenges to activity-based and nutrition challenges. You can even have multiple activities in the same challenge with weighted points so that your participants who could lose a few pounds can effectively compete with marathoners. We recently incorporated image-based activities so you could give points for submitted meals, before and after pics, or anything else you can dream up!

How do participants submit data?

With ChallengeRunner, participants can enter data through a standard browser, custom smartphone apps, fitness tracking devices including Apple Health, Fitbit, Garmin, Google Fit, Misfit, Nokia (formerly Withings), Omron, Polar and Samsung Health or via texting data from any mobile phone. We believe that data entry should be as easy as possibly to enhance the user experience as well as reduce support calls to administrators.

How does the leaderboard work?

The leaderboard is updated in real-time so participants always know the correct standings. A miniature daily leaderboard with the top-five participants provides "bragging rights" to the current leaders.

Can this service really be used for free?

Yes. While there are some features that are not available in the free "Community Edition" and your participants will see ads on their home page, most of the system functionality is available to everyone.

What are the terms and fees for the pay version?

The fee-based, "Commercial Edition" of ChallengeRunner has no setup fees and you only pay for the weeks when you have an active challenge. Therefore, if you have run a challenge for 9 weeks, you only pay for the 9 weeks based on the number of participants. Afterward, your participants and administrators can still access their challenge data and statistics whenever they like without being billed. If the administrator starts up a new challenge at some future date, they will again just be billed for the challenge duration and number of participants.

Does ChallengeRunner support team-based challenges?

Yes, ChallengeRunner has many features to simplify running team-based challenges. The administrator has the ability to create teams and assign participants to those teams or let the participants select their own teams. Optionally, the administrator may allow team leaders to create their own teams and recruit participants for them. On the leaderboard, data can be averaged to allow teams of various sizes to effectively compete with one another or with individuals. Alternately, the leaderboard may show the non-averaged, cumulative points for each team.

Can ChallengeRunner be used outside of the US?

The ChallengeRunner system has been fully internationalized to allow for different date and numbering systems. It can also handle alternate phone systems for administrators who want to allow participants to enter data via texting.

Does ChallengeRunner allow branding?

The fee-based, "Commercial Edition" allows administrators to use their own logo as well as make color and font size changes. Clients who would like to integrate ChallengeRunner into their own webpages may also do so but it does require a small amount of work to set up. Please contact us for more details.

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