PacePal – The social running app

How it works

Running is better together. We make it easy.

01

Host or join group runs

Browse group runs near you, filter by location, pace or type, and join one in a few taps. Can’t find the right one? Host your own and let other runners come to you.

02

Find your run club

Discover run clubs in your area and find one that suits your pace, your goals and your week. A regular crew makes it far easier to keep showing up.

03

Run with your pals

Add your friends on PacePal, set up a run together and keep everyone in the loop with messaging. No more chasing plans across group chats.

Discover

Find a run near you.

Every PacePal run on one map. Tap a pin to see when it starts, how far and how fast, then join in a couple of taps.

Mon · 6:00 PM

Monday Night Run Club

1.2 km away

5 km5:30 /kmRoad

Join in the app

Example runs shown. Download PacePal to see what’s on near you right now.

Inside the app

Everything you need to run with others.

Whether you’re lacing up for the first time or training for your next ultra, PacePal has you covered.

PacePal Discover screen: a map of London dotted with run pins, and a card for Monday Night's Run Club

Tap a feature to see it in the app

Pace calculator

Know your race pace.

Work out your goal pace, your finish time or how far you’ll go. It’s the same calculator you’ll find in the PacePal app, so you can plan here and take it with you on race day.

A big group of runners in PacePal t-shirts posing together on Westminster Bridge, with the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben behind them

Our story

Built by a runner who was tired of running alone.

I ran my first marathon in 2018. Seven marathons and thousands of solo kilometres later, I finally started a run club in 2023, and it changed everything.

Running with a group pushed me further than I’d ever gone alone. It kept me accountable on the days I didn’t feel like it, and it made every single run more fun.

I wanted every runner to have that, whatever their pace or goal. That’s why I built PacePal, launched in 2025, to help you find runners who match your pace and share your goals.

Because the best runs are rarely the ones you do alone.

— Michael, Founder

Our mission

To make running alone a choice, not the only option, so that every runner, whatever their ability, can find people to run with.