Nobody Should Run Alone.
A global running community for people with type 1 — local groups, a T1D Couch-to-5K, and people who already know what a long run does to your blood sugar.
It’s not in your head.
In the landmark study of what actually keeps adults with type 1 diabetes from being active, fear of hypoglycemia ranked first — above work schedules, above fitness level, above everything. More than 60% of people with T1D are sedentary.
The same research found two things that lower the barrier: understanding how insulin actually works in your body, and having someone to do it with. Type One Run is the second one — and often, in practice, the first one too.
Chapters from Los Angeles to Mumbai.
We’re a global running community with chapters from Los Angeles to Mumbai, organized by local leaders and a growing number of informal groups. We have a Couch-to-5K built specifically for people with type 1, and a Ragnar relay team. You don’t need to be fast. You need people who already know what a long run does to your blood sugar, and will tell you.
Get involved
- Start a local group — organize runs in your city. We provide marketing materials and support to help you get started.
- Join an existing group — find T1D runners near you through the Facebook community.
- Run virtually — share your runs, ask questions, and connect with T1D runners worldwide.
Get in touch
Want to start a local group in your city, take over an existing chapter, or have any other questions? Get in touch — we’d love to hear from you.
You’re not running alone.
Type One Run reaches every continent. Each pin is a runner with type 1 diabetes — somewhere out there, lacing up. Browse the global community, see how many of us there are, and add yourself to the map so the next person knows they’re not alone in their corner of the world.
We only collect city, state/region, and country — never a street address. Your email is visible only to BCF admins, who use it to connect nearby members when there’s an opportunity. See our privacy policy.
What it looks like.
A Couch-to-5K built for type 1.
The hardest part of starting is knowing what to do on any given day. This plan answers that for six weeks — every run, every strength session, every rest day, laid out.
Managing blood sugar around it is a separate skill, and the simulators teach it directly: exercise timing if you take injections, temp basal if you’re on a pump.
Couch to 5K — English
The complete training plan. Six weeks, three runs a week, with strength workouts included.
Download PDFEntrenamiento para 5K — Español
El plan de entrenamiento completo en español.
Descargar PDFCouch to 5K — Kids Edition
Adapted for younger T1D runners, with family-friendly modifications.
Download PDFSwag and marketing materials.
Official Type One Run merchandise is available through the TOR store. The marketing kit — logos, social graphics, and print assets — is open to anyone who wants to promote a run, represent Type One Run, or start something in their own city.
The Type One Run Podcast.
Conversations with people who run, ride, lift, and race with type 1 — what they’ve worked out, and what they’re still figuring out.
Find your people.
See who’s running near you.
Chapters, informal groups, and individual runners with type 1, all on one map.
Open the mapNo group where you live?
Put yourself on it anyway. That’s how most chapters start.
Add yourself to the mapJoin the conversation.
Where chapters coordinate, and where people ask the questions they’d rather not ask a clinician.
Join the groupGet the gear.
Chapter shirts and race gear, so people can spot each other at the start line. Priced as close to cost as we can get it.
Visit the storeFundraise with us.
Running a race? Raise money for BCF alongside it.
Fundraise for BCF