Runners haven’t any low season, and neither can we. This is the very best working attire and kit we’re trying ahead to subsequent yr.
The final week in November, the GearJunkie staff traveled to Austin, Texas, for The Running Event commerce present. Our purpose was to get a firsthand take a look at the newest in footwear, gear, and clothes coming to the working and health area for 2023.
After two dozen conferences and some gear demos on the streets of Austin, listed here are our editors’ standout picks from the present.
TRE: The Best Clothing and Gear of 2023
Pressio
New attire manufacturers are a dime a dozen. But Pressio, a UK-based efficiency clothes firm, debuted this yr to the U.S. market with a uncommon power round its touted “uncompromised ethical and sustainable approach.”
Co-founder Jamie Hunt, who beforehand constructed the profitable athletic model 2XU, was at TRE to ramp up the model’s home push and reveal a sustainability dedication that units it aside. This contains utilizing Italian-manufactured recycled nylon derived from recovered fishing nets.
And pre- and post-fabric offcuts reduce waste in manufacturing.
But maybe most fascinating is the corporate’s dyeing course of: Pressio dyes “at the yarn level” as an alternative of dyeing completed material. This considerably cuts down energy utilization and CO2 emissions, the model mentioned.
Pressio can be dedicated to providing sustainable put on at costs folks can afford. One of its efficiency shirts, for instance, is on sale now for about $16.
Nix Hydration Biosensor
Outside of bodily coaching, the 2 most crucial efficiency parameters in long-distance endurance occasions are correct fueling and sufficient hydration. For many runners, making a hydration plan is a guessing recreation.
Nix goals to take out that guesswork by offering athletes (of all kinds) with a private hydration plan. And it can use sweat evaluation to inform you when, what, and the way a lot to drink in actual time.
The system reads your physique’s biomarkers by a small patch that adheres to your pores and skin. It will then ship notifications of when to hydrate, through Bluetooth, to your smartphone.
As a long-distance runner who understands the significance of being adequately hydrated, I’m excited to check out the Nix resolution on the street and path subsequent yr.
Article One
Article One touts “heirloom eyewear” that’s handmade in Italy. And it’s recognized for collaborations with corporations like Tracksmith and Ciele.
This yr, additions to its Active line proceed the purpose of merging excessive efficiency with model. Multiple body fashions, together with prescription choices and two “shield” designs for path working, are coming for 2023.
If you want, like Article One, to “deliberately resist the current industry aesthetics of technical eyewear,” try the road.
GO Sleeves Kinesiology Sleeve
When Kinesio tape first got here to market, many runners swore by its means to lower irritation and ache. But tape will be cumbersome and sophisticated to use.
Enter GO Sleeves, the “World’s Only Kinesiology Sleeves.” The product line gives a washable, slip-on resolution to Kinesio tape that mixes the advantages of a compression sleeve with anatomically-supported tape.
Currently, the corporate makes sleeves for the knee, calf, and elbow, providing “targeted support and security that goes way beyond standard compression sleeves,” the corporate touts.
Gnarly Nutrition
Popular for its strength-focused dietary supplements, Gnarly Nutrition has been gaining recognition within the working world. The model has merchandise for pre-, during-, and post-workout conditions with its Performance Greens, Collagen, Whey, and Vegan Protein.
For 2023, Gnarly is working to remove waste in its line, together with changing plastic packaging with recyclable luggage and metal tins.
All its merchandise are NSF-certified and assured freed from microbe content material, heavy metals, and pesticides.
The model’s different sustainability objectives embrace being Climate Neutral Certified by 2023, changing into 1% for the Planet Certified beginning in 2023, and eradicating plastic scoops by 2025.
CEP Infrared Recovery Sock
CEP, a frontrunner in compression socks, showcased an Infrared Recovery Sock that makes use of minerals within the yarn to “act like a mirror” and replicate the physique’s radiation onto the pores and skin. This may help preserve a continuing physique temperature and enhance blood circulation, CEP cites.
The infrared options, together with CEP’s medical-grade compression, intention to cut back restoration time after a exercise. Note: This isn’t the primary time we’ve seen infrared utilized in athletic clothes. Under Armour and different corporations have leaned into the tech, with the Rush line as one previous instance.
XACT NUTRITION ‘Fruit Food’
Hovering in a class between power bar and gel, the super-soft ENERGY product from XACT is available in a number of fruit flavors. The model, based mostly in Montréal, made its TRE debut this yr, and its merchandise will quickly be on cabinets within the U.S. For its ENERGY line, the corporate gives orange, strawberry, black currant, and apricot flavors.
We examined them and may validate they’re tasty, candy, and simple to eat. The bars are manufactured from fruit pulp, sugar, pectin, and pure flavors, at 100 energy a pop.
Alete Active Nutrition
Energy-food manufacturers JoJé, Bonk Breaker, and SaltStick at the moment are below one roof with Alete Active. Each model revealed new flavors and merchandise at TRE. This included Coconut Pineapple FastChews from SaltStick, which “absorb” by your mouth to replenish electrolytes with out ingesting water.
Bonk Breaker debuted caffeinated Cola power chews, and JoJé put out heat samples of its Salted Chai ‘Soft Baked’ bar (we previewed it right here on GearJunkie). Yum.
Feetures ‘Invisible’ Running Socks
Runners wanting the bottom of low-profile socks can look to Feetures subsequent yr. The model’s Elite Invisible Ultra Light Socks have mesh areas for breathability and a brand new silicone tape close to the heel to assist the minimalist sock keep up and in place.
They hit the market in January, able to run “near invisibly” on any foot.
