the free running app with a monthly team challenge
get a team of 3, log your runs, and the team that shows up most wins actual prizes. plus plans, a recovery read on every run, and a clubhouse that notices when you disappear.
start a team with your mates, or get put in one. if you can run 20 minutes, you're in.
free forever to run and log. no card.
one distance, every hometown on earth. free entry: grab a race bib for your story, run 10km on race day wherever you are, and log it. medals on your profile for the podium, the fastest in every country, and the tribe with the biggest turnout.
claim your free bib
one pair each for the winning team of 3. new prize every month, and some days there are surprise drops with no warning, so it pays to keep showing up.
get me in a teamthe whole idea
no pace-shaming, no humble-brags, no leaderboard built to make you feel slow. just runners showing up, logging the work, and backing each other.
sparkies rewards the run you actually did. easy days count. recovery counts. the long slow stuff that quietly builds you counts. that is the whole idea.
start free and run with your tribe. add a coach the day you want a plan for a race.
what you get
teams of 3, monthly prizes, and people who notice when you disappear. bring your mates or get placed. free, and it's the heart of the whole thing.
every run gets a recovery read, so you know when to push and when to back off. most runners run their easy days too hard. this is the safety net.
the base and the engine free to build your aerobic engine. race plans from 5k to marathon the day you want a coach.
every run adds to your country's total on the weekly leaderboard. rep your flag and see where you sit in the world.
your ai running coach in your pocket. training questions, niggles, race nerves, ask anything, anytime.
a feed of real runners logging real runs and backing each other. no pace-shaming, no humble-brags, zero egos.
the plans
start free on the base or the engine. when there's a race with your name on it, one coach subscription unlocks every blueprint, 5k to marathon.
4 weeks · freeThe Base
4 weeks · freeThe Engine
6 weeks · coach5K Blueprint
8 weeks · coach10K Blueprint
12 weeks · coachHalf Marathon
16 weeks · coachMarathonlog a run and the coach goes to work. what it took out of you, what is next, and how to back it up.
log a run and sparkies reads it. how hard it was, how much it took out of you, and exactly how to refuel, rehydrate, and recover before the next one.
tell us the days you can run. your plan rearranges around your life, long run where you want it, rest where you need it. miss a day and it adjusts, it does not guilt-trip you.
the whole week at a glance. what is done, what is next, and what each session is actually for.
connect strava or your watch and your runs post themselves. distance, pace, map, photo, all of it, with no typing. just run and it shows up in the clubhouse.
join coachthe leaderboard, free
every run you log adds to your country's total. climb the weekly board, rally your crew, and see where you sit in the world. you are auto-joined the moment you log, no step, no wall.
running is how you join. that is the whole price of entry.
built by boltinben
sydney-based running coach, asics partner, host of the trainhybrd podcast. i've spent years dming people the same answers: am i running easy enough, what does my zone mean, should i run if i missed yesterday.
sparkies is all of it in one place. the plans i write, the coaching i give, the tribe of runners i've been building. the running is free, log a run and you're in.
