A club week, start to finish line.

Pacer covers the four moments a run lead actually has: planning on Thursday night, the yeses on Friday, the start line, and the count once everyone is home.

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Thu

8:40 PM

Saturday, planned in ten minutes

Pick a route from the club's library, set the meeting point and the start, choose which pace groups run. Post it once and it reaches every member.

New run

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Route
Harbor loop · 8.4 km
Meet
Harbor Steps, 6:50
Start
Sat, Nov 14 · 7:00
Groups

  • A

    4:50 /km

  • B

    5:30 /km

  • C

    6:15 /km

  • W

    Walk-run

Goes to 212 members

Post run

Fri

6:00 PM

Reminders go out, the yeses come in

Members hear the plan the evening before, with their own group and who is leading it. You hear the moment someone new says yes.

  • To members

    6:00 PM

    Tomorrow, 7:00 · Long run

    Harbor loop, 8.4 km. Meet at Harbor Steps by the blue bollards at 6:50.

  • To members

    6:00 PM

    You're in Group B

    5:30 /km, with Marta leading and Jun sweeping. 14 going so far.

  • To leads

    6:12 PM

    Kofi is in for Saturday

    First run with the club. Picked Group C, 6:15 /km.

Sat

6:50 AM

Everyone counted before the first stride

Leads tap members in at the start, group by group. The sweeper carries the same list, so whoever set off is whoever comes home.

Group B · 5:30 /km

4 of 5 here

  • Marta Silva

    Lead

    Here

  • Ade Bello

    23rd run

    Here

  • Kira Tanaka

    4-week streak

    Here

  • Dev Raman

    Said yes on Thursday

    Not yet

  • Jun Park

    Sweeper

    Here

Dev is 3 minutes out

Start the run

Sat

9:10 AM

The count, once everyone is home

Turnout, first-timers and streaks are tallied by the time the coffee arrives. Send the recap with one tap, or let it send itself at noon.

Saturday recap

Best turnout since June

ran
38
first-timers
4
on a streak
9

Turnout, last 12 Saturdays

Aug 29

Nov 14

Send the recap

Six jobs the group chat was never built for

Keep the chat for the banter. Move these somewhere a member can still find them on Saturday at 6:40.

  • Who's coming

    In the group chat

    A poll, 31 thumbs, and nobody sure which count is the current one.

    On Pacer

    A live count by pace group, with a waitlist when a group fills.

  • Where to meet

    In the group chat

    A dropped pin from last March, scrolled past twice.

    On Pacer

    The start pinned on the route and repeated in every reminder.

  • Which group

    In the group chat

    Someone asks what pace B runs, at the start line, every week.

    On Pacer

    Members pick a group when they say yes. Leads see the split by Friday.

  • A canceled run

    In the group chat

    A message at 5:40 AM that half the club reads from the parking lot.

    On Pacer

    One tap. Everyone who said yes gets a notification and an email, with the reason.

  • New members

    In the group chat

    Added to a 200-person chat and left to work it out.

    On Pacer

    One link with the next run, the pace groups and who to look for.

  • After the run

    In the group chat

    A head count from memory and forty photos.

    On Pacer

    Check-ins, first-timers and streaks, tallied before the coffee.

Questions about how it works

Anything we missed, write to us. A run lead answers, usually before Saturday.

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Can a club have more than one run a week?

As many as you like. Tuesday track, Thursday social and the Saturday long run each get their own card, route and groups, and members only hear about the ones they follow.

What if a member doesn't have a smartphone?

They can say yes from any browser, or a lead can add them by name at the start. The check-in sheet doesn't care how someone got on it.

Do leads and sweepers need their own accounts?

Yes, and they're free. A lead can post and cancel runs, a sweeper sees the check-in sheet for their own group, and the club owner decides who is which.

Does Pacer track runs like a watch does?

No. Pacer organizes the run and counts who came. Times and splits stay on whatever watch or app each runner already uses.

Can members see who else is going?

They see the count and the names in their own pace group. Leads see everyone. A member can hide their name from the list in one setting.

A running club stretching and chatting by a riverside path before a morning run

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.

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