# Lunge Run Club

> A New York singles run club grew from thirty people to meetups of more than a thousand.

- Owner: Lunge (dating app)
- Kind: Activity
- Sector: Health & fitness
- Seed date: May 2024
- Peak proxy date: 2024-07-18
- Date basis: Proxy date; not a directly measured attention peak. Dates use the stated precision; chart positions are date anchors.
- Spread Score: 42 (Notable, provisional), v1.2
- Mechanics: Real-world spectacle, Visible in use, Platform jump

## Summary

Rachael Lansing and Steve Cole started Lunge Run Club in New York in May 2024, with single runners in black. By July almost 1,200 singles gathered in Washington Square Park, and one club video pulled from TikTok had nearly 10 million views on X.

## Timeline

- May 2024 — Rachael Lansing and Steve Cole (Retail) — Rachael Lansing and Steve Cole started Lunge Run Club in New York, which grew from an initial thirty people.
- 2024-07-11 — r/RunNYC (Reddit) — An r/RunNYC thread asked why everyone was hating on the club; one commenter said runners took up the whole path.
- Jul 2024 — Lunge Run Club (Instagram) — A commenter said organizers posted they would leave Pier 45 for a new location and add pace groups.

The full timeline, metrics and sources are on the case page, or via the Pro API (https://howitspread.com/developers).

Canonical URL: https://howitspread.com/cases/lunge-run-club

Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “Lunge Run Club.” Case HIS-01154. Spread Score v1.2: 42/100. Updated 2026-10-15. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-01154