Are Gym Shoes and Running Shoes the Same?
Workout Shoes: All the Same? When it comes to running and working out at the gym, there might be a tendency to wear the same shoes for both activities. But…
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New Challenge: Streak Week 2023
We’re Going Streakin! Won’t You Join Us? It’s a New Year and that means it’s time to get moving! We’d like to inspire you to get your workouts done with…
Does It Matter What Shoes You Run In?
How to Select the Best Running Shoes For You When you’re searching for running shoes, where do you start? Most people start with an online search and read about a…
10K Training and Winter Wednesday at the Track
Train For a 10K We’re thrilled to announce our latest training programs! Stay fit & focused this winter while you Train for a 10K race with St. Pete Running Company.…
How to Choose Running Shoes for Beginners
Finding the Right Shoes For You On the search for a good pair of running shoes? You might be tempted to search online. In fact, here you are now reading…
Marathon Training: How Long Does It Take?
Getting Ready to Train for a Marathon? Now that you’re ready to train for a marathon, you might be wondering how much time you will spend in training. The time…
Sleepy Hallow Streak Challenge for October
The Sleepy Hallow Streak Appallingly presented by St. Pete Running Company New Challenge Alert! Click to RSVP ON FACEBOOK This October challenge kicks off on the night of 10/23. Crawl…
Stay Safe: 5 Tips For Every Runner
Stay Safe Out There By now many of you have likely heard the sad news about a woman in Memphis who was taken during her early morning run. Her remains…
How Many Types of Running Shoes Should I Have?
How Do You Choose Your Running Shoes? Do you have the same running shoes for a two-mile run and a twelve-mile run? We believe that different types of running shoes…
Half Marathon Training Kicks Off In September
Have a Race this Fall? Train with Us! Do you have a Fall Race? Looking for a fun, supportive group to train with? We are here to help you! We’re…
What’s the Buzz Around On Cloud Running Shoes?
How Does Running Feel to You? Every time you step into your favorite running shoes, what stands out? Maybe it’s a soft, cushy foot bed, a wide, roomy toe box,…
How about this new challenge?
We’re Bringing Back One Of Our Favorite Challenges. How about an all-out fast fiasco pull of pain and glory? One of the great events of 2020…
Can Speed Work Really Improve My Distance Running Times?
What’s Your Goal for Speed? Every walker and runner has their own pace. A smartwatch helps to keep us on pace because with one glance at the wrist, we can…
6 Mistakes You’re Making Without a Coach
Have You Considered Hiring a Coach? Guest blog by Ryan Stran True or false: the best way to improve your running is to simply run more? FALSE! While running more…
How to Keep Those New Years Running Goals Going
You’ve Got This! The New Year might seem like the distant past now that we’re well into March, but what about the New Years running goals that you set just…
Why Joining A Running Group Can Help You Achieve Your Goals
Let’s Do This Together Have you started achieving your goals for running, walking, and exercise in 2022? If so, keep up the good work! Whether you’re off to a great…
Join Our Run St. Pete Beach to Beach Challenge
It’s 2022 and We’ve Got a Challenge Just For You Happy New Year to all! At St. Pete Running Company, we love to encourage and motivate our customer family to…
Simple Tips to Start Running in the New Year
Do You Have a Post-Holiday Workout Plan? It’s nearly the end of 2021, which means a new year and new resolutions, such as working out so many days a week,…
Holiday Shoe Guide: Our Picks For 2021
Footwear Fit For the Holidays The holidays are upon us and with running season in full-blast in St. Pete, it’s a great time to freshen up your running supplies. Plus,…
Tips For Running During the Holidays – How to Keep On Pace
Do You Struggle to Train During the Holidays? The holidays are approaching, and that means cooler weather, lots of races, and busy schedules. Are you hoping to keep on pace…
How to Pick Your First Marathon
Gearing Up For Your First Marathon? Race season is here! There are in-person and virtual races to fit your schedule, but you might be wondering how to pick your first…
5 Running Myths That Are Now Obsolete
