Happy Tuesday! It’s time for another edition of Tuesday Topics. This week’s Tuesday Topic: holiday gift guide for runners! Remember to link-up with Kim and Zenaida and the bottom of this post.
My favorite part about the holidays is giving gifts to family and friends. I love searching for the perfect gift that I know the recipient will love. I find that runners are probably the easiest people to shop for just because there are so many things that we always need. Here’s a few gift ideas for the runners in your life.
Run Ink
This company provides custom maps for your races. It’s a really nice way to commemorate a race (including virtual ones) – a first marathon, a PR, etc. You can personalize the map by including your name, bib number, date, year and finish time. I have Run Ink custom maps for all of my marathons and I love them! The website also sells holiday ornaments, mugs, posters and stickers.
Therabody Theraguns
I use the Theragun Prime several times a week and I love it! I’ve also heard really great things about the Mini, which is perfect for travel. I know I’m guilty of this, but sometimes runners forget about the recovery part of training. The Theragun makes it easy to massage tired muscles.
WIN Sports Detergent
Okay, so this isn’t the sexiest gift option but hear me out! I’m all about giving people gifts that I know they will use. No one wants to wear smelly workout clothes, so this detergent will definitely get used. I have been using WIN sports detergent for a few years and it works very well.
Running Books
It’s true, runners spend a lot of time running, cross-training, etc. While this is certainly important, it’s always necessary for runners to gain mental strength as well. There are tons of great books to choose from.
Tell me: What are your favorite gift ideas for runners?
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I’m all about useful gifts and a detergent sounds perfect to me!
Talking about smelly things, I also found those anti-shoe-smell balls quite handy for my running shoes. For sure these would make good gifts, too!
Ohh thanks for the reminder! I should definitely get some of those.
Great gift ideas, Kim! I especially like the Run Ink poster idea. And practical is good – I just might put sports detergent in my kids’ stockings. Thanks for the idea! 🙂
Sometimes practical isn’t as “pretty” but still very useful! 🙂
Great ideas. Running books are perfect. I haven’t add them to my list.
In 2024 I really want to read more books, especially running books.
Oh really, Win detergent? I’ve been using Hex but it’s not working as well as I’d like. I’ll check out Win- thanks!
I’ve heard Hex is good, but definitely give WIN a try!
Theragun is fantastic! How did we survive without these torture and recovery devices
It’s my favorite recovery device even if it hurts like hell sometimes lol
All great ideas! I especially love the Run Ink custom map – that’s so special!
It’s one of my favorite runner gifts because it’s such a nice way to display accomplishments!
I don’t have that exact same massage item but I agree that it is a great gift. It helps tremendously with recovery.
Definitely! My muscles always thank me when I use it, lol.