What the other gift guides leave out
I read the eight gift guides that rank for this search before writing one. None of them suggests giving a Strava subscription, even though Strava sells one as a gift. None mentions Runna, which sells gift cards. Two include a personalised route poster, both from Etsy sellers, and none names the print shops that do it as their whole business. That is the gap this list fills. The gear at the bottom is the same gear everyone recommends, because it is the right gear.
The list
| Gift | Price | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Body Glide Original, 1.5 oz | $10.99 | Anti-chafe stick. The one gift every runner uses. |
| Strava Pacesetter Socks | $14 | From Strava’s own shop, which sells to the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland and five EU countries. |
| Balega Hidden Comfort | $17 | The no-show running sock people re-buy. |
| Born to Run, paperback | $19 | Still the running book to give someone who has not read it. |
| RunInk poster gift code | $32 to $49 unframed, $209 framed in the US and Canada ($139 elsewhere), shipping included | They connect Strava, design the poster of one run or a whole city, redeem the code. |
| Believe Training Journal, 10th anniversary | $26.95 | A paper training log, from VeloPress. |
| Cadence Prints gift card | Gift card from $29 to $199; posters from $29 | A route poster, or a year of runs on one sheet. Free shipping to the US, Canada, UK, Australia and most of Europe. |
| SPIbelt | $29.99 | The running belt that fits a big phone and does not bounce. |
| goodr OG sunglasses | $30 | Polarised, do not slip, and cheap enough to lose. |
| TriggerPoint GRID foam roller | $39.99 | The standard 13-inch roller. Ships in the US only. |
| Runna gift card, 3 months | $49.99 | A training plan app owned by Strava. 6 months is $83.99, a year $119.99. |
| AdvenBook hardcover | From €45 delivered | A printed book of their year, maps and photos, from Strava or Garmin. |
| Petzl Swift LT headlamp | $54.95 | 380 lumens, 43 grams, USB-C. Petzl no longer sells the Bindi. |
| TrackStar Art race print, 8 by 10 | $60 unframed, $100 framed | A print of the race they ran, with their official time and bib looked up for you. About 75 races. |
| BioLite Dash 450 headlamp | $69.95 | 450 lumens with a rear red light, made for running. |
| Strava gift subscription | $79.99 for a year | Annual only, does not auto-renew, redeem within 12 months. |
| Theragun Relief | $159.99 | The entry Theragun. Two hours of battery, three heads. |
| Shokz OpenRun Pro 2 | $179.95 | Bone conduction, 12 hours, ears open to traffic. |
| Garmin Forerunner 265 | $449.99 list, often less | The running watch to buy if you do not know which running watch to buy. |
Gifts made from their Strava
A year of Strava, $79.99. Strava sells gift subscriptions at strava.com/gift. It’s annual only, Strava emails you a link to pass on, and the year starts when they redeem it, which they must do within 12 months. It doesn’t auto-renew, so nobody gets a surprise charge a year on. If they already pay Strava through the website it stacks 12 months on top; if they pay through Apple or Google they have to let that subscription lapse first. There’s a 14-day refund if you got it wrong.
A Runna plan. Runna is the training-plan app Strava bought in 2025. It costs $19.99 a month or $119.99 a year, and its store sells gift cards for three months at $49.99, six at $83.99 or a year at $119.99, sent by email to forward or print. The UK store shows the same tiers in pounds.
A poster they design themselves. The route-print apps solve the problem that you can’t log into someone else’s Strava. Cadence Prints sells an emailed gift card, with a note, for the price of any of its prints, $29 to $199; posters start at $29 with free shipping to the US, Canada, the UK, Australia and most of Europe, and one print can hold a whole year of runs. RunInk sells gift codes for its prints, $32 to $49 unframed and $209 framed in the US and Canada ($139 framed elsewhere, £24.99 to £99.99 in the UK), shipping included, and its party trick is a composite of every run they’ve done in a city. AdvenBook is the book option: an A4 hardcover of maps and photos from €45 delivered anywhere, built from Strava, Garmin or Komoot. I compared all the print apps in Strava art and print apps.
