Chapter Zero · Who We Are
We started a run club
because pizza tastes
better when you've
earned it.
Pizza Pacers began as a handful of NYC runners who were tired of run clubs that felt like tryouts. So we built the one we actually wanted to show up to.
The Short Version
Not a run club. A standing invitation.
It started with a group chat and a loose plan: meet at a pizzeria, order first, run a few easy miles together, then come back to the same table for a slice. No pace requirements, no team singlets, no PR pressure — just a reason to run that didn't feel like a chore.
The pizza part was never a gimmick bolted on afterward. It was the point. Running culture in this city can feel built for people who are already fast, already in a club, already fluent in the etiquette. We wanted the opposite: a run where finishing last gets you exactly the same slice as finishing first, and where "I've never run before" is a completely normal thing to say at the start line.
So that's Pizza Pacers. We pick the pizzeria first, then run a loop and come back to it, on purpose. Every pace is the right pace. And the whole thing works because nobody's trying to prove anything, except that pizza is a legitimate finish-line reward.
What We Believe
The rules, such as they are.
Every pace welcome.
Front of the pack or your first mile ever — there's no minimum speed and nobody gets dropped.
No ego, ever.
We don't do splits-shaming or gear-checking. Show up in whatever you've got.
You come back to the same pizzeria.
Not a snack, not a protein bar. A real, sit-down — or lean-against-the-counter — slice, at the same shop where you started.
Chapter Zero, New York City.
Every pace. Every route. Every table.
Come run with us.
Chapter Zero is just getting started — join the list and you'll be first to hear about routes, run dates, and new pizzerias joining the map.
Join Pizza Pacers →