In the media...features, reviews and articles
We're delighted to say that Runners Need is often in the press and on the radio and television - here are some recent items:
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"Time to start running" promotional video
29/02/2004
- Launched worldwide as an internet viral video in February 2004 (Leap Year!)
- Shown at Cannes Lion TV Advertising Festival in 2005
- Shown on BBC1's Jon Culshaw’s Commercial Breakdown in 2005
"Time to start running" video (3242K)
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Time Out - Undercover Mission
03/11/2003
Runners Need bags the "winner" slot as the five-star London destination for buying your running shoes.
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Time Out - Keep on running
20/10/2004
Article about preparing for the 'Run London' Nike 10k run and the journalist's experiences visiting Runners Need for his first gait analysis. Runners Need staff Holm Hofmann and Brad McGregor put him through his paces, demonstrating to Time Out readers once again that, in London, our shops really are the "best of the lot".
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"Last year, a Time Out undercover mission to find the best place to buy running shoes gave a wide berth to the chains and pitched up on the doorsteps of London's specialist retailers. Best of the lot was Runners Need, which has branches in Camden and Leyden Street, a gentle jog away from Liverpool Street station...The staff at Runners Need are not interested in the gimmicks and go-faster stripes that typify the sports footwear market. As enthusiastic runners themselves, what matters is performance..."
Time Out - 100 Hottest Shops in London
18/04/2006
We hit number 59 in Time Out's guide to the hundred best shops in London...
"59 Runners Need sports shops
There are now three branches of Runners Need in London. Not only do the staff talk the talk about the wide range of specialist stock carried, they run the run too – they’re all runners themselves and are happy to advise on training, nutrition, medical specialists, physios and osteopaths. There are in-store treadmills and video cameras at Holborn and Liverpool Street to analyse your gait, though space is at a premium in Camden so you’ll have to try out their suggestions on the pavement.
Best buy Asics 2110 running shoe, £79.99."
Time Out - 100 Hottest Shops in London
Running Fitness - Retailers Focus
01/02/2006
Running Fitness magazine puts their Retailer's Focus spotlight onto Runners Need, giving us a good bill of health. The article gives a summary of our history and details of our three shops. It also describes our online mail order service as..."excellent".
Running Fitness - Retailer's Focus (997K)
Classic FM - preparing for the Great North Run
26/08/2005
Classic FM presenter, in preparation for the Great North Run, visits Runners Need for gait analysis and finds out why the right running shoes are the most essential piece of kit.
Classic FM interview (3422K)