Clubs that got Saturday back.
Three of the 412 clubs on Pacer, and what their own check-ins say a season later.
See how it works
Harbor Harriers
Portland, ME
From 19 on a good Saturday to 46
Adaeze Okafor ran the Harbor Harriers out of a group chat for four years. The first Saturday the route, the groups and the count sat in one place, 31 people came. By spring it was 46.
46
runners on an average Saturday, up from 19
87%
of yeses turn up at the steps
10 min
to plan Saturday, on Thursday night
Read the story
Canal Street Milers
Indianapolis, IN
Nobody gets left at the canal turn
Last winter a first-timer missed the turn at the Vermont Street bridge and ran three kilometers the wrong way in the dark. Tomás Rivera rebuilt how the Milers sweep, and nobody has finished alone since.
0
runners finishing alone since March
Dawn Patrol RC
Tucson, AZ
A 5:15 start, planned in ten minutes
In a Tucson summer the run is over before most clubs wake up. Jordan Blake plans Saturday on Thursday night, and the 4:45 reminder does the rest.
10 min
to plan Saturday, down from a whole evening
And 409 more, from 9 members to 380
- Harbor Harriers
- Northgate Run Co.
- Dawn Patrol RC
- Hillfoot Striders
- Canal Street Milers
- Eastbank Joggers
The same Saturdays, counted
Figures across every club on Pacer, from the last 30 days of Saturday mornings.
- group runs posted in the last 30 days
- 2,318
- of RSVPs turn up, against 61% from a group-chat poll
- 87%
- median distance of a club's Saturday run
- 6.4 km
- clubs, from 9 members to 380
- 412
Put this Saturday on Pacer
Set up the club, post this week's run and send the link to the group chat one last time.