Tanner Bowden

New York

Editor-at-Large at Field Mag

Writer at Freelance

Articles

Why Patagonia Restored a Famous Explorer's Argentinian Chalet

1 week ago | fieldmag.com | Tanner Bowden

Tanner Bowden Tanner Bowden is a Vermont-based writer, editor, photographer, former wilderness educator, and Field Mag Editor-at-Large. He also contributes to the likes of GQ, Men's Journal, Gear Patrol, Outside. Field Mag may receive a minor commission from purchases made via affiliate links. In its half century of making outdoor gear, Patagonia has developed a reputation for doing things differently.
Q&A: How Brian Chorski Imagines His Utopian Version of the West in New Book

2 weeks ago | fieldmag.com | Tanner Bowden

Tanner Bowden Tanner Bowden is a Vermont-based writer, editor, photographer, former wilderness educator, and Field Mag Editor-at-Large. He also contributes to the likes of GQ, Men's Journal, Gear Patrol, Outside. Of all the icons that have come to symbolize America, none are as potent as The West. So vast and varied and grand, The West is a place, but it's also an idea, a notion.
15 Best Running Brands Blending Performance With IYKYK Cool

1 month ago | fieldmag.com | Tanner Bowden

Tanner Bowden Tanner Bowden is a Vermont-based writer, editor, photographer, former wilderness educator, and Field Mag Editor-at-Large. He also contributes to the likes of GQ, Men's Journal, Gear Patrol, Outside. Field Mag may receive a minor commission from purchases made via affiliate links. All the best running brands used to be found at your local big box sporting goods store.
The best Hoka trainers and running shoes to take you from race to recovery

2 months ago | gq-magazine.co.uk | Tanner Bowden |Daphne Bugler

All products are independently selected by our editors. If you buy something, we may earn an affiliate commission. If you're talking about best running shoes without mentioning Hoka, you're missing a beat. Next to the sporting giants of Nike, Adidas and New Balance, they might not be the first running shoe brand that you think of, but from our experience of testing them through training runs, park runs and even marathons, we have to vouch for the brand.
Tracksmith’s much-anticipated running shoe is as innovative as it is stylish

2 months ago | gq-magazine.co.uk | Tanner Bowden

Rumours of Tracksmith's new running shoe, the Eliot Racer, have been streaking around run club meetups and shoe forums since sometime in the autumn of 2023. The Boston-based company only released its first shoe, a daily trainer called the Eliot Runner, the previous year, and even though the brand has been kitting out runners with racing sashes for close to a decade, the founder would tell you that footwear has always been part of the program. Racing has always been Tracksmith's thing, too.
The Best Brooks Running Shoes to Put Your Best Foot Forward

2 months ago | gq.com | Tanner Bowden

All products are independently selected by our editors. If you buy something, we may earn an affiliate commission. If you run, there's a good chance you've owned a pair of the best Brooks running shoes. Brooks shoes are consistently best-sellers at running stores, and our contacts in the biz tell us that it's for a simple reason: Brooks shoes just work. We all run differently, have different feet, hit the ground in a different way, but Brooks shoes renders those intricacies null via mesh and foam.
Can Peak Design's New Rolling Carry-On Make Me Ditch My Duffel?

2 months ago | fieldmag.com | Tanner Bowden

Photo courtesy Peak Design Tanner Bowden Tanner Bowden is a Vermont-based writer, editor, photographer, former wilderness educator, and Field Mag Editor-at-Large. He also contributes to the likes of GQ, Men's Journal, Gear Patrol, Outside. Field Mag may receive a minor commission from purchases made via affiliate links.
The Brooks Ghost 16 is one of the most popular running shoes—for good reason

2 months ago | gq-magazine.co.uk | Tanner Bowden

Ghosting is no good, very bad, don't do it—unless we're talking about Brooks' Ghost running shoe, which is not just the company's best-seller, but also one of the most popular running shoes, period. As such, if you're “Ghosting” your runs, we wholeheartedly co-sign your efforts and wish you well. The Ghost has been steadily updated since its inception—never falling prey to trends of the time.
The new On Cloudsurfer 2 is a high-tech shoe for breezy, everyday running

Mar 26, 2025 | gq-magazine.co.uk | Tanner Bowden

All products are independently selected by our editors. If you buy something, we may earn an affiliate commission. In a lot of ways, the On Cloudsurfer 2 isn't your average shoe from the Swiss running brand. If you haven't had your head in its trademark clouds, the reasons why may not be clear, and much of it has to do with tech – CloudTec, to be specific, which are those hole-y outsole "pods" that made On shoes look so unique in a sea of similar-looking running shoes.
The Untold History of Outdoor Research, A Great American Gear Brands

Mar 25, 2025 | fieldmag.com | Tanner Bowden

Tanner Bowden Tanner Bowden is a Vermont-based writer, editor, photographer, former wilderness educator, and Field Mag Editor-at-Large. He also contributes to the likes of GQ, Men's Journal, Gear Patrol, Outside. Presented by Some companies trace their origins back to garages and basements, others to boardrooms. For Outdoor Research of Seattle, WA, it's somewhere around 12,500 feet up the side of Denali, North America's tallest mountain.