Rawdawg Run Club
Activity · 2024 · Notable
Rawdawg's founders estimated 800 runners before Austin halted gatherings over permits.
Spread Score
How it worksNumbers
- Runners at Austin runs
- ~800
- Summer 2024 · Founders’ retrospective estimate · Self-reported · Men's Health
- Peak proxy date
- Week of Aug 23, 2024
- Feb 2024 to Week of Aug 23, 2024
- Platforms
- 5
- Started on Open web
- Origin
- Seeded
- Health & fitness
How it spread
Trace the originRawdawg’s founders promoted Austin runs through their own Instagram accounts and the club account. Before the permit shutdown, The Daily Texan documented Saturday meetings at Sammataro and runners’ social motivations. Later restrictions interrupted the local format.
Proxy date; not a directly measured attention peak. Dates use the stated precision; chart positions are date anchors.
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December 2023
Darren Belasa, Ian Fonville, Tin Nguyen and Noah Rolette precursor · Dec 2023
The founders later traced Instagram growth to Honolulu Marathon videos, before opening Austin runs to the public.[1]
February 2024
Rawdawg founders seed · Feb 2024
About 30 people attended the first public Saturday run in Austin, according to the founders’ later account.[1]
April 2024
r/Austin commenters platform jump · Apr 2024
A commenter recommended Rawdawg to a visitor seeking group runs and warned of its crowd size.[2]
Changelogupdated Oct 16 ’26
- Added 1 event
- Added: 14 events, 13 sources · Score 29
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