Fast fashion makes faster friends

If run clubs are the new nightclubs, can the line between social run crews and athletics clubs be fully blurred with a high-end racing singlet?

In the world of run clubs, it’s the occasional appearance of social crews on the news which allow your non-running friends and family a brief peek into why you seem hell bent on braving the elements to make your body suffer every other day. Deeper, and maybe more intensely into the sport are performance-oriented athletics clubs.

A newcomer to the sport will not understand the difference between an athletics club and a run crew. They’re both run clubs, after all. For instance, when I called Mike Saes the man who invented run clubs, he was at pains to point out that NYC Bridgerunners is a crew, not a club. Crews are social hubs built to support a community. Crews are there at mile 22 of your hometown marathon screaming for you to keep going just a few more minutes.

An athletics club is different. More common in the UK (there are over 2,000), they’re more formal, and all about performan…