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Running Niche St. Louis's 6× Best Running Stores winner 🏃 Specialty running store in Botanical Heights since 2018. Expert shoe fitting, gait analysis & Lydiard coaching. Louis.

Free weekly run clubs. Shop Brooks, HOKA, Nike, adidas, Altra, Saucony & more. Running Niche is a locally owned and operated specialty run retail store serving the St. Louis area since 2018. We are located in the Botanical Heights neighborhood of the city of St. We strive to be the go-to resource for running, walking, and connecting with others in Saint Louis. Visit us today and discover why Running Niche is the ultimate destination for runners and walkers!

Today is Wednesday, which is Running Niche Run Club day!  Join us tonight for our 5K group social run/walk.  ALL paces a...
10/21/2026

Today is Wednesday, which is Running Niche Run Club day! Join us tonight for our 5K group social run/walk. ALL paces are welcome. Tonight is night, with cold beverage's post run/walk. We'll meet behind the shop tonight and hang out there after. We're open 10-7 today, come get fitted. shop at shop.runningniche.com.

Check this out.  Aaron has created 8 common St. Louis area running routes, with elevations. Here are two examples, Fores...
10/20/2026

Check this out. Aaron has created 8 common St. Louis area running routes, with elevations. Here are two examples, Forest Park + Tower Grove Park Sunday long run route and a Katy Trail segment. Go to our web site here to see all of them.
https://shop.runningniche.com/content/popular-running-routes
Are there others you would like to see? Give us suggestions we would like to add to this page on our site as a community service! Thanks Aaron! It's Tuesday and we are open 10-7! shop at shop.runningniche.com

It's not uncommon when helping customers that they bring up the idea that they can buy the shoes we stock cheaper online...
10/19/2026

It's not uncommon when helping customers that they bring up the idea that they can buy the shoes we stock cheaper online. This is a perception about independent running specialty shops that simply is not true. The shoes we stock are the current core styles from each of our 12 footwear brands. We have them at the price recommended by the brand and the same price that the brand offers on their own Direct-To-Consumer site. We also are happy to special order a color that we may not have in stock, no problem and happy to do it. We'll even ship them to your home, at no freight cost. And if there is a price on a brand's DTC site, that is lower than ours, we will match it. It just needs to be found on the brands' official site, not any other site. We offer high value here at Running Niche as Proper Shoe Fitting, which we spend a lot of time on, is part science, part shoe tech knowledge and part art. We problem solve and find the right shoe for you. There's a lot of great shoes out there folks, but finding the right one for you can be a challenge. We remove that challenge. Today is Monday and we are open 10-5. Come get fitted. shop at shop.runningniche.com

Ready for action. It's Sunday and we're open 12-4. Come get fitted.       shop at shop.runningniche.com
10/18/2026

Ready for action. It's Sunday and we're open 12-4. Come get fitted. shop at shop.runningniche.com

Congrats to Team Running Niche’s Martin Leathers on his completion of the International Taco Bell 50K.   can’t in any wa...
10/17/2026

Congrats to Team Running Niche’s Martin Leathers on his completion of the International Taco Bell 50K. can’t in any way describe this so here it is in Martin’s own words. “It was so stupid and so incredible. My legs were ready for the 31 miles after my cycle as Coach Aaron had me prepared. Time goal? No way having to stop at 10 Taco Bells. And no on-course Pepto, Alka Seltzer, Pepcid A/C, Mylanta are allowed. I went with a combination of soft tacos, cinnamon twists, bean burritos, and the mandatory chalupa supreme at stop 4 and a burrito supreme at stop 9. I was the 270th person to check in at the end of the race and it sounds like only about half of the 1200 entrants finished. More survival than race, which is probably why they call finishers "survivors." The finisher medal of a hot sauce packet with ribbon felt uniquely appropriate." Congrats, I think, to Martin. Thanks for repping the green? Today is Saturday and we are open 10-5. Come get fitted. shop at shop.runningniche.com

It's Detroit Free Press International Marathon Weekend! Many fond memories for  . First, glad I still have my race T-Shi...
10/16/2026

