VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE SINGLET DESIGN
WHICH DESIGN WILL GO THE DISTANCE?
You decide which custom singlet hits the starting line this fall. We asked our community to design a custom rabbit singlet, and wow, did you all deliver. After reviewing hundreds of incredible submissions, we’ve narrowed it down to 7 standout finalists. Now it’s your turn to choose the winner.
The design with the most votes will be brought to life and sold this fall—with the artist earning commission and getting the spotlight at our marathon pop-ups. Explore the finalists and the inspiration behind each one below. Then, cast your vote at the bottom of this page.
Design #1 Emmanuel Atsin
Inspiration for PRISMAKAN came from a trip I took in February 2023 to Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to meet family for the first time and connect with long-detached heritage. I learned a little of Ivory Coast's history and the different people that make up its population: the major ethnic groups are the Gur, Mande, Baoule, and Akan. Those four ethnic groups are comprised of about 15 tribes and 60 languages between them. My family comes from the Akiye tribe (commonly spelled Attie) of the Akan.
The idea for this all-over print came from a made-to-measure button-up shirt done in a beautifully extroverted cotton fabric and a robe from a different tribe that one of my uncles gave me a few days later. The most commonly known fabric is kente cloth. A variation of that is patterned fabric called "pagne" (french) which features vibrant colors that are arranged into bold patterns, often used in ceremonial dances and to telegraph one's identity, social status, or family affiliation. Casually worn, the context of pagne can be as specific as a local village. I chose to use trapezoids and parallelograms for this activewear brief.
The red "stripe" on the back represents the blood of effort, much like a runner's goals. People around will see the outcome of training but never the months of grueling repetition and pain. If you're feeling boyish like, it could be open to interpretation: a racing stripe, "the kiss goodbye" of a Bugatti Chiron, a booster rocket's plume, or even a geometric gesture of vertebrae.
Design #2 Jen Brackett
My singlet design, Run Free, is rooted in the idea that movement whether through art or running should be expressive, unstructured, and fun. Just like a winding singletrack through the mountains, the design doesn’t follow a straight path. It flows, bends, and breaks rules, and that’s exactly the point.
The heart behind this piece comes from my grandmother, who was a watercolor artist for over 25 years. She taught me that art should never be about perfection or pressure. She’d often say, “As soon as you start stressing about the design, it stops being fun.” That’s a lesson I’ve carried into both my artwork and life in general. Whether I’m creating art or training for an ultramarathon, I try not to take myself too seriously. There’s beauty in the messy, the unexpected, the imperfect—and that’s where the joy lives.
Running, to me, is one of the purest forms of expression. There are no scripts, no identical steps, just like there are no identical brushstrokes. You adapt to the terrain, embrace the weather, laugh when you fall, and keep moving. That’s the same spirit I tried to capture with this design. The bold colors represent energy and emotion. The flowing lines represent momentum and freedom. The abstract nature is a reminder that we don’t need to fit into clean boxes or predictable patterns—on the trail or in life.
Creating this singlet is a way to carry both my love for trail running and my grandmother’s creative legacy with me. It’s a reminder to stay playful, to move with intention but without rigidity, and to always find joy in the process no matter the outcome.
Design #3 Greg Gossel
My name is Greg Gossel and I’ve been a professional artist, muralist, sculptor, and designer for close to 20 years, and an avid runner for the last 10 years. My work often involves intense concentration & focus, and running has been a much-needed escape from the studio, to get out of my head and get into my body.
When considering my approach for this project, I kept coming back to the concept of process and evolution. Ideas that are synonymous with both art and running. Through this exploration, I decided to utilize graphics from my studio work table to create a unique artwork; a vibrant chaos of shape, color, and texture for my singlet design.
My studio work table shows the artistic process: the mistakes, the scuffs, the overprints, the paint spills, a visual history of my practice as an artist. The composition is not a destination; it’s an ever-evolving artwork that is never really finished. That’s how I feel about running: it’s never about one run, one race, one PR, one day on the trail. It’s an ever-evolving practice, one that includes the mistakes, the falls on the trail, the blisters, the tears, the time you got caught in a thunderstorm four miles from home. It’s the culmination of all those fleeting moments that are running for me.
So these spontaneous and colorful layers of the composition become a metaphor for the practice of running itself, and you can feel the energy, the heartbeat, and the life within the piece.
