Lunge Run Club: The new hotspot for singles to connect – In a time where meet-cutes have turned into right swipes on an app and organically meeting a partner is more difficult, many people have discovered an alternative to finding their significant other: run clubs.
A sea of almost 1200 singles buzzed with energy as they gathered at Washington Square Park on Wednesday evening to run with Lunge Run Club — a running club in NYC created to meet a significant other or friends.
Lunge Run Club: The new hotspot for singles to connect
The eager crowd took over the park, spilling outside the Washington Arch — the volume of enthusiastic chatter rapidly rising as the runners multiplied.
The club was created in May by Rachael Lansing and Steve Cole, who is also the founder of the Lunge App, which matches people exercising in the nearby area. The Lunge Run Club — Cole said in an interview — gives people a chance to make these connections in person.
Every Wednesday, a three-mile jog at a conversational pace kicks off at 6:45 p.m. Recently, the club has been meeting in Washington Square Park. Singles wear all black and those taken come dressed in color, always ending the run at a nearby bar where participants can get to know each other better.
Dating apps aren’t working anymore because it’s just endless swiping on random people (who live in) New York. Lunge is revolutionizing the way people connect by hosting in-real-life events and then offering a platform to connect with others at the same exercise locations.
How does Lunge Run Club work?
People who attend Lunge Run Club can sign up with Lunge dating app and match exclusively with others at Lunge Run Club. So far, there have been more than 15,000 likes exchanged from one Lunge Run Club runner to another. Compared to other clubs, Lunge Run Club takes away the masquerade of hoping to meet someone. Instead, we allow people to put themselves out there and join a space with a community-centered approach first, and running second.
The run club is on rain or shine with locations and updated details available on their Instagram, @lungerunclub.
After the run, the runners colored the street in black as the line to the bar stretched all the way around the block, ending the night with #BeersAfter, as the club calls it.
