Participant Guide

Everything you need to run it right.

A step-by-step guide to registering, tracking, submitting and getting verified — plus exactly what a valid activity looks like.

Step 1

Register & choose your kit

Sign up, pick your milestone goal and build your race pack. Your pack ships in waves from mid-October 2026, in order of registration.

Step 2

Track any activity

Walk or run anywhere, on any route, with any app or GPS watch. It's cumulative — every kilometre in the challenge window counts toward your total.

Step 3

Submit in your Heyrace account

Log in to your Heyrace account and submit whichever way you prefer: upload a screenshot of your activity, or a direct sync with Strava.

Step 4

The Heymetriq™ Engine verifies

Every submission is checked by the Heymetriq™ Engine, which validates each activity against the challenge's parameters and screens for duplicates or edits.

Step 5

Watch your milestones unlock

Your cumulative distance climbs toward each finish line. Reach 36 km, 150 km or 360 km to unlock its finisher title and badge.

Step 6

Earn your rewards

Every milestone reached within the 45-day window earns its badge and finisher entitlements, plus your race kit delivered to your door.

What makes a valid submission

Every submission is screened by the Heymetriq™ Engine to confirm it's genuine. Keep these in mind so yours is approved first time — or just sync with Strava.

Gets approved

A clear, full screenshot of the activity summary

Distance and duration visible (date optional)

Activity falls within the challenge window

Original, uncropped and unedited image

One screenshot per activity

Gets flagged

Blurry, cropped or partial screenshots

Missing distance or duration

An impossibly fast or slow pace

Edited, retouched or altered numbers

Duplicate uploads of the same activity

Activities dated outside the window

Works with your favourite app

Any app that shows distance and duration works. A few popular ones:

Strava Healthy 365 Apple Fitness Garmin Connect Nike Run Club Samsung Health Fitbit Coros Polar Flow Suunto Google Fit Mi Fitness Huawei Health Zepp (Amazfit) adidas Running MapMyRun Runkeeper Decathlon Coach

Play fair, keep it fun

This is a community challenge for a good cause. Genuine effort only — the Heymetriq™ Engine keeps the leaderboard honest for everyone.