Following & finding friends

Finding people

Open People from the sidebar and use the Find athletes tab to search by name or @username. Every result has a Follow button right there. You can also follow from anyone's profile page, and from the follower lists on profiles you visit.

Following someone

On a public profile, tap Follow. It's instant, and they get a notification. Following unlocks:

• Their activity in your feed: posts, races they register for, events they save, clubs they join, trophies they earn. See The Feed.
• Their races on your calendar: events your friends are going to show up on your personal calendar, so you can plan to run together.
• Messaging: you can only start a chat with people you follow. See Chats & messaging.
• Their full profile: if their account is private, becoming an approved follower is what opens up their race history, upcoming events, and clubs.

Changed your mind right after tapping? Unfollowing within a minute quietly removes the notification you just sent, no awkward ping.

Favorites, extra alerts for your closest crew

Once you follow someone, the Following button opens a menu with Favorite. Favoriting someone can push you the moment they register or RSVP for an event, and (optionally) when they save one, each has its own toggle in the same menu. It's how you never miss a chance to jump into a race with your training partner.

You can also favorite someone from your People page: tap the star next to their name on the Following tab.

Private accounts & follow requests

When an account is private, Follow becomes Request to follow. The button shows Requested while it's pending, tap it again to cancel. A pending request grants nothing until it's approved: you don't count as a follower, and none of their gated content opens up.

On the receiving side, requests arrive as notifications and collect on the Requests tab of your People page (the tab shows while your account is private), where you Accept (they become a follower and are notified) or Decline (the request silently disappears. They aren't told). If a private account later switches to public, all of its pending requests are accepted automatically.

Your followers & following lists

The People page in the sidebar is your relationship hub, with these tabs:

• Find athletes: search everyone on Run This and follow them.
• Following: everyone you follow, with a star to make someone a favorite and an Unfollow button.
• Followers: everyone following you, with Remove follower. Removing someone drops their follow without blocking them. They aren't notified and can follow you again.
• Favorites: your favorited athletes and their per-person alert toggles.
• Requests: pending follow requests, while your account is private.

The Following, Followers, and Favorites tabs each have their own search box.

On any profile, tapping the follower or following count opens that person's list. On a private profile, the lists only open for approved followers, the counts themselves stay visible.