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FRONTRUNNER

Running challenges where
effort beats mileage.

FrontRunner turns your runs into fair monthly challenges, live leaderboards and weekly ranked leagues - scored on effort, not just distance. So anyone can win, not just the runner with the most miles.

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How it works

1

Bring your runs

Import your history from Garmin, Strava or a GPX/TCX/CSV file - or just log a run by hand. No new tracker to learn.

2

Join the challenge

You're instantly on the monthly leaderboard and matched into a weekly league of similar runners. No friends needed to start.

3

Compete

Climb the ladder, duel your rivals and earn a place in the Hall of Fame. Effort beats mileage, every time.

Effort beats mileage

Most leaderboards reward whoever has the most free time. FrontRunner scores on Strides - your distance weighted by your pace versus your own baseline. Run harder than usual and each kilometre is worth more (up to 1.5x); ease off and it's worth less. Everyone competes on fair terms, so a gutsy 5K can out-score someone's easy 10K.

Effort-equalised scoring

Strides weight your distance by your pace versus your own baseline - so improvement beats raw mileage and everyone has a shot at the top.

Live leaderboards

Log or import a run and the board reshuffles instantly. Challenges on distance, runs, elevation, streaks, team goals and more.

Weekly ranked leagues

Get matched into a weekly pack of similar runners and climb an eight-tier ladder - promote with the top fifth each week.

Head-to-head duels

Call out a rival over a distance, a time-trial or a streak, and settle once and for all who's faster.

Groups & private leagues

Start a group, share an invite link, and run your own challenges and a private weekly ladder with friends or colleagues.

Kudos, reactions & a feed

Cheer each other on with kudos, emoji reactions and comments on a shared feed of everyone's runs.

Go further with Pro

An AI coach that reads your recent training, heart-rate insights, all-time analytics, a race-time predictor, an activity heatmap, personal bests, custom challenge formats and private leagues. The core game is free forever.

See what's in Pro

Ready to line up?

Import your runs, join a challenge, and you'll be on a leaderboard in under a minute.

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