General Sites

• Adventure Racing Gear - http://www.argear.com

Geared toward the adventure racer, but a good site with lots of trail running gear.

• Best American Duffle - http://www.badbags.com

100% American made, these are hands down some of the best gear bags I've seen.

• Zombie Runner - http://www.zombierunner.com

A great site, run by a couple friends who we met at Badwater. They have EVERYTHING for the distance runner.

Sports Watches

If you're going to run, you're going to eventually want a watch. We highly recommend that you buy a sports watch early on in your running career. The two longtime favorites of most runners are the Timex Ironman line and the Casio sport watches. Nike also makes some good watches, but they tend to be a little more expensive. Your call.

• For runners, the most important feature that runners' watches should have is a COUNTDOWN TIMER. This is important for measuring your run and walk intervals, which is part of our training program.
• For walkers, the countdown timer feature is not critical, and you'll be able to get by with a more generic watch.
• For both runners and walkers, your watch should have a chronometer function (sometimes abbreviated CHRONO). This is simply a timer for your entire workout.

One of the best (cheapest) places that I've found for buying watches online is Campmor, which is a liquidator for outdoor gear and products. If you pay more than $15 or $20 for your sports watch here, you're paying too much. Their website:

• Campmor - http://www.campmor.com

Gloves

• 180s Running Gloves - http://www.oneeighties.com

180s has a whole line of cold weather gear.

Ice Packs

• Pro Series Athletic Equipment - http://www.proseriesusa.com

Tape, Wraps, Straps, Etc.

• Acology
  1414 Wilshire Blvd.
  Santa Monica CA  90404
  Tel: (866) 228-5499
  

Acology is a supply store for physical therapists. They keep a great selection of tapes and adhesives (when it comes to that) and also lots of choices for different massage and/or PT devices (rollers, sticks, etc.) as well as knee and ankle braces.