Streak Shield: How TrailQuest Protects Your Streak Without Cheating For You
Losing a streak is the single biggest reason people quit fitness apps. We built Streak Shield using the behavioral science behind habit fragility — placing shields at days 3, 7 and 21, exactly where Lally et al. say you need protection most. But it only works because you earn it first.
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7,000 Steps. Not 10,000. The Number Behind the Science.
The 10,000 step goal came from a 1965 Japanese marketing campaign — not a clinical trial. The actual research puts the biggest mortality benefit between 7,000 and 7,500 steps.
Read →The Walk That Saved 200,000 Lives
On 7 April 1944, Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler crawled out of Auschwitz-Birkenau and walked 131 km through the Beskydy to Žilina. Their 32-page report was the first precise eyewitness account of the Holocaust to reach the outside world.
Read →Why I Walked 90 km Past Santiago — and What I Found at the Edge of the World
Most pilgrims stop in Santiago. Here’s why I kept walking to Finisterre — and what the lighthouse at the end of the world taught me about finishing.
Read →The Camino de Santiago changes you. Here’s what the research actually says.
More than 70% of pilgrims report lasting changes in self-confidence, relationships and mindset. The peer-reviewed data is more surprising than you’d expect.
Read →Walking is the sixth vital sign. Here’s what that means for you.
National Geographic reports that your walking speed is one of the most reliable predictors of how long you’ll live. Here’s what the science says — and what to do about it today.
Read →Why I built TrailQuest — and why it starts with the Camino
A solo developer, a walking habit, and 780 km of virtual trail. The founder story behind TrailQuest — and how you can join the journey right now.
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