5:47 AM · City Center
WINTER
SPRING
SUMMER
FALL
Every
Season
Has
A Race.

Every race has your name on it. Stride is a crew of road-worn runners who meet at 5:47 AM under flickering streetlights — from first 5Ks to Boston qualifiers.

Tue · Thu · Sat
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5K · 10K · HALF MARATHON · FULL MARATHONTUESDAY · THURSDAY · SATURDAY · 5:47 AM847 MEMBERS · 312 FINISH LINES CROSSED · 2026BOSTON QUALIFIERS · FIRST-TIMERS · COMEBACK RUNNERS5K · 10K · HALF MARATHON · FULL MARATHONTUESDAY · THURSDAY · SATURDAY · 5:47 AM847 MEMBERS · 312 FINISH LINES CROSSED · 2026BOSTON QUALIFIERS · FIRST-TIMERS · COMEBACK RUNNERS
Base Building
Who We Are

Dark
Mornings.
Real
Miles.

We meet before the city wakes up. Headlamp beams cutting through January darkness, mileage logs stacking week by week. Base-building season is unglamorous and necessary — and we do it together.

Est. 2019 · City Center · 847 Members

Active Members847
Races Crossed312
AM Departure5:47
Pace Groups4

The Office Worker

Training for a first half on lunch breaks and 5 AM alarms.

The Comeback Runner

Rebuilding mileage one slow, stubborn mile at a time.

The BQ Chaser

Needs a pack to pull them through mile 20 of every marathon.

First Race
Runner pinning race bib before spring marathon start line, nervous energy and excitement

Bib #

2847

Stride Spring 5K

Nervous energy. Bib pickup. The night before.

Your First
Race Bib
Hits Different.

Cherry blossoms blur past a spring tempo run. The pace band on your wrist says 9:15 per mile and suddenly that feels both achievable and terrifying. We've all been there. We'll be at the start line with you.

Spring Pace Groups

Sub 7:00Race Group
7:00–9:00Training Group
9:00–11:00Base Group
11:00+Comeback Group
The Work Nobody Sees

Sweat
Dripping
Onto
Hot Asphalt.

Hill repeats. Track intervals. The 6 AM run when it's already 78°F. Summer is where PRs are built in secret, one brutal session at a time. The pack makes you show up when you'd rather sleep.

Tuesday & Thursday structured workouts
Runners at outdoor track completing 800 meter interval repeats at high intensity

Track Intervals

8 × 800m at 5K pace. 90 sec rest. No mercy.

8×800

meters

Runner pushing hard uphill during summer training session, sweat and effort visible

Hill Repeats

The climb nobody wants. The PR everyone earns.

hill reps

Group of runners maintaining tempo pace on city streets during summer morning run

Tempo Run

Comfortably hard. Uncomfortably consistent.

8mi

tempo

Lone runner on early morning long run through city park, dedication and solitude

Long Run

18 miles into the quiet. The work nobody sees.

18mi

long run

Structured. Coached. Accountable.

Every Tuesday and Thursday is a planned workout. Not just a run — a session.

Redemption

The Wall.
The Finish.
The Pack.

Fall marathon morning. Autumn leaves kicked up by the draft of the pack surging ahead. This is what all those dark mornings were for.

Race Stories

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"I never run alone anymore. Mile 20 of Chicago — I was done. Then I heard my pack calling my name from the sideline. 3:28 and crying at the finish."

October 14 — Chicago Marathon3:28:41
Marcus Webb, 44-year-old marathon runner who completed Chicago Marathon in 3:28:41

Marcus Webb

Age-grouper, 44

"Nine months postpartum, I signed up not knowing if I could run a mile. Stride gave me a comeback story I didn't know I needed."

April 3 — Spring Half Marathon2:11:08
Priya Nair, postpartum runner who completed spring half marathon in 2:11:08

Priya Nair

Postpartum runner

"I trained for my first half on lunch breaks. The crew held my pace when I had nothing left in the final mile. BQ is next."

May 18 — Rock & Roll Half1:54:22
Jordan Okafor, first-time half marathon runner who completed race in 1:54:22

Jordan Okafor

First-timer, office worker

"I needed a 3:05 for Boston. Had it in training, kept blowing up at mile 22. The pack dragged me through. 3:04:47. We're going to Boston."

November 2 — NYC Marathon3:04:47
Dana Reyes, Boston qualifier who ran NYC Marathon in 3:04:47 to qualify

Dana Reyes

BQ chaser, 38

Pick Your
Pack.

Every plan includes unlimited group runs, three days a week. No hidden fees. Cancel anytime.

Solo Runner

Monthly

$15/month

= $3.46 / week

  • All group runs
  • Training plans
  • Strava club
  • Coffee discount
Most Popular

Race Pack

Quarterly

$25/month, billed quarterly

= $5.77 / week

  • Everything in Solo
  • 15% race entry discount
  • Pace coaching
  • Race-day crew
  • Priority bib pickup

All-In

Annual

$33/month, billed annually

= $7.69 / week

  • Everything in Race Pack
  • Annual gear drop
  • Priority corral access
  • BQ coaching
  • 1 free race entry/yr

Not ready to commit? No problem.

Show up · Run your pace · Decide after

Marathon finish line with runners crossing in a surge of effort and emotion

Legs Screaming.
Lungs Raw.
Something
Electric.

That surge you feel in the final four hundred meters — the roar bleeding in from the sidelines, lifting you past what you thought you could do — that's what Stride feels like every Saturday morning.

Marcus Webb, marathon runner
Priya Nair, half marathon runner
Jordan Okafor, first-time racer
Dana Reyes, Boston qualifier

847 runners already in