For years, Train With Us has been the digital home for runners joining us at Running Department.
It started with a pretty simple purpose: helping runners register, check in and be part of our weekly runs.
But just like Running Department, it has grown.
Today, the platform connects you to much more than just training. It is where you join our runs, take part in pacing projects, access community initiatives, keep track of your participation, unlock rewards and experience different parts of Running Department.
Train With Us is now Dept. Access.
It is a new name, but more importantly, one that better reflects what the platform has become.
Think of Dept. Access as your digital doorway into Running Department.
Whether you are joining us for a Wednesday run, clocking your Saturday long runs, taking part in one of our pacing projects, signing up for a special community experience or checking what you have unlocked along the way, this is where it all comes together.
And yes, you still train with us.
Why the change?
Running Department has always been about more than running.
Over the years, our community has grown, and so have the ways runners can participate. Beyond our regular runs, we now have pacing programmes, community activations, partner experiences, rewards and other initiatives that bring people together.
The role of our platform has grown alongside them.
The name Train With Us made perfect sense when its main purpose was training. Today, it represents only one part of what happens there.
Dept. Access gives us room to build what comes next.
It creates one place through which runners can access the different experiences, programmes and opportunities that make up Running Department, while giving us a platform that can continue evolving with the community.
What Changes for Me?
Honestly, not much.
Your existing Running Department account remains the same. Your participation history remains with you, and you will continue using the same account to access our runs and activities.
And just to be clear, Dept. Access is not a membership programme.
There are no membership fees. There is no subscription. You don’t need to become a “member” of Running Department.
Our regular community runs remain free and open to runners, just as they have always been.
Dept. Access is simply the platform that helps you access and participate in what we do.
What changes is the name and, over time, the experience around it. You will start seeing Dept. Access across our website, communications and community touchpoints as we gradually make the transition from Train With Us.
We will also continue improving the platform and introducing new ways for you to use it.
Same Community. More Access.
When we started Running Department, our belief was simple: running should be free, welcoming and for everyone.
That has not changed. No membership. No subscription. No paywall to be part of our community. Technology will never be what makes Running Department a community. People do.
Dept. Access is simply here to make it easier for those people to participate, connect and experience more of what we build together. So while Train With Us may be signing off as a name, what it started continues.
Same account. Same community. Same Running Department.
Just a new name that gives you access to more.
Welcome to Dept. Access. Your access to all things Running Department.
