You're running the whole club yourself.
You plan the routes, post the recaps, bring the water, and show up every single time. Meanwhile, most members just… show up. There's no way to track who's actually building this thing with you.
Stride & Rise changes that. It's a platform that gives your club its own page, leaderboard, and ownership system. Members earn points for every contribution — checking in, bringing a friend, taking photos, volunteering. Points become a recognized contribution share that grows every time you show up.
The problem
Every run club hits the same wall
The same 3 people do everything
A few members carry the club while everyone else benefits. There’s no system to spread the work — or even see who’s contributing.
Founders burn out
You started this because you love running. Now you’re an unpaid event planner, photographer, and social media manager.
Contributors go unrecognized
Someone brings 10 friends over 6 months and gets the same credit as someone who showed up once. There’s no way to say: you helped build this.
The mechanism
Why contributions fix burnout
Most apps track attendance. Stride & Rise tracks contribution — every photo posted, every route planned, every friend brought, every event hosted.
The moment every contribution is visible, two things happen:
- 1.The people doing the work get visible credit — their contributions add up publicly, unlock tiers, and earn perks the whole club can see.
- 2.The rest of the club sees the gap and starts contributing to close it.
Our Austin club: 530 contributions logged across 125 contributors. The founders are no longer carrying it alone.
How it works
Create your club
Pick a name, add your city. Your club gets its own page at strideandrise.com/c/your-club. Takes 2 minutes.
Members earn points
Check in to events, log contributions like taking photos or bringing friends. Every action earns points.
Points become ownership share
Ownership is what makes a club feel like theirs, not yours. Once contributions stack up to a real share, members start co-hosting runs, planning routes, and recruiting friends — instead of waiting for you to do it. Because the club is theirs too.
See it in action
This is live data from our run club in Austin, TX — the first club on the platform. Yours works the same way.
0 members · 0 events · 0 points earned
From 19 to 186
How we built it
From 19 runners in the rain to 186 members and brand partners. Every milestone earned, not given.
1st Run
Skratch electrolytes, rainy morning at Auditorium Shores. Stride & Rise was born.
Adidas Partnership
First brand partner. Adidas shoe demo co-hosted by Rhea and Griffin.
Run It Forward
Collab run brings the biggest crowd yet. People from everywhere.
Platform Launch
Stride & Rise opens to new clubs. Your club, your ownership system.
What's your first milestone?
It's not just about the runs.
Questions you’re probably asking
How long does it take to set up?
Two minutes to create your page. About fifteen minutes to add your first event and customize what counts as a contribution. We onboard you personally.
Will my members actually use it?
Set the tone in week one: log the first few contributions yourself — “Maya brought four friends, +20”, “Chris took the recap photos, +10”. Once members see their names on the board, they self-organize. Our Austin club went from a few founders carrying everything to 125 contributors.
What if I want to leave?
Your data stays yours. Export members, events, and contribution history as CSV any time. We don’t lock you in, and we don’t sell your member list.
Will members feel weird about being ranked?
The leaderboard ranks contribution, not pace or distance. It rewards the person who took the photos, not the one who ran fastest. The fastest runner and the most generous member usually aren’t the same person — and that’s the point.
How much does it cost?
We’re not pricing the platform yet. Founders join the waitlist and we onboard selectively while we prove retention and weekly activity. When pricing arrives, founders in our early cohort will get advance notice.
Get your club on Stride & Rise
We're onboarding clubs one by one. Drop your info and we'll reach out.
Waitlist-only while we onboard selectively.