RunClubDirect

Run Club Direct is a directory of running groups, weekly club runs, public events, and community-built routes across major U.S. cities. We help runners find the right crew by city, pace, terrain, and vibe, and give club owners a place to be discovered.

Type your city or ZIP into the location bar at the top of the page, then browse the clubs list, explore the interactive map, or visit Running Groups Near Me. The location you pick is remembered for 30 days, so the homepage, events feed, and route list all adapt to where you are.

For runners, everything is free: searching, browsing clubs, viewing routes, saving favorites, and showing up to runs. Clubs are listed for free; only optional paid event promotions ($29 standard or $79 featured) and sponsored placements have a cost.

Head to our club submit page and start typing your club's name. We'll suggest possible matches so you don't create a duplicate. If your club isn't already listed, fill in the Instagram handle, name, city, and a few category tags, and it goes live immediately.

Open your club's page and click Claim this club to get a six-character verification code (e.g., RCD-XYZ123). Paste that code anywhere in your Instagram bio, click Verify now, and we'll scrape the bio to auto-approve your claim, with no DMs or waiting around.

Events are standalone happenings (races, charity 5Ks, organized fun runs) that anyone can sign up for via a registration link. Club runs are the recurring weekly meetups a club hosts (Tuesday taproom, Saturday long run, etc.), and they appear on the club's page as well as the shared events calendar.

Sign in and open our post-an-event form. Choose Standard ($29) or Featured ($79), fill in the details, and pay through Stripe. If you've claimed a club, the form will auto-attribute the event to your listing so it appears on your club's page and shares the SEO credit.

Clubs earn a Verified badge once their owner completes the Instagram-bio claim flow; older listings without recent updates also show a Not recently verified pill so you know to take them with a grain of salt. Every club, event, review, and route also has a Report button. Pick a reason, add a note, and our team reviews it in the moderation queue.