Who we are
The people behind Pulse Groups
Three people who train a lot, building the app we wanted.
Why we built Pulse
Training with the right people changes how you train. Pulse exists so you can find them: activities near you, with athletes whose pace, schedule and vibe match yours.
Safety is part of the design, from the visibility controls on your profile to who gets to message you.
John Park
John is a cyclist and runner in San Francisco, and the reason a few of his friends now own trail shoes. His biggest athletic accomplishment is the 2025 RUT trifecta in Big Sky: the VK, the 28K and the 50K, three trips up Lone Peak, 52 miles and 21,700 feet of climbing. He started Pulse because finding training partners should be easier than the training.
Fem Woodruff
Fem is a cyclist and runner in New York who will sign up for almost anything. She studied chemical engineering at Cornell, ran the 2026 Boston Marathon, and finished the Santa Cruz 70.3 without ever really learning to swim, which she does not recommend and would do again. She is with Pulse because a plan with friends should take one tap, and a run with someone new should not take a leap of faith.
Zachary Wakefield
Zach runs long in Boston and keeps going back to the mountains: six ultramarathons so far, including two RUT 50K finishes and the Speedgoat 50K. When he is not running, he is a bioinformatics PhD at Boston University, and that schedule is most of why he is here: a free evening rarely lands where anyone else’s does.