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Photography by Nick Bruskewitz & Andy Waterman



Exploring
The Flip
side 

Runners and cylists are cut from the same cloth – we speak the same language,
only the accents are different. When Tracksmith met cycling brand Isadore, we
discovered kindred spirits, and before long, we were drafting a plan for a
riding and running journey through the best of the New England fall.
Join the adventure.

hit the road


Running and cycling share so much it’s sometimes hard to think of them as
completely distinct entities. As runners, we can spend hours researching racing
flats that may only be used two or three times per year; as cyclists we worry
about the weight of our wheels, gluing lightweight tubular tyres to our
'special' wheels for use only on race days. As a cyclist a good week of training
would include a couple of interval sessions, a long ride and a bunch of easy
days; as runners, our training diaries look almost exactly the same. We’re cut
from the same cloth, runners and cyclists, and yet, the interaction is minimal.
Why is that? Even when the opportunity arises, like in the off-season or in the
lull after a big race, we find it easier to stick with the routine we follow all
year than take the chance to get out and explore. Maybe it’s time for a rethink?


A Break From Routine
Cycling comes with a sense of adventure that running – in its traditional forms
at least – rarely engages with. When we lace up our running shoes, we most
likely have a known route we’re going to follow; when we head out for a ride,
it’s far more likely we’ll have only a loose idea of where we’re going, how long
we’ll be gone or how we’ll get home. 

Running on the other hand boasts a competitive purity that cycling, with its
drafting and tactics, can’t hold a candle to. In running, if you turn up with
good legs and an appetite for suffering, you’ll have a good race; in cycling,
good form is rarely enough – you need luck too.

With no big races on the horizon, we decided to combine the two, joining the
pure enjoyment of an adventure ride through the New England fall, with a low-key
Saturday morning 10k. Then, with a solid running workout under our belts, we'd
ride home,  via lunch in the historic town of Concord before following the
Minuteman Bike Path back to Boston.

Adventure doesn't need to start with a flight, or a huge drive. A break from
routine is often enough.



Isadore X Tracksmith LTD Kit




 

As a business, most of the employees at Tracksmith come from a running
background, but many also have a foot in the cycling world, either as bike
commuters, racers or eager spectators. There’s a respect for cycling, and an
understanding that the post-collegiate running world could learn a thing or two
from the community-driven excitement of group riding and amateur bike racing.

Likewise, in Slovakia, Isadore is a cycling apparel brand that is staffed by
people with an enthusiasm for all things running. Thanks to an introduction, the
two brands started speaking, and before long, Isadore was working on a
collaborative cross kit, made in Slovakia of merino but with a touch of New
England class.

 





Isadore X Tracksmith LS jersey




LIFE IN THE WOODS

Tracksmith is based in Wellesley, overlooking the halfway mark of the Boston
Marathon route. Half a marathon from Boston means we're 13.1 miles closer to the
countryside. We set off at rush hour on a cold, damp Friday in October.

We breathed a communal sigh of relief as we waved goodbye to the intense traffic
escaping the suburbs and turned into the woods. From there to Concord, we saw
few cars, we saw few stretches of asphalt, just leaf litter until we passed
Walden Pond, where Henry David Thoreau lived for two years, two months and two
days. 

 

"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears
a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured
or far away." 

Henry David Thoreau

 

FRIDAY NIGHT

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Henry David Thoreau