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Communities

A Community is your city or region's running scene in one place — the local clubs, the upcoming races, a discussion feed, and the runners who follow it. Communities sit one level above Clubs.

Finding communities

Open Communities from the sidebar. You'll see the communities you belong to up top and a Discover grid below. Tap one to open its page.

What's on a community page

  • Clubs — running clubs in the area. Clubs auto-appear based on their location; admins can also feature ones that belong.
  • Local Events — upcoming races in and around the area.
  • Discussion — posts from members. Any member can post, like, and comment — and like or reply to individual comments too (some communities have admins approve posts first).
  • Members — everyone who follows the community.

Joining a community

Tap Join community on its page — it's instant. You can Leave anytime.

Joining a local club adds you automatically. When you join a running club that's part of a community, you're added to that community too — so your feeds stay connected. If you ever leave a community on purpose, joining another club there won't silently re-add you; you'd rejoin from the community page yourself.

How clubs & races show up

Each community has a center point and a radius. Any club or race within that radius appears automatically — no one has to add it. A club shows up once it has a city and state set (clubs can add that on their edit page; it's optional). Community admins can also feature a club or race that's farther out, or hide one that doesn't belong.

Starting a community

Communities are run by Run This, so you request one rather than create it directly. Tap Request a community from the Communities page and tell us the city or area. Once it's approved we set it up and add you as an admin.

Admins

Community admins edit the community's details, set its center and radius, moderate posts (including the optional approval queue), manage members, and feature or hide clubs and events. Run This staff can seed official metros and approve new community requests.