Best Gifts for Runners in 2022

2022 is here and that means it’s also, for good or bad, a brand new year of gift giving! Gifts galore for both yourself and friends/family can be hard to think of year after year. An extra element of gift-giving difficulty comes with the runners in your life. Runners tend to be a bit picky when it comes to their specific run-related items and products. Every runner likes a specific type of hat, nutrition supplement, post-run coffee blend, etc. The perfect, well-researched guide to gifts for runners is a hard thing to come by…

Lucky for you, Charge Running is a company of runners! We know the ins and outs of choosing holiday gifts for runners like no one else. We’ve polled each and every one of our professional run coaches to get compile the perfect gift guide for runners! Every item at every price point should make the runner in your life (even if that runner is YOU) smile! Enjoy!

The PERFECT Gifts for Runners at Every Price Point!

$10 or Less

• Cheap warmup gloves - Coach Amy goes for the Walgreens ones!

• Nathan Running safety lights
• Nuun tabs
• Picky Bars
• Paper Trails Greeting Cards  - Coach Shelby says these are “adorable cards to send to your running buddy!”

• BibBoards
• Maple Bacon Coffee Porter - Funky Buddha Brewery - Coach Donovan is a fan of the post-workout beer!

• Athletic Brewing Company NA Beer
• Post-run coffee/brew (at your favorite local spot!)
  

$10 - $25

• SIS energy gels
• Darn Tough running socks - Coach Casey, a native Vermonter, rocks these socks!

• Tifosi Optics
• Road iD
• goodr sunglasses - This is an ALL-TIME Charge Coach favorite!

• Feetures running socks
• Orb roller
• Buff neck gaiter 
• Stance socks 
• Injinji toe socks
• Nubian Heritage Patchouli & Buriti Hand & Body Scrub  - Coach Betsy swears that these “smell SO good!”
  

$25 - $50

• Maurten supplements
• Kahtoola NANOspikes
• Koala Clip - Coach Shelby loves that this is a small business and woman-owned!

• GetSprints hats
• Four Stigmatic coffee - Charge’s Coach Donovan, our coffee-aficionado, can’t get enough!

• Nathan Speedraw Plus insulated water bottle
• Nathan Neutron Fire headlamp
• Yoga Toes
• Janji running hat 
  

$50 - $150 

• Myofascial Release session/massage
• Lululemon Swiftly Long Sleeve Shirt
• Oofos recovery shoes
• Atreyu (The Artist) running shoes
• Aftershokz headphones - The only headphones Coach Shelby will wear since she’s a “safety nut.”

• Noxgear reflective running vest
• R8 Roll Recovery - The R8 single-handedly gets Coach Casey to roll daily
  

$150 - $250

• Craft Running Jacket + Tights
• Lululemon running clothes
• New Running Shoes!
• Janji running gear
• Annual Subscription to Charge Running - Coach Susan wants you to join her for her next run!
  

Go for Broke!

• Apple Watch 
• Garmin GPS watch - Coach Amy LOVES her Garmin 945!

• Hyperice Hypervolt massage gun
• PowerDot
• Hyperice Normatec Boots - Coach Hailey says that she uses these everyday and LOVES them!

• Aire Libre running vacation
• Coros Apex Pro running watch
  

Race Registration Gifts!

• BTN Big 10K - Coach Hailey, a U Michigan alum, is all about this race!

• Two Oceans Marathon
• Big Sur International Marathon
• Covered Bridges Half Marathon
• Santa Barbara Wine Country Half Marathon
• Honda Classic 5K
• Palm Beaches Marathon 

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Really take gift-giving to the next level for runners with a membership to Charge Running! Live coaching, a global running community, and all the workouts, runs, walks, and races imaginable!