Free community directory for ultra runners and pacers

Find a pacer for your next ultra.

Need A Pacer helps runners connect with experienced pacers by location, trail experience, travel radius, and running history. Start the conversation privately, then share contact details only when you are ready.

How it works

A simpler way to connect
runners and pacers.

01

Create a free profile

Add your location, experience, and your mini running bio.

02

Pacers list themselves

Pacers post their home base, race/event history.

03

Runners search nearby

Filter pacers by region, distance, travel radius, and pacing experience.

04

Message privately

Start in-app. Share phone or email only when you have decided to work together.

Privacy & safety

Built for trust between
strangers who run together.

Email and phone are never shown publicly. Conversations start inside Need A Pacer. You decide when — and with whom — to share direct contact details.

Trail running gear, race bibs, maps, and shoes laid out before an event

Resources

Everything you need,
all in one place

Articles, videos, gear we trust, and a community of runners and pacers to learn from.

Articles

Pacing playbooks & race-day guides

Read articles

Videos

Coach breakdowns & course recaps

Watch videos

Gear

Pacer-tested kit, lights, & nutrition

See the kit

The miles get long

Nobody should run them alone.