Going out running

Running gear splits into two categories: the things you actually need, and the things you buy after the third week of never quite getting round to it. Today leans toward the second, which is fine. Nobody laces up out of pure discipline.

Open-ear design means the JBL Endurance Zone earbuds sit on a hook over your ear rather than jammed in the canal, so you can still hear the traffic you're about to run into. JBL rates them for 32 hours and IP68 water resistance, which covers rain, sweat, and the occasional sprinkler you didn't see coming.

For anyone who wants their pace, pulse, and blood oxygen logged without strapping a phone to their arm, the Siltcon Smartwatch Heren Pro does the counting for you: steps, heart rate, blood pressure, sleep, saturation, calls if you're desperate. It comes with four bands, which is either generous or an admission that you'll lose three of them.

Somewhere to put your keys, your old shoes, and the jacket you were sure you'd need is the whole job of the MODFU sport backpack. Twenty five litres, water resistant, with a separate shoe compartment so the rest of the bag doesn't end up smelling like the run did.

The New Balance IZ530 sneakers arrive in white, which is a bold colour choice for anything that touches pavement, but that's a problem for future you and a bottle of shoe cleaner.

Same watch, different wrist: the Siltcon Smartwatch Dames Pro in silver carries the identical spread of sensors, heart rate to sleep tracking, in a finish that reads a bit more understated on the school run or the actual run.

And if silver isn't the mood, the Siltcon Smartwatch Dames Pro in gold tracks the same numbers while looking considerably less like sports equipment, for anyone who'd rather their smartwatch not announce itself before their splits do.