Someone, somewhere, once said that running is a cheap sport to get into. At the base level, I guess they were right. All you really need is a pair of shoes and the motivation to get out the door — and maybe a fitness tracker. The first of those is easy to find, but the second, not always so much. That’s why we have gadgets like massage guns, foam rollers, and specialized shoes with plates and innovative midsole foams. Sometimes, though, that’s still not enough.
When that happens, runners turn to even more extreme measures to get their miles in. We buy shoes with illegal stack heights, pick up fancy compression boots to squeeze the pain out of our legs, and step into exoskeletons to make each step easier. Alright, well, previously I’d only ever heard of that last point, not experienced it.