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How Tracksmith changed the (running) world

Matt Taylor always wanted higher quality storytelling in running and Tracksmith was how he finally did it

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Raziq Rauf
May 01, 2025
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Tracksmith is 11 years old now, but creating the brand that pushed the storytelling envelope and became a trailblazer for the modern running scene wasn’t a flash in the pan decision. Founder Matt Taylor tells me how the kernel of the idea started way back in the mid-1990s, before he even went to college.

The kernel in question was a Runner’s World featur…

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