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The Nick Bare Podcast

078: Must-Have Running Gear: My Top Choices

The Nick Bare Podcast

Nick Bare

Health & Fitness

55.9K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2024

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, I deep dive into my favorite running gear, accessories, gadgets, and apps that have stood the test of time and proven to be essential for training and races. As marathon season gets closer and closer, let's walk through some must-have running gear that I use that will help you elevate your performance. Topics I cover: -The best GPS running watch and why I trusts Garmin for all my runs. -Top running shoes for training and racing, including Hoka, Saucony, and Nike. -Essential fueling and hydration tips using BPN products to optimize your performance. -Favorite running shorts and accessories that offer comfort and functionality. -Key apps and technology that enhance your training and recovery. Strength, endurance, and wellness supplements to fuel your performance. SAVE 10% at BPN Supps: https://bit.ly/nickbare10audio Follow: IG: instagram.com/nickbarefitness/ YT: youtube.com/@nickbarefitness Topics: 0:00 Intro 1:00 Welcome and updates 4:47 GPS watches 7:59 My introduction to GPS watches 12:52 Monitoring heart rate data 17:20 Garmin Epix 21:31 How I choose shoes 26:08 My shoes of choice 34:50 The importance of fueling properly 36:45 What I use to fuel my endurance training 46:15 Running shorts 51:20 Apps I use to help my training 59:03 Quick hit items I keep in my toolbag

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0:00.0

Hello everyone and welcome back to another episode of the podcast. Today I am talking about discussing, telling stories, describing some of my favorite

0:20.8

running gear, accessories, gadgets, apps, all the things.

0:27.0

Now I know there's a lot of runners out there that love gear and as soon as the newest shoe comes out or the newest app comes out or the newest

0:36.9

app comes out or the newest running shoelace comes out.

0:44.0

They're jumping on it. They're getting it.

0:47.0

That's not necessarily me.

0:50.0

And you think every industry has like this subset of people within an industry.

0:56.7

They just love the gear that's associated with the passion or the job or the activity.

1:02.4

I mean top of mind I'm thinking of creatives, videographers,

1:07.2

photographers, photographers, editors right now. You know we have a big creative team here at

1:11.0

BPN. Some of them are gear junkies. Some of them are not.

1:16.2

Some of them will use the same camera for years and years and years. The same laptop for

1:20.4

years and years and years as long as it has enough space, memory, and speed.

1:25.0

But then there's some people in the creative space that want and need the newest thing,

1:31.0

even if their current thing, works just as good.

1:36.0

And I say that to share that

1:38.0

I'm not necessarily the person that needs the newest piece of gear, running accessories, apparel.

1:46.6

But when I find something that I like and then I use it and I love it even more, I'll use it forever.

1:55.0

So some of the things I'm sharing today are items, apps, gadgets, shoes, fuel that I've been using for a long time simply because it works.

2:08.6

And I want to talk to you about how I use them, why I use it, because to be honest, of all the questions that I get on social

2:17.5

media or outreach through email or even BPN's customer service email gets in these questions.

2:24.6

A lot of the questions are around like what watch am I using? What shoes do I run with?

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