Getting started

Get the Run This apps

Run This lives on the web at runthis.run and in a native app for iPhone and Android. There are also two small companion apps built for race-day crews.

The Run This app

The Run This app puts the platform in your pocket: browse and register for races, see your race calendar, follow the feed of what your friends and clubs are up to, keep up with your clubs and communities, and get chats and notifications as push notifications on your phone. Race directors can manage their events from the app too.

iPhone & iPad: Download on the App Store
Android: Get it on Google Play

Or search “Run This” in either store.

Keeping the app up to date

When a newer version of the app is in the store, you'll see an Update available banner at the top of the app. Tap Update to go straight to the store, or Not now to hide it for a while. Once in a while, for an important fix, the app asks you to update and doesn't offer Not now.

The easiest way to never see the banner is to let your phone update apps on its own:

iPhone: open Settings, tap App Store, and turn on App Updates.
Android: open Google Play, tap your profile picture, then Settings, Network preferences, Auto-update apps.

One account everywhere

The website and the app share a single Run This account. Sign in with the same email (or Google / Apple sign-in) on both, and your registrations, bookmarks, calendar, and messages stay in sync. Anything you do in one place shows up in the other.

The race-crew apps

Two smaller apps exist for people working a race, not running it. Directors and their volunteers use them on race day; athletes never need them.

Race Check In: the packet-pickup and check-in tool. Volunteers enter the event's private code (no login needed), then search the roster or scan athletes' QR passes to mark them checked in. See Race-day check-in.
Run This Stopwatch: a shared race-day timer. Crew members enter the event's code, pick a checkpoint, and tap to record runners as they cross; multiple phones share one synchronized clock. See How the Stopwatch works.

Find Race Check In by searching its name in the App Store or Google Play.

The crew tools also work in any browser

Both are thin wrappers around live Run This pages, so the same tools run in any phone browser with no install at all: check-in at runthis.run/check-in and the stopwatch at runthis.run/stopwatch. The browser version is identical, which is handy when you're handing a spare phone to a volunteer five minutes before the gun.