RUNLUST
A lone hurdle on floodlit blue tartan at night, a sprinter blurred mid-flight behind it
DROP 013 · FRI, AUG 28, 2026

Two World Records Fell in One Zurich Night

Alison dos Santos ran 45.80. Minutes later Masai Russell ran 12.09. Weltklasse did not blink.

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THE FEED

TODAY'S SERVING OF SPEED
A vending machine glowing on an empty alpine street at night with a runner standing before it
THE CULT

The Vending Machine That Stole a Baby in Chamonix

Trail Runner's UTMB week dispatch goes somewhere between prophecy and sleep deprivation.

FRI, AUG 28, 2026 · VIA TRAIL RUNNER MAGAZINE
A textured running sneaker resting on cracked terracotta desert clay at golden hour
GEAR LUST

Bembury Pressed His Fingerprints Into PUMA

The Velum 2 lands September 3 in Terracotta and Alloy, with NITROFOAM under a fingerprint upper.

FRI, AUG 28, 2026 · VIA HYPEBEAST
Backlit close crop of an open-weave mesh singlet printing a grid of shadow onto skin
THE FIT

Your Running Kit Is Full of Holes on Purpose

Mesh, slashes, rips and open weave are everywhere this season. It is not only a look.

FRI, AUG 28, 2026 · VIA OUTSIDE RUN
A trail runner powering up a steep rocky switchback in cold alpine morning light
FULL SEND

Lauren Gregory Picks Chamonix for Her First

One of the fastest young mountain runners in the United States takes her climbing legs to the OCC, in her debut, during the loudest week of the year.

TUE, AUG 25, 2026 · VIA TRAIL RUNNER MAGAZINE
An all black running shoe with a visible sculpted wave plate in the sole, lit against black
THE FIT

Mizuno Reopens the Prophecy in All Black

The WAVE PROPHECY 1 returns on August 28 at 35,200 yen, roughly 222 dollars, with its exoskeleton dipped in a single color.

TUE, AUG 25, 2026 · VIA HYPEBEAST
A runner sprinting through an empty industrial street at blue hour, autumn leaves on wet asphalt
PRESS PLAY

Bandit Runs Out to the City Limits

Fall 2026 arrived on Bandit's channel on August 24, and it is called City Limits.

TUE, AUG 25, 2026 · VIA BANDIT RUNNING
A trail runner cresting a green alpine pass with ridgelines folding into haze behind
RUN HERE

Day Three Crosses Into Switzerland

Courmayeur to La Fouly on the Tour du Mont Blanc, where the reward for the climb is a hut, a border, and hot chocolate described as divine.

TUE, AUG 25, 2026 · VIA TRAIL RUNNER MAGAZINE
Three nearly identical ultralight racing flats lined up in a dark void under a single hard spotlight
GEAR LUST

Three Shoes, One Name, One World Record

Yomif Kejelcha kissed a shoe reading Adizero Adios Pro Evo 3 in Buenos Aires. Two more shoes on the World Athletics list answer to the same name, and neither has ever been sold.

TUE, AUG 25, 2026 · VIA MARATHON HANDBOOK
A long single-file line of people jogging very slowly through a riverside park at golden hour
THE CULT

The Viral Korean Run Is Barely a Run

Slow jogging moves at 10 to 15 minutes per kilometre, in long single-file lines, and it went viral in July.

THU, AUG 20, 2026 · VIA CANADIAN RUNNING
An all-terrain racing wheelchair on alpine singletrack with crew members flanking it
THE WIRE

Four Wheelchairs Are Taking On the UTMB Route

170 kilometers, about 10,000 meters of climbing, and a question nobody has answered on wheels.

THU, AUG 20, 2026 · VIA CANADIAN RUNNING
A lone elite marathoner running down an empty grey city street circuit with a huge gap behind
FULL SEND

Six Marathons in 11 Months, One Title

Alisa Vainio ran Tokyo, Vantaa, Valencia, Seville, Paris and Birmingham. The last one she won by 4:55.

THU, AUG 20, 2026 · VIA MARATHON HANDBOOK
Studio still life of an earth-toned backless slip-on running mule on raw clay
THE FIT

FKA twigs Made On a Shoe for After the Run

The Cloudmonster 3 Mule is On's first backless shoe, and the whole FW26 collection is about what happens once you stop.

THU, AUG 20, 2026 · VIA HYPEBEAST
A seamless one-piece 3D-printed sneaker on a matte lilac plinth
GEAR LUST

Allen Iverson's Question Got 3D Printed

Reebok and Zellerfeld open the Question's 30th anniversary with a one-piece printed shoe, not a retro.

THU, AUG 20, 2026 · VIA HYPEBEAST
City run crew in bold printed kit pausing at a Manhattan crosswalk at dusk
THE FIT

Four Miles, Bold Prints, One Pizza Stop

Hypebeast's run club took lululemon's SS26 collection through Manhattan and stopped for slices.

SUN, AUG 16, 2026 · VIA HYPEBEAST
Cream and black cow print road running shoe on a warm sand backdrop
GEAR LUST

Nike Put Cow Print on the Vomero Plus

A barnyard graphic lands on one of Nike's hottest road shoes. $190, women's execution, date to come.

SUN, AUG 16, 2026 · VIA HYPEBEAST
Lone runner far down a shimmering Death Valley highway in heat haze
FULL SEND

He Turned Death Valley Into a Lab

Max Jolliffe DNF'd Cocodona, hired a data obsessive, then won the world's toughest footrace.

SUN, AUG 16, 2026 · VIA TRAIL RUNNER MAGAZINE
A single spotlit treadmill in an empty shopping mall atrium at night
THE WIRE

866 Kilometers Inside a Shopping Mall

Debora Simas, 55, ran a treadmill for 168 straight hours in Florianopolis and beat the world record by 20 km.

SUN, AUG 16, 2026 · VIA MARATHON HANDBOOK
Sculptural matte black running sunglasses on a concrete ledge at golden hour
GEAR LUST

Bandit Made Sunglasses Like an Art Object

The New York run brand's first co-designed eyewear, built with a design house instead of an optics factory.

SUN, AUG 16, 2026 · VIA BANDIT RUNNING

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