Do These Running Tips Sound Familiar? If you’re a runner of a certain age, you might recall some tips, tricks, and common practices that have now become obsolete. We’ve created…
How to Start Training for a Marathon
Ready for Marathon Training? Race season is right around the corner, and many runners are ready to sign up or have already signed up for a marathon. But even if…
Favorite Places to Run in St. Pete
A Few of Our Favorite Running Spots Where to Run in St. Pete? The Sunshine City (aka St. Petersburg, FL) is a gorgeous place to run, walk, and workout. If…
Iced Tea Run: A Cold Brew Run Through
A Fun Group Run and an Ice Cold Peach Tea Group Run is Free and For All Levels What: Group Run for walkers, joggers, and runners Where: Meet at St.…
Popular Sunglasses for Summer Running
Are You Wearing Good Sunglasses? These Running Sunglasses Have It All! How often do you think about protecting your eyes from the harmful rays of the sun? When you’re wearing…
Hoka Shoes For Nurses
Medical Staff Needs Great Footwear, Too Are You On Your Feet All Day at Work? If you’re a nurse or medical staff employee, it’s possible that you’ll spend an entire…
4 Reasons to Wear Hoka Walking Shoes
Walkers Need Great Footwear, Too Have You Tried Hoka Walking Shoes? When it comes to a low-impact workout, walking is one of the best exercises you can do. Not only…
Check Out the New Shoes!
New Footwear At St. Pete Running Company Spring is here and with running season in full-blast in St. Pete, it’s a great time to freshen up your running supplies. Just…
How To Run Properly
What’s Your Running Technique? It’s Not Too Late to Learn How to Run The biggest obstacle when it comes to effective running form and technique is a lack of information.…
Finding The Best Running Shoes For High Arches
Do Your Feet Have High Arches? How to Find the Best Running Shoes for High Arches What is the first step to take when searching for the best running shoes…
How To Find The Best Running Shoes
Tips on How to Find the Best Running Shoes (and What NOT To Do) Is there a secret to finding the right pair of running shoes? Some runners are looking…
Best Long Distance Running Shoes For Flat Feet
Flat Feet? Low arches? How to Find the Best Running Shoes for Flat Feet Every foot is different and unique, which is why it’s important to select a running shoe…
Kickstart Your Year: 727 Challenge
The 727 Challenge Steps, Hydrate, Sleep Welcome to a challenge that we hope will help you kickstart your year! We’re encouraging everyone to get moving. On the surface, it might…
CHECK OUT THESE 3 WIDE TOE BOX RUNNING SHOES
Got Wide Feet? One of the most common phrases we hear at St. Pete Running Company is, “I have wide feet.” This generalization doesn’t always mean the person requires Wide…
TOP SHOES FOR THE NEW YEAR
Step Into the New Year with New Shoes For anyone who has made a New Year’s Resolution that involves fitness or health, St. Pete Running Company is here to support…
5 GOLDEN RUNS FOR THE HOLIDAYS
A Holiday Running Streak December 20th – December 24th It’s that time of year! Enjoy some cooler weather with a 5-day running and/or walking streak. No matter where you choose…
THIS LOCAL MOM IS RUNNING FOR ALL THE RIGHT REASONS
A Running Community For All As a locally-owned small business, St. Pete Running Company strives to foster a community of walkers and runners who have a place to belong. We’re…
WHY HOKA RUNNING SHOES TOP HOLIDAY WISH LISTS
Hoka Shoes and Other Top Running Shoe Brands When shopping for the runners in your life, or even for yourself this holiday season, remember that St. Pete Running Company carries…
TOP 4 RECOVERY TOOLS FOR RUNNERS
When Shopping For the Holidays, Consider These Recovery Essentials Some of the best gifts a runner or a walker can receive are recovery tools. We’re keeping this list quick and…
5 WAYS TO ENCOURAGE KIDS TO EXERCISE
This Holiday Season, Let’s Make Exercise Fun! Do your kids see exercise as something boring or painful? Then we’ve got some tips to help you encourage your kids to exercise…
Air Relax Recovery Boots: Every Runner Should Have These
Are You Investing in Recovery Time? While many runners take the time to learn proper running techniques, most fall short when it comes to learning how to recover properly. Recovery…
10 GIFT IDEAS FOR EVERY RUNNER
Get Your Holiday Shopping Done Early In Store or Online Guest blog by Kerri Somers, EP-C, CHKD Healthy You for Life, Exercise Physiologist When you go for a walk or run, what…
Why Do Runners Love HOKA ONE ONE Shoes?
