Best Marathon Kit: Six runners pick out their essential kit for marathons

The Run Testers have racked up well over 100 marathons between them and that’s just official events - the tally gets out of hand when we starting counting Kieran’s Danube run. In that time we have tested an unfathomable amount of kit and assembled favourites that get used time and time again.

In this video six Testers go through their favourite bits of marathon kit including socks, shorts, nutrition, headphones, hats and EVEN a visor (links to all our picks below). We don’t dive into our shoe picks here, because we bang on about shoes enough elsewhere, but check our running shoe rotations vid for more info on our preferred race shoes:

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JUMP STRAIGHT IN:
00:00​​​​ - Intro
00:50 - Tom’s Marathon Essentials
07:21 - Jane’s Marathon Essentials
12:06 - Gill’s Marathon Essentials
17:05 - Mike’s Marathon Essentials
22:09 - Nick’s Marathon Essentials
28:22 - Kieran’s Marathon Essentials

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KIT LINKS:

Tom’s Picks

On Lightweight Cap £30
https://www.on-running.com/en-gb/prod...

Stance Run Crew Socks (From £16.99)
https://stance.eu.com/collections/men...

Soar Three Season Shorts (£95)
https://www.soarrunning.com/products/...

Jane’s Picks

Crewroom Air Head Visor (£18)
https://www.crewroom.co.uk/products/a...

Lululemon Fast And Free Shorts
https://www.lululemon.co.uk/en-gb/p/f..."/prod9370120.html

Lululemon Fast And Free Running Belt (£28)
https://www.lululemon.co.uk/en-gb/p/f...

Gill’s Picks

On Sprinter Shorts (£60)
https://www.on-running.com/en-gb/prod...

Soar Marathon Shorts (£128)
https://www.soarrunning.com/products/...

Runderwear Bra Original (£45)
https://www.runderwear.co.uk/collecti...

Tracksmith Allston Pocket Bra (£75)
https://www.tracksmith.com/gb/product...

Kalenji Soft Flask 250 (£9.99)
https://www.decathlon.co.uk/p/flexibl...

Mike’s Picks

Apple AirPods Pro 2 (£249)
https://www.apple.com/uk/airpods-pro/

Decathlon Kiprun Hydration Flask Running Belt (£19.99)
https://www.decathlon.co.uk/p/hydrati...

Soar Race Vest (£75)
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Nick’s Picks

Maurten Drink Mix 320 (£43.20 for 14 sachets)
https://www.maurten.com/products/

Kiprun Support Women’s Running Shorts (£24.99)
https://www.decathlon.co.uk/p/kiprun-...

(Men’s Shorts - Kiprun Men’s Marathon Running Shorts (£29.99)
https://www.decathlon.co.uk/p/kiprun-...)

Sporcks Panda Socks (£16.60)
https://www.365rider.com/en/running-s...

Kieran’s Picks

Naked Running Belt (£52.99)
https://www.centurionultrarunningstor...

On Zero Jacket (£140)
https://www.on-running.com/en-gb/prod...

Precision Fuel & Hydration PF90 Gel Pouch (£14.99 for three)
https://www.precisionhydration.com/pr...

Vala Energy Gels (£44.82 for 20)
https://valaenergy.com/collections/en...

Shokz OpenRun Pro Mini (£159.95)
https://uk.shokz.com/blogs/news/openr...