A print of the race itself. TrackStar Art isn’t a Strava app, which is why it isn’t in the directory, but it belongs here. It makes prints for about 75 named races, Berlin, Tokyo, CIM, Marine Corps, the Brooklyn Half among them, and personalises each one by looking up the runner’s official finish time, pace and bib from the results. You give it a name and a year, not a login. An 8 by 10 is $60 unframed or $100 in an oak frame, 12 by 18 is $80 or $140, 16 by 24 is $100 or $190, on 230gsm archival matte, framed in Kentucky. A custom print for a race it doesn’t carry runs $185 to $315 with a design fee, about two weeks for the design, then a week to your door. US shipping is free over $100, international is worked out at checkout, and there are no returns, so get the year right.
Under $25
Body Glide at $10.99 is the gift that gets used the most and thanked for the least. Balega’s Hidden Comfort at $17 is the running sock people re-buy without looking at the label. Strava’s own Pacesetter Socks are $14 from its shop, which sells to the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland and parts of the EU, in limited drops. And Born to Run at $19 is still the book to give someone who hasn’t read it, seventeen years on.
$25 to $75
This is where most of the good gifts live. A SPIbelt at $29.99 holds a big phone without bouncing. goodr’s OG sunglasses are $30, polarised, and cheap enough that losing a pair isn’t a tragedy. The TriggerPoint GRID roller is $39.99 and only ships within the US. For dark evenings, Petzl’s Swift LT is $54.95 for 380 lumens at 43 grams (Petzl no longer sells the Bindi), and BioLite’s Dash 450 is $69.95 with a rear red light, which is the feature a road runner wants. The Believe Training Journal, in its tenth-anniversary edition at $26.95, is for the runner who still likes paper.
$75 to $200
Shokz OpenRun Pro 2 at $179.95 is the bone-conduction headphone to buy; the plain OpenRun is $129.95 if they want to spend less. The Theragun Relief at $159.99, often on sale, is the entry point to the massage-gun rabbit hole and enough for most people. COROS’s Pace 3 is $199 now that the Pace 4 exists at $249, and it’s still an excellent first GPS watch.
$200 and up
The Garmin Forerunner 265 lists at $449.99 and is regularly discounted. If they already have a watch, don’t buy another. A Stryd 5.0 running power meter is $299 on Stryd’s store (or $199 if you commit to six months of its $14.99 membership; the pod works without one). The Hyperice Normatec Go boots are $379 for the recovery-obsessed. Beyond that you are into a Forerunner 970 at $749.99, which is a lot of watch for someone else to choose.
Things I checked and left out
Zwift’s RunPod is discontinued and its page is gone; Zwift’s store now sells the Runn treadmill sensor at $124.99 instead, and a Stryd does the job too. Nathan’s SpeedDraw Plus has given way to the SpeedDraw 2, BioLite’s HeadLamp 325 and 425 are no longer on its site (the Range 300, 400 and 500 are), and the Naked Running Band V1 is on final sale at $38.50 now that a new version has replaced it. Running On The Wall’s medal hangers are a good idea but its site wouldn’t load for me, so I couldn’t confirm a price; Allied Medal Hangers, made in Washington state, run $40 to $75.
Common questions
Can I gift a Strava subscription?
Yes, at strava.com/gift. You pay for a year, which is $79.99 in the US at Strava’s annual price, and Strava emails you a redemption link to pass on. It does not auto-renew, has to be redeemed within 12 months, and the year starts when they activate it. If they already subscribe through the website it adds 12 months; if they subscribe through the App Store or Google Play they have to let that lapse first. Strava refunds within 14 days if you change your mind.
What do you get a runner who has everything?
Something made from their own data, because nobody else can buy it for them. A TrackStar Art print looks up their official finish time from the race results, so you need their name and the year, not their login. Cadence Prints and RunInk sell gift codes so they design the poster themselves.
Is TrackStar Art connected to Strava?
No. It is a print shop, not an app. You give it the runner’s name and the race year and it finds the official result. That is why it is in this post and not in the directory.
Which of these ship outside the US?
Cadence Prints ships free to the US, Canada, the UK, Australia and most of Europe. RunInk includes shipping to the UK, the US, Canada, Australia and most of Europe. AdvenBook quotes one delivered price anywhere. Strava’s merch shop has stores for the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland and five EU countries, and the TriggerPoint roller is US only. Runna gift cards are emailed and the store shows pounds if you are in the UK.
Sources
Every price above links to the maker’s own page and was read there on October 9, 2026. Garmin’s list prices are from its own product pages. Strava’s gift terms are from its gift subscription help article and pricing page. The competing gift guides I read were Runner’s World, Outside Run, Wirecutter, Believe in the Run, Marathon Handbook, Good Housekeeping, Women’s Health and Garage Gym Reviews.
