Session Hat

Tracksmith was founded in Boston in 2014 by Matt Taylor — a Yale track alumnus and former Head of Running at Puma — and Luke Scheybeler, co-founder of Rapha. The premise was simple and stubborn: the amateur Runner, the post-collegiate competitor, the sub-3 marathoner with a day job, had been forgotten by a sport that only sold to pros and beginners. The debut collection in 2014 was two pieces, the Van Cortlandt Singlet and Van Cortlandt Shorts, and a decade on the Van Cortlandt fabric is still the racing line, the Cornell-derived diagonal sash is still the mark of a scoring athlete, and the hare — drawn by British illustrator Gary Chalk and named Eliot after Boston's legendary runners' bar — is still embroidered at the chest. Boston-born, Ivy-sashed, published in its own quarterly magazine (METER), and honoring the Amateur Spirit upon which the sport was founded.

A structured running cap in a 90/10 nylon-spandex shell with an embroidered hare at the side, adjustable rear closure, and a brim that packs flat when you need to stow it in a jacket pocket. Named for the same sessions the shorts and pants are named for — the repeats, the tempos, the early dark miles before the sun comes up and you're running under streetlight glare. One cap, worn year-round, season after season. A one-colour (Ivory/Navy) structured cap with the hare at the side — Tracksmith's side mark rather than chest mark, and Session-family kit that pairs with the shorts and pants of the same name.