Epeak is the all-in-one platform to manage your run club or endurance sports team with structured groups and in-app tools to train and race together.
Why Structure Matters to Grow Your Club
A well-structured club does three things well:
- Welcomes new members with clarity and purpose.
- Engages current members through regular training and social touchpoints.
- Retains athletes by building a sense of belonging, shared goals, and communication.
When your club’s internal structure is messy, people miss events, important info gets lost in chats, and motivation fades.
Epeak’s flexible group management system adapts to how your members train, race, and interact, helping you build a connected and purposeful community.
1. Workouts Group: Organize your Recurring Sessions
This is the foundation of your club’s weekly routine. The “Workouts” group hosts all your recurring training sessions, whether for running intervals, long rides, swim technique, or strength and conditioning. It’s where consistency is built and accountability grows.
Use this group to:
- Schedule structured sessions with time and location
- Share post-session feedback and photos
- Tag leaders and coordinate attendance
Epeak’s integrated calendar and RSVP system makes managing group training simple. With Epeak Training Plan Builder, you can create recurring workouts in minutes.
🔁 Multisport club? Create one group per discipline: swim, bike, run.
2. Community Events Group: For Spontaneous Adventures
Not every run, ride, or swim is club-organized, and that’s a good thing.
With a Community Events group, you empower your members to:
- Suggest a weekend trail run
- Invite others for a casual beach swim
- Plan a social bike ride to a café
This fosters a bottom-up culture where members feel ownership. It’s especially great for:
- Off-season fun
- Exploring new routes
- Letting quieter members take initiative
🔗 Encourage a "you can create too" culture. That’s how strong communities grow.
3. Races Group: Plan Goals and Celebrate Finish Lines
Training is more fun when it’s leading toward something. The Races group helps you bring members together around shared objectives.
Use this group to:
- Share upcoming races your club is targeting
- Discuss who’s racing what
- Create events for race days (and afterparties!)
- Post race results and photos
- Coordinate transport and logistics
Running a fall marathon? A spring trail race? Let this group be your mission control.
🧠 Pro tip: Seeing other members sign up for races is a powerful motivator.
4. Youth Group: A Safe Space for Young Athletes
If your club includes youth members, it’s essential to create a dedicated, secure space for them. The Youth group should be:
- Private, with only coaches, admins, and relevant parents invited
- Focused on youth sessions, camps, and development races
- A safe place to post reminders, events, and internal updates
With Epeak, you can set access controls and visibility settings for each group, ensuring privacy and safety for underage athletes.
👥 You can also create separate youth groups by age bracket if needed.
5. General Group: The Heart of Your Club
Every club needs a get-together space, a digital common room where everyone can interact beyond structured workouts or races. The “General” group is that social hub.
Use this group to:
- Ask and answer community questions
- Run polls and club-wide discussions
- Share non-sport events like dinners, meetings, or celebrations
- Welcome newcomers and foster connection
This is the default group every club should have. It’s where the whole community comes together informally, outside training and competition.
👉 Tip: Think of it as the place where your culture lives, not your calendar.
6. Board & Leadership Group: Internal Admin Comms
Every well-run club needs a place for behind-the-scenes work. Use a private Board group for:
- Planning meetings
- Budget and membership discussions
- Sharing club documents (rules, insurance, sponsorship)
- Delegating roles
This reduces the chance of key info getting buried in private texts or lost in personal emails. Plus, when new board members join, they’ll have access to everything in one place.
📎 Use the file-sharing feature in Epeak to keep PDFs handy.
Bonus: Temporary Race Training Groups
Launching a club-wide push toward a major race? Create a temporary training group just for that.
For example:
- “Boston Marathon 2026”
- “Ironman 70.3 Club Build-Up”
- “Summer Trail 25K Team”
Use this group to:
- Share weekly training plans
- Track progress
- Cheer each other on
- Coordinate long runs or workouts
- Boost accountability during the key 8–12 week build phase
🌟 This is one of the most engaging formats we’ve seen on Epeak, members love training together toward a single goal.
Best Practices Summary
- Workouts: Weekly recurring training sessions
- Community Events: Spontaneous meetups and social sessions
- Races: Planning and sharing racing goals
- Youth: Dedicated space for younger members
- General: Community interaction outside workouts
- Board: Admin-only internal coordination
- Race Prep (Bonus): Time-bound training groups for major events
Inspiration From the Field
Looking for ideas? See how run clubs and endurance sports teams use Epeak to boost engagement and streamline their community organization.
