Guidelines, Rules and FAQs

Date of Activity

Type of Activity (Run / Walk / Ride etc.)

Moving Time

Map of Movement

Pace

Yes, Off course!

Indian Runners portal is fully Compatible with Strava, which means you can Run Walk, Ride or Swim using Strava app and Synchronise / Connect with your IR Passport account and enjoy hassle free easy automatic data import. Stay Focused on your Activities & Training and we take care of the rest.

Indian Runners is now powered by Garmin.

Steps to follow to connect your favourite Garmin Connect App with Indian Runners:

• Click on My Account.
  
• On the left side menu under the picture & your name Click on the Blue Color button named "Garmin Connect"
• It will navigate you to Garmin Connect login > Fill in the details of your Garmin account > Click on Authorize
• You will be redirected back to your IR Passport account and you will see the "Garmin Connect" button is replaced with "Disconnect My Garmin"
• Your Garmin is connected.
• Check on "My Activities" Page after few Minutes to see if all your Garmin Connect activities (Run / Walk / Ride) are imported there and reflecting correctly.
• Please feel free to connect with IR Member support team on WhatsApp +917400189911 for any difficulty.

Indian Runners is now

Steps to follow to connect your favourite Strava app with IR:

• Click on My Account.
  
• On the left side menu under the picture & your name Click on the Orange Color button named "Connect with Strava"
• It will navigate you to strava login > Fill in the details of your strava account > Click on Authorize
• You will be redirected back to your IR Passport account and you will see the "Connect with Strava" button is replaced with "My Strava ID: xxxxxxx"
• Your Strava is connected.
• Check on "My Activities" Page after few hours to see if all your strava activities (Run / Walk / Ride) are imported there and reflecting correctly.
• Please feel free to connect with IR Member support team on WhatsApp +917400189911 for any difficulty.

1. It takes upto 48 hours for activities to get linked to your IR account from Strava, if it does not reflect please connect to the IR helpine.

2. Make sure you connected the correct & same strava which you are using to record your activities.  

Click on "Disconnect my Strava" button on My Account page on your IR Passport account.

please note with this action all your imported / synchronised Activities will also be lost.

All your Synchronised data is also removed and no further data import is possible until you re-connect Strava and authorise Indian Runners to import your activities.

In such cases all your previous challenges qualification is also lost due to loss of activities data.

Steps to submit data for walkathon manually

• Login in your Account
• Click on My Account
• Click on Submit Activity button
• Select Datatype as Walk, fill in Date of Run, Time Taken & Distance
• Click on Browse, select the image of your activity and click on Save Walking Data

PS: Take the screenshot of your activity from your tracking application before submitting the data manually

• Join the Indian Runners facebook group
• Post your Video with the count

• Log in to your IR account

• Click on your Name located beside the Data submission button.

• Click on My Account from the drop-down list > A window opens.

• Click on Submit Activity from the menu placed at the extreme left of the window> A new window opens.

• Select Data Type as Fitness  

•  Fill in all the required details: Date, Time Taken, Count and Select the activity from available options (No. of count should be equivalent to the video)

• Click on Save Data.

  
  

If runner has split his/her activity in two or more parts or  attempted two or more sports on same day, S/he  can submit the activities one by one for that particular date  by choosing the respective datatype under "Submit Activity" section of  their IR account.

Website will automatically fetch them on respective leaderboard.

Yes, it is necessary to post activity in the Indian Runners group to qualify for the registered fitness challenge. 

Total Kms are displayed in the "All Challenges" section in your IR account. 

There Could be various reasons if an Activity is Red Flagged.

• Due to duplicate entry in your account 
  
• False entry in your account 
• Wrong Activity type submitted in your account.
• Any activity our data verification team believe is not true.

*Reason of activity flagging will not be provided to any participant.

In case of automatic import of activities from Strava to your Indian Runners account before the event starts. 

You must link correct Strava to your IR account before the challenge starts, to avoid any discrepancies of not import of activities.

Connect your Correct Strava account only ONCE with your lifetime free IR Passport Account for data to be imported automatically.

If in case you face any difficulty please WhatsApp us on +917400189911 and our member support team will help you.

