Top Halloween Costumes for 2016—and How to Run in Them
What costume will satisfy your desire to both have a great outfit and race well?
Last Halloween, Runner’s World got help from Spirit Halloween to bring runners the trendiest Halloween costumes. While some ideas stay hot (think presidential elections and blockbuster movies) new trends have to take over. But as a runner, you’re probably wondering how you can best celebrate the costumed season and place well if you are entered in an upcoming race filled with running goblins and ghouls.
Because of this, we picked out some timely and classic disguises that looked intriguing from Spirit Halloween for 2016. (You can be find these costumes online or at a store near you.)
Also for the second straight year, we enlisted the help of two elite runners, who are also costume record holders, for their sage advice: Camille Herron holds the female marathon record while wearing a Spiderman costume (2:48:51) and Ian Sharman holds the male marathon record while wearing an Elvis costume (2:42:52).
We asked both to critique the costumes from a running perspective. Need more advice? Check out these 7 Keys to Racing in Costume.
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