Running Insight

Mission At Running Insight, our goal is to support the running community—whether it's for sport or leisure. We aim to showcase the retailers and brands that empower countless individuals to lead healthier and more active lifestyles, both locally and globally. Purpose We provide essential industry updates year-round through our website, RunningInsight.com, and a bi-monthly digital magazine, Running Insight, which is designed to be engaging and easy to digest. Our featured articles cover a wide range of topics, including retailer highlights, business insights, product launches, trend analyses, and much more.

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It’s Not the Bricks, It's the Mortar

1 month ago | runninginsight.com | Michael Jacobsen

As a former national-class endurance athlete, Mike Cosentino is well-known in the run specialty business as owner of Big Peach Running Co. and Big Peach Ride + Run, two concepts that are among the industry’s most awarded and most successful privately held retailers.
Outdoor Alliance Had a Good Year, Challenges Ahead

1 month ago | runninginsight.com | Michael Jacobsen

With the passage of the EXPLORE Act headlining the annual report of the Outdoor Alliance, the coalition of outdoor recreation groups working together to protect public lands recently celebrated its successes in the past year.
Running Mate and Partners Promoting Run Safety

1 month ago | runninginsight.com | Michael Jacobsen

With the goal of promoting running safety, Running Mate – described often as “Uber for Runners” – recently launched a program on the University of Georgia’s campus aimed at ensuring no student has to run or walk alone again. The program was launched in honor of Laken Riley, the UGA student who was tragically murdered on campus last year. The late-March launch of the program brought in more than 50 runners from the local Athens and Oconee community.
Shoe Conversations

2 months ago | runninginsight.com | Cregg Weinmann

Nothing brings validation like a good Latin phrase. How about this one “audentes Fortuna iuvat”? It has a nice ring to it, and the translation is equally profound: “Fortune favors the brave.”There is much conversation about conservation, especially at this time of year as Earth Day is celebrated April 22. We all know that we only have one planet that is fit for running and that is the example we strive to set in our spheres of influence.
A Run With Sharon Barbano

Feb 13, 2025 | runninginsight.com | Cregg Weinmann

One of the most critical roles in the success of running shoe brands is getting that brand’s message out clearly and completely. Communication won’t make a bad shoe good, but a lack of it can shoot down the success of a great shoe. Sharon Barbano is one of the best in the business in 2025 and Saucony is benefitting from her expertise as an effective communication professional.
TRE24: Best Feet Forward

Dec 5, 2024 | runninginsight.com | Cregg Weinmann

A regular column I penned in the 1990’s was called Mostly Shoes. Appropriately, that same description could be applied to The Running Event 2024, held Nov. 19-21 in Austin, TX. More than any other piece of equipment, our daily runs are influenced by footwear. The result of our Marathon Dreams is directly affected by footwear — and footwear performance plays the most critical role in the success of our running goals and dreams. On that level, TRE24 had it all on the running shoe front.
More Pickles, Please

Oct 12, 2024 | runninginsight.com | Matt Crawford

With pickleball once again being featured at The Running Event in Austin, TX, next month, run specialty retailers need to dive a little deeper into the kitchen (that’s a pickleball term) and learn a little bit more about the fastest-growing sport in America. I am here to help. I recently bought a new pickleball paddle – a Six Zero Double Black Diamond. I spent more time online researching its attributes than I did for a recent purchase of a new car.
Retail Tech-cellence

Sep 16, 2024 | runninginsight.com | Cregg Weinmann

Current technology in the run specialty landscape is a varied medley of stalwart and contemporary components. Your industry colleagues deploy a spectrum of scientific tools ranging from the trusty Brannock Device to fancy scanners that interpret, to a specific percentage, a foot’s degree of medial arch elongation. There’s some really cool stuff out there.
What’s on Your Plate?

Jun 7, 2024 | runninginsight.com | Cregg Weinmann

There are a number of things that marathons around the world have in common — the distance, the refreshments and the shoes. While terrain and snacks may vary from race to race, the near uniformity of the shoes, at least in concept, has grown in both height and breadth — literally and figuratively.
Challenge Accepted

Apr 3, 2024 | runninginsight.com | Cregg Weinmann

Running is elemental, an activity that reaches to people of all abilities. Fresh air, cardiovascular and muscular strengthening, mental clarity — each enhance our overall health. Of course the run specialty business, as advocates for improved quality of life and protection of the environment, is vitally interested in promoting health and fitness without drawbacks. So how do run specialty retailers get involved and respond to this challenge?