Design #4 Remy Glock
Run Your Own Path: The Spirit of "Keep Going"
My design isn't just about logging miles; it's a celebration of every step, every connection, and the unyielding spirit within. For me, running isn't just a sport; it's a journey of going the distance in more ways than one. As a person born with a profound hearing loss, I've learned firsthand about overcoming adversity and the profound power of persistence. Every stride is a testament to the belief that you can always keep going, no matter the challenge.
You'll see it right there in the design: "Keep Going" rendered in American Sign Language (ASL).
This isn't just a stylish graphic message; it's a philosophy that has guided me through countless miles and personal triumphs. It embodies the resilience needed to push past perceived limits, mirroring the way a determined runner keeps pace, even with the speed of a rabbit, going further than you think you're capable of. The visual representation of ASL also serves as a point of connection and visibility for the Deaf community, celebrating our culture and resilience.
Running has also brought me incredible connections with the community. While my experience of sound may be different, the shared effort, the unspoken camaraderie, and the mutual encouragement on the trails create a powerful sense of belonging. There's a special kind of inclusion when you're running with friends, sharing the journey, and building confidence with every mile. These aren't just workouts; they're moments of shared spirit, mutual respect, and growth, proving that passion for movement transcends all barriers.
Design #5 Kari Houtz
I’m an untrained runner who has been running for the better part of 20 years. I’m not fast, but I love running because it gives back to my brain and body. It helps me set goals and (sometimes) achieve them, it keeps my body in shape, it keeps my brain happy, and it has woven me into a wonderful community of other runners.
One of my very favorite parts of running is letting my mind wander and dream. My inner curiosity is what allows me to get out and run for hours at a time without getting bored or self-destructing. I’ll notice something new on a route I’ve run a hundred times, or start imagining if I’ve met that squirrel before or even jump to how pizza might have been invented. I spend miles thinking about what I want to eat when I’m done or what weird thing I want to Google the second I get home. All those musings inspired this singlet design. I wanted to design something fun and whimsical, which is what running started as when we were kids, and still is at heart. I also wanted to make the design detailed with lots of little nuggets to pore over and take in. It’s a peek inside a curious brain on a long training run.
Design #6 Dora Yui Kei Lo
“Porcelain Rabbit” is an ode to the joy of movement and running as a global human experience.
The front panel shows a pair of rabbits in excitement frolicking through the luscious floral landscape. The hand-drawn floral landscape pulls from global artistic motifs found in traditional pottery, including ancient China, India, Greblue, Korea and beyond. From simple water jugs to funeral vessels, they illustrate histories, traditional values, and most often, the wonder of the natural world. These vessels carry stories that are both personal and communal. The humble ceramic vessels have carried tradition and beauty since the very beginning of human civilizations across continents.
Just like the pair of rabbits emerging from the floral landscape, the global rabbit community welcomes everyone from different corners of the world and run experience to come out and chase the joy of running. This floral background celebrates the unique perspective and identity that each runner brings to a flourishing Rabbit Run Community.
Design #7 Thira Rose
My work addresses climate concerns from my perspective as a runner and mover within nature. Many of the places I explore in my work have experienced change due to urban sprawl, waste, and other environmental issues. I utilize various mediums and materials to depict expansive landscapes that are imprinted with the actual prints of old running shoes and other discarded athletic gear, symbolizing our carbon footprint. These impressions camouflage themselves as texture within environmental elements to emphasize how humans and our used gear have an impact on the environment.
Living in the hill country of Austin, Texas, my entire life, I have observed the land drastically shift and mold to the progression of people and infrastructure that pollute and displace the native wildlife. Demolishing forest areas, building new neighborhoods to sustain the influx of people, expanding roadways into natural areas, and contaminating the natural world with non-biodegradable objects continue to be the norm. Throughout my work, I aim to denote urgency through the beauty of landscape paintings that showcase the loss of natural environments.
As my passion for running and hiking has evolved over the years, I have become more mindful of how athletic materials degrade into the ground, only to be discarded after reaching their desired mileage. These reflections have inspired me to explore the connection that active individuals have to the environment by using physical and visual symbols that express the environmental issues associated with being a moving body throughout natural spaces. My approach is to create a feeling of familiarity with elements that do not belong in traditional romanticized landscape paintings, making my works more accessible to the everyday onlooker and familiar to other runners, hikers, and movers alike, so they may re-examine their own relationship to the landscape.