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A structured running platform that coaches you in real-time. Plans from Zone 2 base building through marathon. A community where Ben actually leaves comments on your runs.
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Every runner has the same three goals. Run faster. Run longer. Stay injury free. Doesn't matter if you've been running for six months or six years. The goals don't change. What changes is the lie you've been told about how to get there.
Your easy runs aren't easy. Your heart rate creeps into Zone 3 every time. You're calling it Zone 2 because it feels easy compared to a race, but your watch tells a different story.
You bought a free PDF plan off some coach on Instagram. It's a screenshot of an excel file. There's no feedback. No one knows if you did it. No one tells you if it worked.
You're running every day this week because you skipped Monday. You don't know if doubling up is right. You don't know who to ask.
Your training is vibes. You ran when you felt like it. You did the long run because it's Saturday. You don't actually know what energy system you're training.
You got injured. You don't know why. You weren't tracking anything that would have told you.
You've heard about Zone 2 for two years now. You watched the YouTube videos. You still don't actually do it.
You don't need more information. You need structure, accountability, and someone telling you what's working and what isn't.
Tells you what to run today and why. Not a Google calendar dump. A plan that progresses week by week with hard sessions, easy sessions, and the right ratio between them.
Tells you whether the session you just did was the session you were supposed to do. Did you actually run easy? Was that tempo actually a tempo? You don't have to guess.
Tells you you're not alone. Other people are doing the same plan. You can see what they're doing. They can see you. Showing up gets easier.
Sparkies puts all three in one place.
This is a real running platform. Built for actual results. Here's what's in it.
Six structured plans built around real running science. The Base (a 4-week Zone 2 block you can repeat). 5K Blueprint. 10K Blueprint. Half Marathon. Marathon. Just Running for when you're between goals. Every plan has day-by-day sessions, scheduled rest, and proper progression.
Log a run. See whether your heart rate matched the session. If you ran the easy run too hard, you'll get told. If you ran the tempo too soft, you'll get told. Built into every log.
See what other Sparkies are doing. Bolt their runs (kudos). Leave comments. They'll see yours back. Strava-style community except everyone is on a real plan and we all speak the same training language.
I'm in the app. Leaving comments on your runs. Coaching feedback when I see something that needs flagging. DMing through the live chat when I'm online. This isn't a chatbot. This is me, in your phone.
When I'm not online, an AI version of me answers your training questions instantly. Trained on my coaching philosophy, my podcast, my Instagram posts. It knows what I'd say.
Every run logged can be turned into a story card you can share on Instagram. Shows your distance, pace, zone. Transparent overlay or branded card. Tag @boltinben if you want.
A member's recent run. She ran 5.72km. Her heart rate was 108. I left a comment. She'll see it next time she opens the app.
That's a Zone 1 session at 108bpm. The kind of run almost no one runs. Hers had to be that easy because her plan says so. That's not me selling something. That's me coaching, on a real run.
Sparkies isn't built for one type of runner. It's built around three universal goals: run faster, run longer, stay injury free. The plan you pick depends on where you are. The coaching is the same.
You've been running for less than a year. You're keen but you don't know what you're doing. You want structure without overwhelm. Start on The Base, a 4-week Zone 2 block, repeat it or move up, and it will set you up for everything that comes next.
You've been running for a few years. You've hit the same 5K or 10K time three years in a row. You're putting in the work and getting nothing back. Sparkies fixes the input. Run the right zones, with structure, and the times will move.
You're chasing a real goal. A half PB. A first marathon. An ultra. You need a plan that progresses properly, hard sessions and easy sessions in the right ratio, and someone watching the work. That's the entire pitch.
Not a PDF. Not a WhatsApp group. A real training platform built for people who actually run.
The actual portal. Not a mockup. The real thing.
Every plan is built on real running science. New plans drop regularly - your subscription gets them all.
Lock in $4.95/mo before June 30 and that's your price forever. Even when standard pricing walks up to $14.95, you stay at $4.95. Always.
7 days free, then $4.95/mo for life. Cancel any time during the trial and pay nothing.
Every plan, every future release, no recurring charges. Even at the $4.95 promo price, this pays for itself after ~2.5 years, sooner as the price walks up.
Sydney-based. ISSA certified running coach. ASICS partner. Apple partner. Host of the TrainHybrd podcast.
I've been DMing people running advice for years. Voice memos. Screenshots of their Garmin data. The same questions every week. Am I running easy enough. What does my zone mean. Should I run if I missed yesterday.
Sparkies is what happens when I take all of that and put it inside one platform. The plans I've been writing. The coaching feedback I've been giving. The community of runners I've been building. All in one app, locked at $4.95/mo for life if you sign up before June 30.
This channel is becoming the Sparkies Running home base. Ask questions, share runs, keep each other accountable. 99 Sparkies already in there - Ben answers questions directly.
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You wouldn't be here if you didn't already know your training needed something. Founding spots disappear at 100. Pricing doubles after that. The free trial is 7 days. You'll know by day 3 if it's working.
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