The Run Culture Dispatch: September 2026 Edition

R.A.D UFO Chocolate Milk

R.A.D gets into the post-run chocolate milk ritual with a "Choccy Milk" edition of the UFO, its debut super trainer, and Wiz Khalifa favorite. Made in partnership with British dairy Tom Parker Creamery. The shoe comes in chocolate brown and cream with small milk-inspired details, and beyond the “Choccy” flavor, it also offers a more refined version of the UFO. Alongside the shoe, Tom Parker Creamery also offers a limited-edition chocolate milk with a 3:1 carb-to-protein ratio.

Optimistic Runners FW26

​Berlin's Optimistic Runners calls its new season "Zwischen Räumen," or "between spaces," a look at the city's in-between character and the label's own spot somewhere between running and fashion. The idea is to use that gap as room for research and experimentation. The lineup mixes performance and material play: a black perforated tee, an ice-blue silk tee, a grey short cape, a black nylon jacket, fluorescent short tights, and a black silk bag.

Balmoral FW26

Montreal's Balmoral heads into the colder months with a collection built on warmth, texture, and movement. Familiar Balmoral silhouettes return in new materials and layers, and the brand points to its Canadian roots, where long winters call for protection and short summers call for something lighter. Headwear insulates where it counts, while the Race Day line keeps things lean with the Oakwood Tank Top and St-Ambroise Half Tights. For the cold, the Melrose Joggers, St-Ambroise Winter Tights, and Miller Running Pants round out the lineup, along with cotton tees and layering pieces.

NikeLab Running Collection

​Nike is bringing the NikeLab name into running with a full apparel system built around everything a run touches: the warm-up, the recovery, the commute home, and whatever the weather is doing that day. The new collection spans tops, bottoms, and outerwear for men and women, with wool-blend layers, lightweight woven jackets and pants, weather-ready shells, and storage built directly into the garments. The collection also serves as an ongoing platform for Nike to test ideas in running apparel.

Adidas x Hermanos Koumori

Mexican label Hermanos Koumori is back with Adidas, this time with a collection inspired by mentorship and shared experience between teacher and student. The label takes on the Hyperboost Edge for the first time, alongside a new Adizero Evo SL Woven on Lightstrike Pro cushioning. An 18-piece apparel range spans singlets, crop tops, tees, crewnecks, pants, shorts and socks. The palette stays muted in charcoal, night grey, brown, beige, alumina, and pale blue.

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Brooks x Alex Zono

Cape Town designer Alex Zono, the name behind the "I DIG RUNNING" trucker cap, brings his technicolor take on running to Brooks with two versions of the Ghost Trail. The first pair goes back to the original trucker hat, with its palette, butterfly motifs, red hits, and a multicolored sole. The second follows a climb up the mountain, moving from grass to slate to mud to cloud, with the story printed on the sockliner.

Portal FW26

Portal opens its FW26 season under the line "Let the distance decide," with a campaign shot on location at UTMB 100M and the 800km Badlands gravel race. Co-founder Patrick Stangbye runs Chamonix while Portal athlete Steven Williams takes on Badlands, both in new items from the collection. The drop spans trail and gravel: the Ambit Ultra Short, Range Light Tank and Jersey, Sphere Gore-Tex Jacket, Realm Cargo Bib Short, Passage Cargo Vest and the Cargo Belt. Plus, the Portal x WEIS bike.

Raide Research Belt in Stone

Raide Research has added a new Stone colorway to two of its running belts, the LF 2L and the UL 1L. The look features a stone-grey fabric with green accents inspired by lichen, a nod to the mountain terrain the belts are made for.

Raide Research x Norda

​Raide Research and Norda keep their partnership going. The collab is built on the LF 2L running belt, finished in an exclusive sage with pink accents and off-center logos from both brands.

Nike x Distance Athletics

Paris running store Distance returns to the track with its latest Nike collection. The project is split between training and racing. The Vomero Plus comes in a black-and-white zebra pattern with volt on the Swoosh and outsole, while the ZoomX Vaporfly Next% 4 goes bright orange with black lines radiating out from the eyelets. Both carry co-branded details and a "For All Runners" insole. There is also merch: running tees, Dri-FIT Aeroswift shirts, caps, scarves, socks, water bottles, pennants, and even foam fingers. The campaign features Mo Farah and Ladji Doucouré alongside French talents Gemima Joseph and Lena Kandissounon.

Puma x Another Cotton Lab

​German label Another Cotton Lab takes its Sunday Running Club, one of Europe's biggest run clubs, into performance territory with PUMA. The centerpiece is a reworked Deviate Pure NITRO, dressed in ACL's signature pink-and-coffee palette. The capsule also includes running trousers, shirts, long-sleeves, a unisex jacket and windbreaker, a tracksuit, hooded jackets, knit pants and shorts, plus 5-panel caps, totes and socks.