Points and leaderboards

Points for turning up.

Sparkies scores consistency, not speed. The fastest runner in the club does not automatically win anything, and that is deliberate.

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What earns points.

Any run over 20 minutes

Distance does not matter. Pace does not matter. If you moved for 20 minutes or more and logged it, it scores.

Easy Zone 2 running

Bonus points for running easy, because the boring aerobic miles are the ones that actually build you, and nobody does enough of them.

Keeping a streak alive

Show up week after week and the streak pays. Miss one and nothing is confiscated, you just start it again.

Walks, and yes, the dog

Recovery walks and everyday movement count. Doing a little still beats doing nothing, and your Tribe still benefits.

Backing your Tribe

Commenting, reacting and showing up for other people scores too. This is a club, not a spreadsheet.

Entering a race

Virtual races carry their own points, and race weekends are usually when the monthly board changes shape.

Exact values shift a little between monthly rounds so no single tactic runs away with it. The current numbers always live in the app.

Where the points land

Three boards, one run.

Your Tribe. Every point you earn lifts your team of three up the monthly board. The top Tribe wins the prize.

Your country. Eligible activity feeds the world board, so your Tuesday jog helps your flag climb.

You. Individual leaderboards, personal bests and the occasional random draw, because sometimes performance does matter.

How tribes work
Country leaderboard this week
1🇦🇺Australia640 km
2🇺🇸United States410 km
3🇨🇦Canada300 km
4🇬🇧United Kingdom250 km
The prizes

The fastest runner shouldn't win everything. So they don't.

Win with your Tribe, win individually, or get lucky in a random draw. Shoes, headphones, running gear and plenty more. Sometimes performance matters. Sometimes showing up is enough.

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ASICS Megablast running shoe
This month's prize3x pairs of ASICS Megablast. One pair for each runner in the winning Tribe.

Real runners

999 runners. 18,418 km. Here's what they say.

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"Love the community feel and support."

Doreen
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"It's the complete profile you need to track your runs, be part of a community, and follow a plan to be your best."

Bernie T.
★★★★★

"OMG, this cycle tracking is legit. Mind blown."

Hannah, Australia

Rated 4.8★ by 37 Sparkies who actually use it.

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