It's Detroit Free Press International Marathon Weekend! Many fond memories for . First, glad I still have my race T-Shirt! Second ran my best marathon in 1980 there and worst in 1981. The pics kinda tell a story. Both around mile 10. Smiling in '80 and in '81 the "Uh-Oh" look. In '80 hit 2:21:07 and in '81 a DNF. A tale of two totally different marathons. Fast forward to now and Jennifer finds herself helping our friends Running Lab Brighton setting up the merch for the Expo which starts today, and she'll be working day 1 today. Bringing back all sorts of learnings for us to apply at the St. Louis Marathon expo for our merch project. Learning from the best! Good luck to all the folks running Detroit on Sunday!! shop at shop.runningniche.com

Enjoyed these folks last night. And we had a nice rainbow too! We go every Wednesday at 6:30PM. 5K group social run, ALL...
10/15/2026

Enjoyed these folks last night. And we had a nice rainbow too! We go every Wednesday at 6:30PM. 5K group social run, ALL paces are welcome. Running Niche Run Club Today is Thursday and we are open 10-7! Come get fitted. shop at shop.runningniche.com

It's Wednesday, Running Niche Run Club day!  Join us tonight at 6:30PM for our 5K group social run/walk.  We're moving t...
10/14/2026

It's Wednesday, Running Niche Run Club day! Join us tonight at 6:30PM for our 5K group social run/walk. We're moving to the fall/winter course tonight and be sure to wear reflective. We are open 10-7 today! Come get fitted. shop at shop.runningniche.com

There were some goal races last weekend for 3 TRN's in the marathon. Each has a story of course. Perseverance & Discipli...
10/13/2026

There were some goal races last weekend for 3 TRN's in the marathon. Each has a story of course. Perseverance & Discipline is the common theme. Bree Gaster ran 2:48:38/6:26 pace in Hartford splitting 1:23:29/1:25:09/+1:40. She ran 8th most of the race, hit some trouble at 22 miles, recovered & ran 6:15/6:14/6:20 to finish 5th and podiumed! Bree competed so well. Reed Romanko ran 2:43:01/6:10 pace in Chicago splitting 1:22:36/1:20:25/-2:11 negative split. Reed worked hard on his sense of pace all cycle and it paid off big time Sunday with a new PR. Well done to Coach Aaron who brought him along. And Lauren Cawein ran 3:12:36/7:13 pace in Chicago splitting 1:35:58/1:36:38/+:40. Going from "not going well" at 5 miles, to "hmm not so bad" at 10 miles then simply just executed. She was rewarded with a new PR shaving 8:00 off her best time. We are so proud of these folks, and very proud of how they ran their races. And it's no accident. In our Lydiard Method training, we start in week 1 with appropriate pace work on Saturdays, which by the end of the cycle leads to a keen sense of marathon race pace to ensure they don't go out too fast. One of the keys to marathoning is a reasonable, yet challenging goal and pace management. saw a Chicago stat today saying only 8% of the total finishers negative splitted. Yet from a physiology POV Even or Negative splitting over the decades has proved to yield the best results. Even back in his day in 1980 splitting 1:10:18/1:10:31. Congrats to these folks and thanks for repping the green! It's Tuesday and we are open 10-7! shop at shop.runningniche.com

These Team Running Niche athletes had some interesting runs over the weekend.  McKenna ran the Long Beach Half Marathon ...
10/12/2026

These Team Running Niche athletes had some interesting runs over the weekend. McKenna ran the Long Beach Half Marathon and placed 3rd in 1:16:17, which is a new PR for that distance. Then on the other side of the country Matt tackled the Cape Cod Marathon Lobster Challenge (13.1 and 5K). He took 5th in the 13.1 in 1:13:20 on Saturday (3rd in the master's division!) and then came back Sunday and won the 5K outright in 16:20. The reward for his efforts is the coveted special Lobster Award shown here. Then up in Staten Island Connie and Allison tackled the Staten Island Half Marathon. They could qualify for the NYC Marathon in 2027 if they ran under 1:32. They both ran 1:29:30, so knows what they will be training for in the Fall 2027 cycle! Thanks to these folks for reppin the green out there this past weekend. Today is Monday and we are open 10-5! Come get fitted. shop at shop.runningniche.com

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1601 Tower Grove Avenue
St. Louis, MO
63110

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Monday 10am - 5pm
Tuesday 10am - 7pm
Wednesday 10am - 7pm
Thursday 10am - 7pm
Friday 10am - 6pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 12pm - 4pm

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