In Running Challenge you set a number of days & daily Kms as your self-set target for the month

In the Distance Challenge, you set a monthly Kms as your target and no restriction to a number of days

When you register in Basic Category of the monthly challenge it shows Contact Admin. 

If you want to upgrade the category write us on support@indianrunners.in

You will be titled as an Indian Walkathon Super-Duper Challenger and you can claim for IW Super-Duper Challenger Trophy by paying a prescribed fee

Challenger Frames are optional and limited to only few for every challenge. you can send your Photo with full name along with IR Passport number and name of the challenge to request for the Challenger Frame for that particular challenge on our WhatsApp helpline +91-7400189911

These are 3 different categories to register for the challenge. 

Prime: Register for Medal + E-Certificate + Leaderboard + Free Fitness Challenges (e-certificate will be provided)

Advance:  Registered for E-certificate + Leaderboard + Free Fitness Challenges (e-certificate will be provided)

Basic:  Registered for Fitness only (name on the leaderboard)

1. If you are submitting activities manually, It takes maximum of 2 hours to reflect activities in your IR account.
2.  If activities are automatically imported from strava. it takes maximum of 48 hours to reflect activities in your IR account.

You have to submit the activity in your IR account once, either manually or via automatic strava import. Website will automatically add those activities from your IR account in all the challenges leaderboard, you are registered for.

• Splitting the activity is not allowed in any of the 1 day challenge.
• You can split self set target into multiple activities in all Monthly, Annual and longterm challenges

You need to email: support@indianrunners.in with all your details to request the change in the desired category.

One will be eligible to earn the Indian Cyclothon medal if S/he registered in Prime category & completes the self-set target within that particular month and submit the data in respective IR account. 

There could be one of the following reason

• Email ID in Challenge Registration doesn't match with IR Passport account.
• It takes 3-5 working days after registration to assign a challenge in account. 

Please refer to the timeline of that event to know all the scheduled dates.

Steps to follow:

• Login to your IR account.
• Click on Name located besides Data submission button.
• Click on My Account from the drop down list > A window opens.
• Click on "My Certificates" from the menu placed at the extreme left of the window  > A new window opens.
• Click on the Green button named as Download certificate  under the heading "Certificates".
• Your Certificate will be downloaded.

You have to be a registered participant under Prime category to be eligible for Challenger Medal.

Challenger medals will be sent to all the qualified Prime Finishers via courier service as per their registered address in respective IR Passport account.

Please ensure you fill your correct and complete postal address in IR Passport account and keep it updated.

Please refer to the timeline of that event to know all the scheduled dates.

If the runner request change of category within 7 days of challenge official start date. 

One cannot change the event, strictly not possible.

Reasons of not receiving the medal can be 

• If one has not filled the correct and complete address in respective IR account.
• Medals can be out for shipment.
• Courier service has returned the medal back to us, if undelivered due to any reason. 

You will be titled as an Indian Marathon Super Challenger and you can claim your IM Super Challenger Trophy/kit by paying a prescribed fees in your IR account.

It's a title awarded based on calendar year and all the trophies will be awarded to Qualified runners at the end of every year.

You will be titled as an Indian Marathon Super-Duper Challenger and you can claim for IM Super-Duper Challenger Trophy by paying a prescribed fee

You will be titled as an Indian Cyclothon Super Challenger and you can claim for IC Super Challenger Trophy/Kit by paying a prescribed fees in your IR account.

It's a title awarded based on calendar year and all the trophies will be awarded to Qualified riders at the end of every year.

You will be titled as an Indian Cyclothon Super-Duper Challenger and you can claim for IC Super-Duper Challenger Trophy by paying a prescribed fees

Expert - When an athlete registered for 21 days as a self-set target in a month  

Intermediate- When an athlete registered for 10 days as a self-set target in a month

Beginner- When an athlete registered for 5 days as a self-set target in a month 

One can be Super Challenger by qualifying 6 monthly walkathon challenge in a calendar year.

One can be Super Challenger by qualifying 6 monthly running challenge in a calendar year.

One can be Super Challenger by qualifying 6 monthly cycling challenge in a calendar year.