Methods for sharing athletic activities

A method for storing athletic activity on a computing device, the computing device including a storage unit and a network interface in data communication with a computer network, the method including:

• storing on a challenge record server one or more server challenge datasets, wherein each server challenge dataset includes an owner record associated with an owner, the owner record including:
• an owner record first position entry including location data associated with an owner first geographic location;
• an owner record second location entry including location data associated with an owner second geographic location spaced from the owner first geographic location;
• an owner path entry including location data associated with an owner path, the owner path defined by the collection of the owner first geographic location, the owner second geographic location, and one or more geographic locations the owner traveled between the owner first geographic location and the owner second geographic location;
• and
• an owner record completion time entry including completion time data corresponding to the time it took the owner to travel from the owner first geographic location to the owner second geographic location along the owner path;
• receiving challenger data through the network interface, challenger data corresponding to a challenge completed by a challenger;
• comparing the owner record to the challenger data to determine if the challenger was victorious, the challenger being victorious if:
• the challenger data includes challenger first location data consistent with the owner first position entry;
• the challenger data includes challenger second location data consistent with the owner second location entry;
• the challenger data includes interim location data corresponding to one or more challenger interim geographic locations between the challenger first geographic location and the challenger second geographic location, the challenger first location data, the challenger second location data, and the one or more challenger interim geographic locations collectively defining a challenger path;
• the challenger data includes challenger completion time data corresponding to a smaller duration of time than the owner record completion time, the challenger completion time data corresponding to the time it took the challenger to travel along the challenger path, where the challenger path is substantially consistent with the owner path;
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• overwriting the owner record if the challenger is victorious.

A method for receiving athletic activity data on a computing device, the computing device including a display unit, system memory, input devices, and a network interface, the method including:

• receiving from the input devices a selected geographic region;
• communicating the selected geographic region to a challenge record server via the network interface;
• and
• receiving from the challenge record server an owner record, the owner record associated with an owner of a challenge within the selected geographic region and including:
• an owner record first position entry including location data associated with an owner first geographic location;
• an owner record second location entry including location data associated with an owner second geographic location spaced from the owner first geographic location;
• an owner path entry including location data associated with an owner path, the owner path defined by the collection of the owner first geographic location, the owner second geographic location, and one or more geographic locations the owner traveled between the owner first geographic location and the owner second geographic location;
• and
• an owner record completion time entry including completion time data corresponding to the time it took the owner to travel from the owner first geographic location to the owner second geographic location along the owner path;
• receiving challenger data through the network interface, challenger data corresponding to the challenge completed by a challenger;
• and
• comparing the owner record to the challenger data to determine if the challenger was victorious, the challenger being victorious if:
• the challenger data includes challenger first location data consistent with the owner first position entry;
• the challenger data includes challenger second location data consistent with the owner second location entry;
• the challenger data includes interim location data corresponding to one or more challenger interim geographic locations between the challenger first geographic location and the challenger second geographic location, the challenger first location data, the challenger second location data, and the one or more challenger interim geographic locations collectively defining a challenger path;
• and
• the challenger data includes challenger completion time data corresponding to a smaller duration of time than the owner record completion time, the challenger completion time data corresponding to the time it took the challenger to travel along the challenger path, where the challenger path is substantially consistent with the owner path.