I’m sure everyone knows about the Tracksmith PR bonus going on this summer. To recap it, if you run a PR in any piece of Tracksmith apparel by August 31, they’ll give you a $250 credit for even more gear!
I first found out about Tracksmith sometime in 2015, I think, back before they carried women’s clothes. If you’re not familiar with the brand, it’s based out of Boston and produces running apparel in a vintage style with modern fabrics. They employ very basic designs, lightweight fabrics, but everything comes together to hark back to days of running past where it was more of a sport than a hobby.
As the name would suggest, the clothes are inspired by the track uniforms of runners firmly into their masters years by now. I was attracted to this brand initially because I, and probably a lot of other runners, are overcome with “Nike fatigue,” so to speak. Sportswear these days seems to require a busy pattern, extraneous straps and frills and decorative gaps. There are swooshes and parabolas and all sorts of other logos placed conspicuously all over each garment. What about a plain singlet with a small logo over the left breast, like you’d find with a polo shirt or an Oxford button down?
That’s what we’ve got.