Challenges

Read the challenge guidelines for how scoring, submissions, and eligibility work.

1. 1

   Pick your target

   Set your own metric and goal — there's no fixed list to choose from, and no minimum or maximum Saval enforces.

2. 2

   Set your timeline

   Most Custom challenges land around 1 to 3 weeks in practice, but that's just what people tend to pick — not a rule.

3. 3

   Solo or with others

   Go it alone, or open it up to a group — set a size cap if you want one, or leave it open.

4. 4

   Or skip straight to one that's ready

   Browse Saval's Wizard's Warehouse — challenges already built and curated by Saval — and join one instantly instead of building your own from scratch.

1. 1

   Create or join a team

   Name a team under any Team challenge — team names just need to be unique within that challenge.

2. 2

   Everyone logs toward one number

   Every member's activity adds to the team's combined total for that challenge's metric.

3. 3

   See where your team stands

   Compare your team's total against every other team in the challenge — honor system, no formal penalties for falling behind.

1. 1

   Pick a real-world feat

   Curated by Saval and matched to an actual place or achievement — distance, duration, or elevation, depending on the feat.

2. 2

   Rack up the target wherever you are

   Hiking, running, cycling — whatever counts for that challenge's metric, logged from your own neighborhood.

3. 3

   Earn your Honors

   Finish it and it's added to your Honors — Saval's real badge and achievement record, viewable right from your profile.

4. 4

   Try again if you want

   Re-attempt up to a capped number of tries, with one active attempt running at a time.

1. 1

   Pick your race

   Swim (8 wks), Half Marathon (12 wks), Marathon (16 wks), Metric Century (12 wks), Century (14 wks), or Double Century (16 wks) — beginner or advanced where offered.

2. 2

   Follow the week-by-week schedule

   Each week lays out rest, easy, cross-train, strength, and long-run or long-ride days, with one key session flagged as critical.

3. 3

   It tracks itself

   Synced activities from Garmin, Strava, Apple Health, and more automatically check off your scheduled sessions — no manual logging.

4. 4

   Stay consistent

   Hit your week and you'll see a "Week Complete" moment; miss two weeks in a row and the plan pauses until you restart it.

Here's exactly how the pledge works: a single challenge is a $90 commitment, split across five real checkpoints through the year — three quarterly targets, a Double-Wammy bonus for clearing just one of them, and the annual target itself. Hit a checkpoint and its share gets credited back toward your $90; miss it and that share becomes your donation instead. Play through three real scenarios below to see exactly how it adds up.