diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 59e709d..e889811 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -494,6 +494,6 @@ if (location.hostname !== 'splatter-tennis.wuwi.one') {
     </div>
   </div>
 </div>
-<script type="module" src="src/main.js?v=249"></script>
+<script type="module" src="src/main.js?v=250"></script>
 </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/src/render.js b/src/render.js
index 72495ad..b7835e8 100644
--- a/src/render.js
+++ b/src/render.js
@@ -1489,11 +1489,16 @@ function drawChar(ch) {
   // (one call, one row, one character — see assets/_runroll.py for why the old per-frame art
   // flickered); un-rolled characters fall back to 4 or 2.
   // TUNE.runN: live override for the bench's tuning sessions (0 = probe the sheet as always)
-  const runN = TUNE.runN || (SPR[pre + 'run8'] ? 8 : SPR[pre + 'run6'] ? 6 : SPR[pre + 'run4'] ? 4 : 2);
+  const runN = TUNE.runN || (pre === 'p_' ? 2 : SPR[pre + 'run8'] ? 8 : SPR[pre + 'run6'] ? 6 : SPR[pre + 'run4'] ? 4 : 2);
   // The rolled 6/8-frame cycles run at their own STRIDE RATE (TUNE.runHz, cycles/s). The old 4.5
   // was tuned on 2-4 near-duplicate frames, where it read as vigour — on eight real phases it was
   // a strobe ("very flashy and unnatural"), most of a full stride every display frame.
-  if (ch.pose === 'run') name = pre + 'run' + (Math.floor(ch.runT * (runN >= 6 ? TUNE.runHz : TUNE.runHz2) * runN) % runN + 1);
+  // The PLAYER runs a two-frame pair like the opponents now, cut from his rolled sheet by eye:
+  // the man's true leg-swap is frames 5+6, the woman's is 1+2. The offset only applies when the
+  // pair is running — TUNE.runN = 6 on the bench still reviews the full roll from frame 1.
+  const runOfs = pre === 'p_' && runN === 2
+    && !(G.bench && G.bench.char != null ? G.bench.char === 'of' : tour.sfx === '_f') ? 4 : 0;
+  if (ch.pose === 'run') name = pre + 'run' + (Math.floor(ch.runT * (runN >= 6 ? TUNE.runHz : TUNE.runHz2) * runN) % runN + 1 + runOfs);
   // (the receiver used to flip to run1/run2 here as a "split-step" — it read as a man sprinting on
   //  the spot, because the run frames are a full leaning stride, not a ready-hop. He idles now.)
   if (ch.pose === 'swing') name = pre + (ch.poseT < 0.15 ? 'swing1' : 'swing2');