RUN COACHING AND A CLUB THAT LIVES IN YOUR POCKET
STOP GUESSING, START RUNNING.
I'm Ben. Run coach, hybrid athlete, founder of Sparkies — the free running club that rewards you for showing up, not for smashing yourself. Real plans, real coaching, actual prizes. Not a PDF you'll ignore by week two.
Free forever. No card. No weird cult vibes. Or meet the bloke behind it →
55K+
RUNNERS FOLLOWING ALONG
3M+
VIEWS ON TOP POSTS
961
SPARKIES IN THE CLUB
16,217
KMS RUN BY THE CLUB
START WHERE YOU ARE
PICK YOUR LANE.
JOIN THE CLUB
Sparkies. A Tribe of three, points every time you run, monthly prizes and a feed where the dog walk counts. Free forever.
TRAIN FOR A RACE
5K to marathon. Pick your distance, pay once from $39, keep the plan forever. Miss a day? Tap LIFE HAPPENED and keep moving.
MEET THE COACH
ISSA run coach, hybrid athlete, HYROX racer, Garmin roaster. The bloke 55,000 runners trust to say slow down, you'll get faster.
THE BLOKE BEHIND BOLTIN
I WASN'T BORN A RUNNER.
I've quit running more times than I'd like to admit. Sign up for a race, go out too hard, legs like wet cardboard by week two, delete Strava by week three.
What finally stuck was slowing down and building a base — then I spent years coaching other people to skip the failing part. Now the whole system lives in Sparkies.
Off the clock: Sydney, HYROX, a boat when the wind's right, and a dog named Lady who logs more easy kilometres than most of my followers.
BRANDS I'VE WORKED WITH
RUN MORE. WIN STUFF. FIND YOUR PEOPLE.
Two Tribe mates in your corner, points for showing up and prizes worth chasing. Your slow Tuesday 25 minutes counts. That's the whole point.
Brand looking to reach 55,000 runners? Partnerships live here.