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.