4th Place Run

4th Place Run is a run club in your pocket and a race plan that tells you what to run today. THE CLUB Join the 4th Place Run Club (Charlotte-born, runs anywhere) and your Apple Watch runs count the moment they land in Apple Health. A weekly miles board moves live as clubmates finish runs, the feed shows who ran what, and a high five is one tap. Someone passes you? You'll hear about it. Take the lead? You'll hear about that too. Sundays bring a wrap-up and a clean board; weeks run Sunday to Saturday, same as your plan. Verified runs only: the board counts runs from Apple Health, so a Watch (or any app that writes workouts to Health) is the way in. Runs you type in stay on your phone. THE PLAN Answer eight quick questions (your race, your goal, where you're starting from, the days you run, when to start) and the plan is built backwards from race day: your long run starts at the longest run you've done lately and grows a mile a week to a real race-ready peak, with a cutback every fourth week, tempo and interval days at Intermediate and above, and a two-week taper. Miss a week and the plan shifts forward. Miss two and it eases the peak. Four weeks out is enough to start; under six, the plan skips the base weeks and says so. 4th Place Run reads your runs from Apple Health, matches them to the plan, shows an estimated finish from day one, and tells you whether you're on track. No Watch? Log runs by hand and the plan still works. FIND A RACE Search real races by name or city (from RunSignup) and pick the one you're training for: the name, date, and distance fill in and the plan builds backwards from race day. Register from the Plan tab when you're ready. BADGES AND SHARING Eighteen badges for runs, distances, perfect weeks, and the club, earned by running and never bought. Share any run as a card to Instagram, Messages, or wherever your crew is. WHAT YOU GET • A live club leaderboard for the week, the month, and all time • A feed of clubmates' runs with high fives, plus club announcements • Push notifications you choose: passed, took the lead, high fives, every run, Sunday wrap-up • Today's workout with target distance and pace, and a one-tap Mark done • A Calendar of every week: planned runs, rest days, and the runs you did, color by kind • A week strip you swipe through, with every planned day • Runs from Apple Health, linked to the plan automatically, plus a one-tap "Pull in from Apple Health" list • Per-mile or per-kilometer splits on Watch runs • Home-screen widget, Siri and Shortcuts, a run-day reminder, and a Live Activity for race week • Any race distance: 5K, 10K, half, marathon, or your own 4TH PLACE RUN PRO (subscription, 7 days free) • Every plan after your first • Projected finish range from your best recent run • Weekly planned-vs-actual charts • Coach: paces that follow your fitness, a Sunday note, one-tap fixes, race week day by day • Lock-screen widget and CSV export $4.99 a month or $39.99 a year after the trial. The club is free. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your plan and log stay on your iPhone (the plan syncs through your own iCloud). The club only ever gets what you choose to share: the date, distance, and time of your verified runs, under the name and color you pick. Never your route or heart rate. Leave or delete your club account any time. Apple Health access is read-only on iPhone; the Watch app saves the runs you record there as workouts. 4th Place Run Pro renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the period; manage or cancel in Settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ · Privacy: https://4thplacerunclub.com/privacy