[Unit]
Description=control FOO daemon
After=syslog.target network.target

[Service]
Type=forking
User=FOOd
Group=FOO
ExecStartPre=/bin/mkdir -p /var/run/FOOd/
ExecStartPre=/bin/chown -R FOOd:FOO /var/run/FOOd/
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/FOOd -P /var/run/FOOd/FOOd.pid
PIDFile=/var/run/FOOd/FOOd.pid

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

...
Jun 03 16:18:49 PC0515546 mkdir[2469]: /bin/mkdir: cannot create directory /var/run/FOOd/: permission denied
Jun 03 16:18:49 PC0515546 systemd[1]: FOOd.service: control  process exited, code=exited status=1
...

PermissionsStartOnly=true

RuntimeDirectory=, RuntimeDirectoryMode=
       Takes a list of directory names. If set, one or more directories by
       the specified names will be created below /run (for system
       services) or below $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR (for user services) when the
       unit is started, and removed when the unit is stopped. The
       directories will have the access mode specified in
       RuntimeDirectoryMode=, and will be owned by the user and group
       specified in User= and Group=. Use this to manage one or more
       runtime directories of the unit and bind their lifetime to the
       daemon runtime. The specified directory names must be relative, and
       may not include a "/", i.e. must refer to simple directories to
       create or remove. This is particularly useful for unprivileged
       daemons that cannot create runtime directories in /run due to lack
       of privileges, and to make sure the runtime directory is cleaned up
       automatically after use. For runtime directories that require more
       complex or different configuration or lifetime guarantees, please
       consider using tmpfiles.d(5).

[Unit]
Description=control FOO daemon
After=syslog.target network.target

[Service]
Type=forking
User=FOOd
Group=FOO
RuntimeDirectory=FOOd
RuntimeDirectoryMode=$some-mode
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/FOOd -P /run/FOOd/FOOd.pid
PIDFile=/run/FOOd/FOOd.pid

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target