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🥁 We've just unveiled our 2024 BEST IN GEAR Awards 🏆🏆🏆

Drumroll please, everybody...here are our winners:

(for the full discussion, skinny, and team debate on these awards, check out our live podcast episode from TRE in Austin last week -link in 1st comment 👇)

🏆 Brand of the Year 2024 - ASICS

🏆 Indie Brand of the Year 2024 - Mount to Coast

🏆 Innovation of the Year of 2024 - Wahoo Fitness KICKR RUN Smart Treadmill

🏆 Best New Shoe of 2024 - On Cloudboom Lightstrike LS

🏆 Best Running Watch of 2024 - Garmin Forerunner 265

🏆 Best Super Shoe of 2024 - ASICS MetaSpeed Sky Paris

🏆 Best Trail Shoe 2024 - The North Face Vectiv Pro 2

🏆 Best Daily Trainer 2024 - New Balance 1080v14

🏆 Marathon Handbook Shoe of The Year - ASICS Superblast 2 

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💸💸💸 The Boston Marathon, held annually on Patriots’ Day, is more than just a historic event in the running world—it is a key economic driver for Boston and the surrounding region.

The 2024 edition of the race, which took place on April 15, attracted thousands of runners and spectators from around the world and generated significant economic benefits for the city.

This year’s marathon once again demonstrated the profound economic impact that the event has on Boston, with hundreds of millions of dollars flowing into the local economy. 

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Eliud Kipchoge, renowned as one of the greatest marathoners in history, will step down in distance to race a 10K on Dec. 1 at the Thailand 10K, held as part of the 2024 Bangkok Marathon. 

This event, marking his first non-marathon race since the 2016 Delhi Half Marathon, is part of a new collaboration between the Bangkok Marathon and the NN Running Team. 

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The award has become a popularity and marketing contest, rather than about who is, objectively, the best athlete 

B I G G E S T M A R A T H O N E V E R

55,646 runners.

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 2024. Boom. 

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The darker side of Kudos and Course Records... 

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Your complete guide to one of the world's biggest marathons, including how to live stream NYC, how to track a runner, and the key storylines in the race. 

The New York City Marathon course is known as among the trickiest of the six World Marathon Majors. 

It’s hilly, twisty and turny, with over 1,000 feet of elevation gain over its 26.2 miles. The good news is that you get the biggest climb of the entire race, over the Verrazzano Bridge, out of the way right at the start. But pay close attention to the final, long subtle ascent, beginning at about 23 miles. 

For more info on the course, and our complete guide to the race, check out our New York City Marathon coverage on our site, marathonhandbook.com 

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Our Editor At Large Amby talks about how raceday tests have a modest value, but they rarely or never succeed at their presumed goal. 

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The list includes Olympic champions, world record holders, and Major Marathon winners.