Speed Crew Sock

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.

Two socks, two seasons. The Speed Crew is 5" of 95/5 polyamide-elastane Softair yarn — temperature-regulating, lightly compressive, reinforced at heel and toe, with a protective cuff. Built for race day. The Merino Tube is mid-calf in a 56/41 wool-polyamide blend with a retro stripe at the cuff that reads more 1978 track team than 2026 running brand — which is exactly the point. One for fast days, one for cold days, both with reinforced wear zones. If you don't already have a pair of lucky socks, these qualify — named for Bill Rodgers' era of track-team speed work, and priced today at the Silver Medal Sale.