As Christmas seems to be very quickly approaching us, I thought it would be a good idea to show you some gifts that are great for runners. Here is a photo from our very festive circuits last year, I hope we all plan to wear out jumpers again this year! 1. Magazine Subscription
There are loads of magazines out there, for whatever you love. Here are some of my favourites. - athletics weekly - runners world - women health - 220 triathlon 2. Water Bottle Always an essential item for every athlete. A great water bottle encourages hydration which will help keep you fit and healthy. For me, I drink so much water, so I am always seen with a water bottle. However at uni, I have already seemed to lose two water bottles, which I am pretty sad about to be honest. Here are my favourites out there at the moment ion8(every colour and size you can dream of), Nike and Swell (marble and pink). 3. Sports Watch This would clearly be a big present as sports watches often don't come in too cheap, but you can now get some great and pretty affordable ones now. Watches are fab, whether you enjoy looking at your step count, your sleep or how far you ran... you can pretty much always find one which does what you want. My one even has a stand up paddle board setting... I have used it once, but still. Here are some which start with the cheapest FitBit Alta - £99 (more of a fitness tracker and less to track runs, etc.) TomTom Runner 3 - from £119.99-£189.99 Garmin Vivomove HR - £169.99 (I love this one as doesn't look like a sports watch) Garmin Forerunner 235 - £249.99 (very popular watch) 4. Wireless earphones These are a pretty fun item... they are certainly not essential to an athlete but make their lives easier. Whether its avoiding catching your arm in the lead on a run or just being able to look cool in the gym. Personally I have never had a pair of wireless headphones until I started to rowing, because as it turns out its pretty impossible to listen to music through normal head phones on an indoor rower. Wireless headphones come in a very wide price range but here are three which look good (from low to high in price). Amazon (currently the pair I have, cheap and do the job but I'm looking now for a better quality pair), Sony, Beats (not cheap... but really great). 5. Underwater Headphones If you do a lot of swimming in public pools, then underwater headphones may be for you... I certainly am desperate for a pair, to make my lonely swims go by just a little bit quicker. I don't have a pair, so I can't tell you for sure what my personal opinion are on these pairs, but I have done some research into them to find the best pairs. Wiggle (high end) and Amazon (cheaper) 6. Trainer Socks Personally these are a highly essential part of my wardrobe and you can certainly never have too many pairs. Some of my favourite sock brands are Stance (my favourite brand!), Balega (link is to my favourite of their style) and More Mile (would happily own these socks in all their colours and really inexpensive). The chance you will spot me wearing one of these three brands is pretty high! 7. Gloves For me, running in the winter means gloves are essential as my hands get pretty cold, very easily. Also for rowing, carrying the boats around you hands can get really really chilly. So gloves are a great idea for xmas, always very useful especially on those cold XC races. Some great brands are Inov8 mitts (these are the best and warmest gloves I have ever owned), Inov8 gloves (perfect for running in, when the temperatures drop) and nike (perfect for if you want a warm but slightly more colourful pair of gloves). 8. Yoga mat Who doesn't need a yoga mat... okay unless you have one already. Getting a yoga mat is a great way to encourage you to look up some classes on youtube and get that all important stretching into your workout routine each week. Some of my favourites are Lulu Lemon (slightly upmarket yoga mat, but seriously good quality, so worth the investment if you know you'll be using it lots), ... personally I got one from Homesense (you could try TKMax too), it was cheap but a good brand, so if you have a store near you, have a search and you might find a good quality one there for half the usual price. 9. Headbands These are great little stocking filler and some people are against headbands, but I'm a huge fan. Any cardio workout in the gym, is always sweaty for me so a headband is essential to avoid the horrible feeling of your hair sticking to your neck from sweat... ew gross! Here are some of my favourite Nike chunky, Nike thin and Adidas. 10. Gym Trainers I have specifically said 'gym' in this one because I know lots of people have to run in specific trainers because of their gait etc. like myself. That doesn't leave much room to explore but at the gym, I love it because I can wear a much funkier trainers. My favourite are ON, Nike and New Balance. Many of you may in fact be lucky enough to be able to run in these trainers too.
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