Before anything happens, we first have to dream
And dream we did! Whilst our offer to customers is massive, we’re actually just a little business in the nice little ‘Fitness’ corner of the internet. We have our founder still leading us, and a few other brilliant people involved, from Running Coaches, to Physiotherapists, and from Financial people to Social Media people.
It all started when our founder realised that his sprint times were significantly above average, but his marathon times were below average. Whereas other runners he knew, had very consistent levels of ability across all distances. Of course, the reasons for this type of variation are well known, with muscle fibres the first thing that comes to mind for many.
But how, therefore, could they solve the light-hearted quandary of who was the better runner in the group? We won’t bore you with the detail here, you can be bored by this story on out Ratings page, but ultimately using data sets with millions of data points, he was able to pull together a set of algorithms to rate every run a person has ever done, or will ever do. No matter the distance (within limits), the surface, the temperate or the elevation, it could be rated. In recent times, we have developed an advanced model that takes into account more information such as bodyfat % and further intricacies of the elevation profile.
The algorithms got so popular, that as an accredited running coach, he began to get inundated with so many requests for his services it hit a tipping point. Should he continue to help 20 runners a week with a massive waiting list, or should be try and help everyone get fit. He chose the latter, and RunClever was born.
Since then, the RunClever offer has been built from the ground upwards based on runners telling us what they want. After the ratings came the Learning Hub, after the Learning Hub, came the Training Session Builder and so on. Now we do it all, In-depth Run Analytics, Route Guides, Race Guides, Race Calendar, Injuries, a Glossary and much, much more. And the good news is, we’re not stopping here, were building new features all the time, and if there’s something new you want, just tell us.
We don’t have the money and power of the big running fitness companies, but they don’t have the service offer and personal touch we do. Whilst our journey will be self-guided with our tools, there will always be someone to get in touch with to ask any questions you have. We did used to have an incredibly vibrant and helpful message board on the site, but the current Labour Government introduced new legislation whereby if one person said anything that another person didn’t like, we could be subject to fines that we just couldn’t pay, and shut down as a company. We would love to bring back this community one day, but we will have to see what the future brings.
As we’re little, we might have the occasional technical issue, or something not working as it is – if that happens, just tell us and we’ll sort it out and make sure you don’t lose out from it. You won’t have any adverts on the site, to be honest, we’re not even sure what cookies are, so you don’t need to worry about them, our subscription is a tiny £4.99, and you can cancel literally at any time.
We’re so happy you’re reading this and hope you chose RunClever to help you on your fitness journey, but if you don’t, we still wish you the very best of luck. Just remember, it will be hard, but it will be worth it.