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Parkrun challenges

Each challenge the tracker can score has its own page. Open one for the rule, the events that count, and a box to check your parkrun ID. There are 33 challenges.

Tourism 6 challenges

Counted by how many different parkruns you have visited.

Loyalty 2 challenges

Counted by repeat visits to the same parkrun.

Frequency 4 challenges

Counted inside a single calendar year.

Event names 7 challenges

Built from the letters and words in parkrun names.

Finish times 3 challenges

Built from the official time on your result.

Dates 3 challenges

Tied to a particular day or month.

Geography 1 challenges

Counted by where the parkrun takes place.

Special events 1 challenges

A challenge that asks you to run one particular parkrun.

Volunteering 6 challenges

Official parkrun volunteer credit milestones.

FAQs

A parkrun challenge is an unofficial (or sometimes official) goal built from your parkrun history, such as running at 20 different locations (Tourist) or completing an alphabet of event starting letters (Alphabeteer).

Open a challenge page and enter your parkrun ID. Park5K will open the challenge tracker focused on that challenge.

Most are community challenges. Volunteer milestones are official parkrun milestones. Park5K is not affiliated with parkrun.

Unless a challenge explicitly says otherwise, Park5K focuses on standard 5k parkruns. Tools that exclude juniors say so on the page.

Park5K is not affiliated with parkrun. These pages describe the challenges the tracker scores. Your own progress stays on the challenge tracker.