100% free. No catch.
Pick a side. Any side.
Your city, your town, your workplace, your uni. Pick your side. Move your way. Earn points for your side through Healthy Rivalry, then finish the challenge together at parkrun.
Free app. Free 10-week plan. Walkers welcome.
Example derbyThis month
The capital
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V
The Jacks
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900+
people signed up
4
ways to pick a side: city, town, work, campus
10
week plan, from walking to 5K
£0
to download and take part
Mary walked 5 miles. Every day. For 10 weeks.
Mary Spinks finished our Pre Season league as the top points scorer across all 12 clubs, earning maximum points every single day while representing Weston-super-Mare AFC.
70
consecutive days
No.1
of every fan in 12 clubs
MAX
points, every day
Clubs provide the inspiration. Fans are the heroes. Fans To 5K provides the infrastructure that connects the two.
Do it for your side. Feel it yourself.
Fans To 5K gives you a side to move for, whether that’s your city, your office or your campus, with a plan anyone can start.
Something to belong to
Join neighbours, colleagues or classmates on the same journey. You’re part of the team from the day you download.
A plan anyone can start
A free 10-week plan that starts with walking. No kit list, no fitness test, no judgement. Go at your pace.
EVERY MILE MATTERS
Every mile adds points to your side. Turn up for yourself and you’re turning up for your community too.
Signed up in 2 minutes
Download the free app, tell us who you’re representing and your plan starts straight away.
1
Pick your side
Your city, town, workplace or campus. If you’d defend it in an argument, you can move for it.
2
Select free plan
You’ll get a start date & all sessions will appear in your calendar.
3
Connect to Strava
Connect with your free Strava account to track your sessions.
4
Record your activity
Follow the plan, log in Strava, the app updates automatically.
5
Points added
Your points are added to the league & the competition begins!
Simple, fair, inclusive by design. 1 mile = 1 point. parkrun = 5 points. A daily cap means everyone, regardless of ability, can contribute equally.
The league where everyone plays
Places, workplaces and campuses earn points from verified activity, and the average per person means a small team can beat a big one.
Welsh Cities League
Example standings for the mockup
| # | City | People | Points | Avg/person |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swansea | 84 | 6,390 | 76.07 |
| 2 | Cardiff | 88 | 6,240 | 70.91 |
| 3 | Newport | 52 | 3,710 | 71.35 |
| 4 | Wrexham | 47 | 3,120 | 66.38 |
| 5 | Bridgend | 31 | 2,480 | 80.00 |
| 6 | Barry | 26 | 1,790 | 68.85 |
| 7 | Bangor | 19 | 1,320 | 69.47 |
Every fan counts. Every mile matters.
Real fans, real change. These are the people the league is really about.
193 consecutive days
“I went from averaging 900 steps a day to over 10,500. Over 3 stone lost. 193 consecutive days of movement… and I’ve now completed my first ever parkrun.”
Andy Stone
Representing Bath City FC
THAT NEXT POINT KEPT ME MOVING
Seeing how far I had to go to earn the next point gave me another reason to keep going. Representing my side made every mile mean that little bit more.
Brian Hoskins
Representing Swansea City
Back the healthiest rivalry in the country
Fans To 5K is a CIC that helps people who wouldn’t call themselves ‘active’ get moving, by giving them something to belong to.
Put your name on the scoreboard
Sponsor a league, a derby or a season and your brand sits alongside something people genuinely care about. Every sign-up is someone choosing to get healthier with their community, and every point they score carries your name.
What Sponsors Get
- Naming rights for a league or derby
- In-app placement on the dashboard and signing screen
- Impact reporting: sign-ups, sessions completed, minutes moved
- Staff teams entered into the league
- Content moments like award presentations at stadiums
Enter your team in the league
Put your staff or students into the league as their own side. It’s a free wellbeing programme with a competitive edge, and a reason for people across departments to talk to each other.
What Organisations Get
- A free wellbeing programme people actually stick with
- Your own team, or head-to-head against a rival organisation
- Participation data for wellbeing reporting
- A shared goal across teams and sites
Why it works: the same league mechanics that got 12 clubs’ fans moving in Pre Season, pointed at a rivalry your people already have.
A route for social prescribing
GPs, link workers and community groups can point people towards Fans To 5K as a free, low-pressure way to start moving, with a built-in community so nobody starts alone.
Who It's For
- People who’d never join a running club
- Anyone who needs a reason beyond getting fit
- Groups who want a shared goal to rally round
- Link workers looking for free, ongoing options
“Belonging gives us purpose. Competition gives us motivation. Put the two together and our movement means more. That’s Healthy Rivalry.”
Grant Rees, founder of Fans To 5K
Whose side are you on?
Join 900+ fans already moving for their clubs. Download the free app, pick your side and start your 10 weeks.
Free to download. Free 10-week plan.
Free app. Free 10-week plan.
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