Tracksmith, the New England attire model recognized for premium designs and a current transfer into street footwear, is now making a critical entry into path working.
The brand new Overland attire assortment contains the model’s first path working shoe, the Tracksmith Eliot Vary ($240), a unisex hydration vest, and ladies’s- and males’s-specific base layers, tops, and shorts.
The Tracksmith Eliot Vary path shoe. Picture: iRunFar/Craig Randall
This isn’t Tracksmith’s first dabble with path working gear; the model has launched a number of mini-capsules of a set referred to as Offroads during the last 5 years. Their Offroads Jacket from 2021 continues to be a mainstay in my fall and winter rotation and the merino wool, Tencel mix Harrier Lengthy Sleeve, a part of the 2024 Offroads assortment, is virtually the one shirt I exploit for winter working. These items have come and gone with restricted availability so Overland, as a repeatable assortment, is Tracksmith’s most significant path effort so far.
As Tracksmith CMO Slate Olson defined at a current presentation in Boulder, Colorado, path working inside the corporate has lengthy been “a leisure alternative — a capsule — not a core class.” Now, with extra of their athletes and prospects taking on path races and coaching, Tracksmith has dedicated to constructing a everlasting, extra technical line.
The Tracksmith Overland assortment. Picture courtesy of brand name.
The identify Overland nods to the Vermont Overland Path Race, the place two years in the past Tracksmith employees and athletes confirmed up with out their very own path shoe or particular attire. The timing and that hole of their line sparked the thought for a full path assortment. Prototyping the Eliot Vary started shortly thereafter.
On the footwear facet, Tracksmith has till now launched two street fashions: the Eliot Runner and the Eliot Racer. The Eliot Runner, their debut, was a simple every day coach that didn’t stand out a lot. The Eliot Racer, launched this spring, is a fantastic and enjoyable super-trainer that mixes efficiency and elegance — I’ve run over 100 miles in it — and gave the model a greater midsole template for its forthcoming path shoe.
Like Tracksmith’s attire, the Eliot Vary emphasizes pure fibers. Constructed on the identical final because the Eliot Runner, it incorporates a ripstop woven higher for sturdiness and breathability, together with a merino wool liner. Reinforcements on the higher present construction and assist, whereas the lacing system integrates with a twine working the size of the higher for lockdown.
A high view of the Tracksmith Eliot Vary. Picture: iRunFar/Craig Randall
The midsole makes use of a cut up building identical to the Eliot Racer: a thick, drop-in PEBAX insole delivers vitality return and sits above a strobel board with an injected carbon fiber plate for stiffness, propulsion, and underfoot safety.
That full-length plate types a agency barrier towards rocks, gravel, and all of the sharp-edged stuff you hit on the path — providing a steadiness of snap and safety. With a 9-millimeter drop (34.5 millimeters of stack peak within the heel, 25.5 millimeters within the toe), the experience is protecting however vigorous, positioned between on a regular basis path use and quicker efforts over clean trails or grime roads. The Eliot Vary makes use of Vibram’s XS Trek Evo outsole, a formulation extra sturdy if barely much less sticky than Megagrip. The shoe weighs in at a claimed 9.9 ounces (281 grams) for a U.S. males’s 9.
On the Eliot Vary, Olson added, “We’re not attempting to win UTMB. We needed to export the New England path working expertise in a shoe that saved our distinctive aesthetic.”
The Tracksmith Eliot Vary and Overland collections in motion. Picture courtesy of brand name.
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