Clubs, Groups & Training Groups: what they are and how to create one

If you’ve ever tried to organise a running group over WhatsApp, you know how messy it gets. Someone asks "where are we meeting tomorrow" for the fifth time, half the group missed the message about a changed route, and nobody actually knows how many people are coming this weekend. Clubs, Groups and Training Groups on EnduRace.Pro exist to fix exactly that.

This is what the Discover Clubs page looks like. Anyone can browse clubs by city and sport before deciding to join one.

Three types, and the difference is really just time and money

There are three things you can start, and the difference between them mostly comes down to two questions: how long does it run for, and does it cost anything.

A Club is free and doesn’t really end. Think of the local running group that meets every Sunday, rain or shine, for years. Anyone can join, no payment involved.

A Group is a paid, one-off trip. Think of a cycling trip to Spiti Valley, or a weekend camp before a big race. It has a start date and an end date, and everyone pays the same amount to be part of it.

A Training Group is also paid, but it doesn’t have a fixed end. It’s for a coach running regular sessions, say Tuesday and Thursday morning track sessions, where people pay once to join and then keep training with the same group week after week.

Group and Training Group actually work almost the same way behind the scenes. The only real difference is whether you give it an end date.

Starting one takes about five minutes

Log in, then look for the "+ Start Your Club" button in the sidebar. It asks what you’re starting (Club, Group, or Training Group) and then walks you through three short steps.

The first step is the basics: a name, a short one-line bio, and the sport or sports it’s for. If you’re starting a Group or Training Group that meets somewhere in person, you’ll also drop a pin on the map for where it actually happens. If it’s fully online, with no real-world meetup at all, you can mark it as virtual and skip the location.

The second step is where the real details go: a longer description, when it happens, how many people can join, and, for a paid Group or Training Group, the price per person.

The third and last step covers photos and who can see it. Add a cover photo, and decide whether it’s open for anyone to find and join, or invite-only, where people need a link from you to get in.

Once you publish, you’re automatically the admin (or the Group Lead, or the Coach, depending on what you started). Almost everything stays editable afterwards, including the price, the photos, and whether it’s invite-only.

A few small things worth knowing

You don’t need a unique name. Two clubs can both be called "Delhi Runners." Your photo and bio are what actually help people tell them apart, the same way it works on Strava or Facebook groups.

If someone pays to join and changes their mind, refunds go through you directly for now. EnduRace.Pro doesn’t process them automatically yet.

And if you’ve set a limit on how many people can join, once it’s full, new visitors just see that it’s full instead of being able to pay into something that’s already closed.

If you want to see what this actually looks like, browse Discover Clubs. If you’ve already started one, check it from My Clubs & Groups.