Ahead of the upcoming ski season, POC, a leader in protection for cycling and snow sports, and ski-racing champion Marco Odermatt are proud to release a new and expanded Marco Odermatt Collection, featuring the athlete’s signature lion design across six new pieces, now elevated with a striking golden colourway that reflects his achievements and career to date.

More than a decade ago, Sasha Wolff hand-stamped and sold jewelry and T-shirts from a church basement, trying to fund an idea she wasn’t sure anyone would want: an organization built around the intersection of running and mental health....

Built from the fitting philosophy and product expertise of Big Peach East Cobb and Big Peach Alpharetta, Footwear Guru helps runners, walkers, and people seeking everyday comfort ask better questions, compare options, and arrive for a store visit...

On September 1, Ally Bowersock settled in before her phone’s camera and hit record. On the first of the month, Bowersock, the owner of RunAbout Sports in Roanoke, VA, presented a new challenge, one prompted by the closure of a beloved local...

Music and running have always gone together and now Roark, the travel-inspired apparel brand rooted in surf, adventure and storytelling, and musician Matt Costa have played into that with the launch of Sonic Nomads, a 32-minute music track created...

It’s a new, quieter day for the Around the Crown 10K Together with Truist (ATC10K) as it partners with Start Without a Shot, a global initiative dedicated to replacing the sound of the starter pistol with a research-backed, inclusive and...

News from around the world of the brands selling into run specialty retail.  Brooks Running Signs Non-Running Ambassadors Expanding its reach outside of the core running community, Brooks Running recently signed elite athletes across a number...

Today, Crazy Creek Products announces the launch of its Boat Chair, a Type IV throwable personal flotation device engineered to double as a stable, comfortable seat. This breakthrough 2-in-1 product combines a U.S. Coast Guard-approved throwable PFD design for boats 16 feet and longer with Crazy Creek's nearly 40 years of legless chair engineering.

RECCO, a global search and rescue technology, is celebrating a successful debut of a meaningful partnership with adidas INFINITE TRAILS, the international trail running festival held in Austria’s Gastein Valley.

Gregory Mountain Products, is debuting a new collection of everyday lifestyle packs designed in partnership with its Yokohama design center in Japan — YOK x SLC. The collection includes three styles — Outset, Signal and Rhune X-PAC, featuring an elevated design and premium materials inspired by Japanese craftsmanship.

Saturday, August 15 was a big day for Brendan Barrett and his team at Sayville Running Company. After nearly two years away from their commercial home in historic downtown Sayville, NY, due to damage from an October 2024 fire, the 20-year-old...

The world has never been filled with more media. From books to podcasts to TED talks, – and, of course, Running Insight –  run specialty leaders navigating the daily demands of leadership, customer service and community building...

Widely considered one of the toughest foot races on the planet, the Marathon des Sables (MDS) is a six-stage ultramarathon covering more than 150 miles over seven days. As if that’s not grueling enough, the challenge is elevated by the extreme...

“This year it goes from answering questions for you to doing things for you in the real world.” — Kevin Weil, OpenAI Chief Product Officer, March 2025 OK, this quote is more than a year old, which is roughly an eon in AI time. And...

Every retail conference session these days seems to open with the same slide: some statistic about how much money AI is going to unlock for the industry. It’s easy to tune out. Running specialty retailers have built their businesses on...

Technology is steadily making its way into the trail running community — now to the extent that elite training and competition are no longer limited to mountain slopes, remote courses and livestream coverage. Through a new long-term...

No more writing down a workout routine on a sweaty piece of paper and then maybe remembering it later. That’s so 2025. Now a new app uses intelligent text parsing and reusable effort tags to make structured session creation faster for...

All it takes is a quick look around to see that promotional products are everywhere, from drinkware and apparel to keychains, lanyards, tote bags, badges, awards and medals — just to name a few categories in a vast universe of customizable...

When Sebastian Sawe burst through the two-hour marathon barrier last April in London, he awed the world. Analysts immediately began slicing and dicing his training protocols, his carbon-plated shoes and his nutrition. While you can’t...

All nutritional products are not created equally. No one knows this more than Paige Foote. Paige is a registered dietician and marathoner who struggled to find a nutritional product that satisfied her on her runs. In 2021, she decided to partner...