In 2017 alone, over 60 million people in the United States participated in jogging, running, and trail running. People who love to run understand the importance of having spectacular running…
SHOES DESIGNED BY KIDS TO SUPPORT KIDS
Shoes With Soul Special Edition Saucony Kinvara Designed by a 13-year-old! Through a program called Saucony’s Run For Good, young patients-turned-artists designed a pair of running shoes. What inspired this…
HERE’S WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN US AT GROUP RUN
Group Run is Back! Here’s How and Here’s Why We know many of you have missed the camaraderie of our bi-weekly Group Runs on Monday and Thursday evenings. We’ve missed…
SHOULD I WEAR RUNNING SHOES WITH CARBON PLATES?
Expert Breakdown of Carbon-Plated Running Shoes Shoe Guru and All-Around Awesome Guy Greg breaks down the ins and outs of carbon-plated running shoes. Check out the video. So Here’s What…
A RACING SHOE TO RIVAL THE CARBON X & THE VAPOR FLY
Get Ready to Race in the Brooks Hyperion Elite 2 When the Nike Vaporfly Next % hit the scene, people flocked to get a pair even if it wasn’t the…
THE NEW TECH SOCKS DESIGNED WITH YOU IN MIND
St. Pete Running Company’s Performance Technical Running Socks Now in Store We’re proud to present the all-new Performance Tech Socks which are backed by our 100% guarantee. Like everything in…
TOP 7 SHOES FOR PEOPLE ON THEIR FEET ALL DAY
Does your work involve standing and/or walking all day? We’ve Got Shoes For You! We’re sharing our top 7 shoe recommendations for those of you who are on your feet…
THIS NEW SAUCONY SHOE SERIES WILL TRANSFORM YOUR RUN
Saucony Endorphin is Made For Racing, Speed, and Training Looking For a Fast Shoe? The all-new Saucony Endorphin series is here! These new models are designed to be fast, responsive,…
AUGUST CHALLENGE – TAKE THE LAKE (TAKE TWO)
Are You Up For Another Challenge? With our First Take the Lake Challenge, we designated a speed loop for our town because we didn’t have one! With our Second Challenge,…
11 SUMMER RUNNING TIPS
Are you Suffering Defeat in this Heat? Here are 11 Tips For You to Beat the Heat! Guest blog by Kerri Somers, EP-C, CHKD Healthy You for Life, Exercise Physiologist One of…
STORIES OF HOPE IN THE PANDEMIC
Our Community is Going Strong We’re proud of our local community as so many are striving to find the positive in the midst of the pandemic, and to find ways…
FINDING THE POSITIVE DURING THE PANDEMIC
We Asked For ONE Positive Thing Since Covid Hit, and We Got Hundreds! We asked and you answered! Check out what these folks in our community said about something positive…
Run Four on the Fourth
We’ve Got a July 4th Challenge For You! 4 Miles or 4k on the 4th Here’s the Challenge: On your own time complete either 4 Miles or 4 Kilometers on…
Virtual Swim Challenge for June
Ready to swim? Join our first Virtual Swim Challenge! What’s the Challenge? Swim a continuous 1,000 yards in the pool or open water. When should I participate? Any time between…
JOIN OUR TAKE THE LAKE CHALLENGE
Are You Up to the Challenge? Every town should have it’s speed loop. A test. A right of passage. Why don’t we? What started as some friendly banter among our…
THESE STAND-UP BICYCLES ARE HOT RIGHT NOW
ElliptiGO Bikes Are On the Move One of the best things to come out of a world-wide pandemic? So many people are exercising! We’d like to introduce you to a…
5 WAYS A GARMIN CAN HELP IMPROVE YOUR WORKOUT
Ready for the next level workout with a Garmin? In many places all over the world, people have been asked to stay home as much as possible. In Florida, that still…
WHY WE LIKE THE HOKA CARBON X BETTER THAN THE NIKE VAPORFLY
Hoka Carbon X versus Nike Vaporfly We’re Here to Break It Down For You It was an exciting day when Eliud Kipchoge completed a marathon in under two hours (1:59:40)…
6 REASONS TO JOIN SWIM ST. PETE
Love to Swim? We’d Love to Have You Join Us at Swim St. Pete What is Swim St. Pete? It’s a fun and motivational swim program for adults. We…
WHAT HOKA RUNNING SHOES CAN DO FOR YOU
There’s One For Everyone For those who love Hoka Running Shoes, we’re giving you more reasons to come in and get your latest pair. For those who’ve never tried…
WHERE TO BUY DIADORA (HINT: COME SEE US!)
