Running Sucks

Running Sucks

The Weakly

What gives you the ick?

The (very separate) problems with run clubs, trail runners, and insecticides.

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Raziq Rauf
Jun 23, 2025
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“What’s your biggest running ick?”

It’s an objectively horrible question, but that’s what an IG reel from London’s Acai Berry Run Club asked its patrons last week. No, Acai Berry isn’t a new neighborhood in the English capital, but a twelve-store chain of cafes that focuses on the Brazilian superfood. And they’ve got their own run club.

It certainly alig…

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