u/maxthepacer

September was a straight race to 250k. October is a chase.

How it works

A zombie horde starts walking on Oct 11. It moves 8,000 steps a day, every day, no rest days. By Oct 31 it’s at 160,000.

Your job is to stay ahead of it. Your total steps since Oct 11 vs the horde’s total. That’s the whole game.

Day 5, horde is at 40,000. You’re at 52,000? You’re running. You’re at 38,000? You’re bitten.

Bitten isn’t out

If the horde catches you, your flair changes to 🧟 Bitten. Get back ahead of it within 3 days and you’re cured, flair goes back. You can get bitten and cured more than once. Nobody is eliminated, you just have to outrun it again.

Final week

From Oct 25 the horde speeds up to 10,000 a day. It’s Halloween week, things get worse. Plan for it.

What you get

🏃 Running: ahead of the horde at your last check-in
🧟 Bitten: behind it
🎃 Survivor: still ahead when it ends on Oct 31
🏆 250k Club: hit 250,000 in the 20 days. Same flair as September, same club. That’s 12.5k a day so it’s for the people who did 250k in 10 days last month, you know who you are

How to join

Comment below and you’re in. To update your number, post a screenshot of your step count. Any app or watch is fine, the board goes off whatever your phone says. Screenshots only this month, a typed number without one doesn’t go on the board. I’ll update the board every other day and the horde moves whether you post or not.

You can join late. The horde started on the 11th either way, so joining on the 15th means you’re starting 32,000 behind it. Doable, people did bigger days than that in September.

Board

Instead of “steps vs pace” the board shows how far ahead of the horde you are. Positive number, you’re running. Negative, you’re bitten.

Example of what it’ll look like on day 5:

Name	Steps	vs Horde (40,000)	Status
someone	61,200	+21,200	🏃 Running
someone else	38,500	-1,500	🧟 Bitten (day 5)

First board goes up Monday. Horde starts walking tomorrow.

Comment below and you’re in!!

For me, I be having the most absurd thoughts...

Welcome to r/StepChallenges! This is the competitive side of walking. Three ways to use this place:

Want to join a challenge? Browse the "Open Challenge 📣" flair — anything posted there is recruiting. Drop a comment and you're in.

Starting one? Post it with three things: the dates, the goal, and how people join. That's it. Friends, coworkers, total strangers — all fair game.

Already in one? "Progress" and "Trash Talk 😤" flairs are yours. We absolutely want the leaderboard drama. Getting passed at 9pm by someone doing laps in their kitchen is a valid grievance, and this is the place to file it.

Every tracker counts here — Fitbit, Garmin, Apple Watch, Pacer, Samsung, a $15 clip-on pedometer, all welcome. No app wars.

A few ground rules: no cash-entry "stake your money" apps, no fake-step tutorials, and app developers should message the mods before posting. Full rules in the sidebar.

For daily check-ins and non-competitive walking, our sister sub r/10kStepsDaily has you covered.

Now go start something. First challenge of the month is coming this week 👀

I do not feel the same level of tiredness after 10k on treadmill compared to 10k outside. Also, not that fun as well. Thoughts?