How Diadora Brand is Sweeping the Running World Never heard of Diadora Running Shoes? We’re so excited to introduce you to a brand that’s sweeping the running world! What…
4 REASONS WE’RE EXCITED ABOUT THESE NEW KIDS SHOES
Yes! We Carry Kids Running Shoes We’re excited about these new kids running shoes from Altra. We’ve been waiting for years for a really good running shoe for youth, and we’re…
THE HEADPHONES YOU’VE BEEN WAITING FOR
Aftershokz Headphones for Every Workout Take a Swim in These Headphones Aftershokz Xtrainerz $149.95 Aftershokz Xtrainerz are the waterproof headphones you can swim with! With up to 4GB of space…
WHAT’S THE DEAL WITH THIS SHOE COMPANY?
What’s Up With Newton Running These Days? These running shoes are here to stay! After some rocky stops and starts, Newton Running is going strong. We have 3 reasons to love this…
THIS NEW SHOE IS FAST!
What Do We Think of the All-New Hoka One One Carbon X? At St. Pete Running Company, we bring in brands and shoe models we believe in. That means we…
3 REASONS WHY THESE SHOES HAVE BEEN SELLING OF THE SHELF
Which Foot Looks More Comfortable? St. Pete Running Company Welcomes a New Brand: Altra Running Shoes Women’s Paradigm Men’s Torin Knit 3 Reasons Why We Think You’ll Love Them…
ST. PETE RUN FEST BELIEVERS ACHIEVERS: CASEY, KRISTI, TIFFANY
St. Pete Run Fest Believers & Achievers You’ve followed their journeys as they prepared for St. Pete Run Fest. Now they’ve completed the race and they’ve come out stronger on…
RUNNING IN HEAT: 6 WAYS TO ACCLIMATE
Summer is Here! Tips For Running in the Florida Heat Blog Post by Coach Jimmy Williams Summer temps are here and I just wanted to share some tips about how…
WHAT FIFTEEN MINUTES WITH THIS NEW PRODUCT CAN DO FOR YOU
Recovery Boots Are Now at St. Pete Running Company We’re so excited to introduce our newest product: Air Relax Leg Recovery Boots! This post-workout device is available for you to use…
3 WAYS TO BREAK DOWN THE SHOE WALL
Do you speak RUNNING? Guest blog by Customer Service Manager Eric Oliva Running has developed its own language, and today’s blog will help make the shoe wall at the store…
MANAGE YOUR RUNNING TIME WITH 3 SIMPLE SECRETS
Finding Time to Run Do you find it difficult to make time for your training runs? You’re not alone. We have 3 simple secrets that can help you manage your…
4 REASONS TO HIRE A RUNNING COACH
Ready to Take Your Sport to the Next Level? Hire A Coach! Maybe you’ve thought about hiring a running coach, but haven’t taken that important step in your training yet.…
4 Stretches Runners Should Do Every Day
Have You Gotten Out of the Habit of Stretching? Then Here Are Some Key Stretches For You! As runners and walkers, we can sometimes focus on putting in miles rather…