The Nike Run Club App delivers new features to prepare, support and empower runners

For more than a decade, the Nike Run Club App has served athletes* with everything they need to start running, make sport part of their daily lives and better enjoy their workouts—building a sense of community with other runners along the way.

Now, the NRC App is rolling out new features to further prepare, support and empower runners: providing localised running tips before they head out and allowing them to share their real-time location with friends and family.

Both updates are rooted in Nike's commitment to serving athletes free and distinct digital experiences grounded in coaching and guidance. They're now available to the NRC App's active users, who can access the app on iOS and Android platforms in 11 languages and more than 160 countries.

A new know-before-you-go feature informs runners about local weather and environmental conditions (such as rain and sunlight) as they prepare for their run, using the runner's current location and real-time weather data to help them know what to expect before they hit the road or trail.

The second new feature gives NRC App users the ability to share their real-time run location with friends and family who want to follow along digitally, even if they don't have the NRC App. The feature generates a unique link that runners can share via text message or any other means, like social media.

With the link, friends and family are able to view the runner's location and track their distance, average pace and duration. Once an athlete has finished their run, they can send an update that lets their loved ones know they've safely made it to their destination.

This update serves a variety of users, including solo runners, training groups seeking to hold each other accountable and supporters cheering on a loved one during a race.

The new features join existing NRC App favourites, including a library of six Training Plans and approximately 300 Audio-Guided Runs, that help athletes go from their first run to their first marathon, learn how to improve their pace and performance or simply enjoy the mental break of a run for whatever distance and duration they choose.

The app also helps build community by allowing athletes to connect with friends and other runners through experiences and challenges in their local area and across the globe. NRC App users can seamlessly upload their activities to Strava to share with their community across platforms, as well as synch the app to their favourite wearable devices, including Apple, Garmin and COROS watches.

*If you have a body, you are an athlete.