Almanac is Borderlands’ considered look at gear, viewed through culture, identity, and what products reveal about the sport beyond performance.
Essential Gear
Kiprun Kipsummit Race: A Breathrough Mountain Running Shoe
Trail running shoes have become increasingly serious objects and the 4t2 sayonara confronts it.
The Hoka x Unna collab is a performance franchise rewritted for heart and soul.
The Cascadia Elite proves that Brooks is trying to win the customer before they even try them on.
For years, Decathlon sat outside the core of trail running culture and the Kipsummit Max puts them squarely in it.
I thought I was going to run the 2025 EcoTrail Paris 80k in the Norda 005s but last I switched to Nike Zegama 1.
Trail running has always framed itself as separate and the Adidas Terrex Agravic TT supports it.
The Kipsummit Race feels like a turning point for Kiprun.
It reads like a shoe where restraint and performance were pushed together as far as they could go.
The Norda 001a does not split the difference between design and trail running performance.
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The cold and snow are finally here for many parts of the running world. Winter running provides a whole new element to the kit,