How to dress runners for success

Long Slow Distance is the brainchild of Clement Taverniti, an haute couture fashion designer who now curates the clothes in his Los Angeles running boutique

What do you want from a running store?

A full range of the best sellers that are available everywhere? Or a uniquely-curated capsule of beautifully-designed performance apparel?

If it’s the latter, the new breed of specialty multi-brand running stores might just be your thing. I’ve written about a couple this year already (Progress in London, and Interval in Edinburgh), but LSD Long Slow Distance is the first in Los Angeles. With its cherry-picked stock of running clothing and accessories that hints more towards avant-garde fashion than what you might consider a traditional running outfit to look like, it stands out among its peers.

LSD Long Slow Distance in Echo Park, Los Angeles at a Hoka event that included an unsanctioned road race and live DJs closing out the evening.

Situated in Echo Park, towards the east of the city, LSD sits alongside neighbors like a lauded coffee shop, a cutesy gift shop, a sustainable chocolatier, and an organic cafe on one of the most vibrant strips of retail…