Running Challenges

Adds challenge progress information to your parkrun athlete results page.
What is Running Challenges?
Running Challenges is a Chrome extension specially designed for parkrun athletes. It enhances their profile page by adding progress details for different running challenges. With this extension, users can earn badges for their parkrun results, varying from being a 'Tourist' to 'Alphabeteer' and even for volunteer services. Not only can they monitor their own achievements, but they can also keep a check on their friends' progress. Though not officially connected to parkrun, Running Challenges is an initiative by enthusiastic parkrunners looking to share the fun.

Extension stats

Users: 10,000+
Rating: 4.97 (62)
Version: 1.4.0.412 (Last updated: 2023-06-29)
Creation date: 2020-02-21
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
Size: 5.15M

Other platforms

Running Challenges (v1.4.0.412)
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Running Challenges (v1.4.0.412)
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Extension summary

Use your parkrun results to complete running challenges and get badges on your profile! Become a 'Tourist', 'Alphabeteer', shout full-house in 'Stopwatch-Bingo' and many more! But why should runners have all the fun? Collect the purple volunteer badges too by helping out each week at parkrun, and level up by doing a role 5 times or more to gain stars.

This extension augments your athlete results page to include your progress towards the available challenges - and adds an extra badge below your name at the top when you have completed each one. You can also have a look how your friends are doing by browsing their profiles too.

Visit https://running-challenges.co.uk for more information

You can set your home parkrun in the options (when you set your athlete number) to make the shortcut link go directly to your regional parkrun page (rather than it always linking to the .org.uk site), this will also give you extra map layers and stats!

This extension is not official or affiliated with parkrun in any way, it was created with love by keen parkrunners who just wanted to share the fun.

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Keeps 5K running fun
  • Adds fun challenges to parkrun
  • Great map feature
  • Provides lots of information
  • Incentivizes more participation in parkruns
Cons
  • Map feature has been broken recently
  • Error messages displayed for the map
Most mentioned
  • Brilliant extension
  • Love this extension
  • Great way to keep parkrunning enjoyable
  • Team seems committed to updates
Recent reviews
by Matthew Tapping, 2024-09-14

by Craig Poxon, 2023-12-11

A great way to keep 5K running fun. Recommended to any parkrunner.
by Brett Sewell, 2023-01-19
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Running Challenges requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Running Challenges has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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