Tracksmith Recalls 1,200 Tops, Citing Dangerous Levels of Heritage
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Owners of certain singlets made by running apparel maker Tracksmith should discontinue their use immediately, the company said today, citing potentially unsafe levels of heritage in the garments.
The recall affects about 1,200 Van Cortlandt Singlets and Van Cortlandt Tees made between June and September 2022, according to a statement. It was unclear when in the manufacturing process, or how, the heritage glitch occurred.
The statement read:
At Tracksmith, we’re more than just an apparel maker. We recognize and cherish the roots and sacred traditions of the sport with a devotion reflected in everything from our materials and design to our quaint New England backdrop to our somber and earnest marketing copy.
This means that with each Tracksmith product you purchase, you’re getting not just an $88 singlet or a $298 jacket or a $255 pair of sunglasses—you’re getting the heritage imbued in everything we produce.
Unfortunately, due to a manufacturing irregularity, certain of our garments were shipped with amounts of heritage that may be unsafe for certain runners. When we learned of this error, we grimaced like Emil Zátopek in the 10,000 at the 1952 Olympics, mopped our brows with Tracksmith textured cotton blend headbands, which hark back to a simpler time, and gazed out the window of our Newbury Street headquarters, much in the same way that Bill “Boston Billy” Rodgers might have gazed out a window back in ‘63, when, as a teen, he decided to join his high school’s cross country team, a decision that, unbeknownst to him at the time, would launch him on a journey to greatness.
We regret this oversight and are determined not to let it happen again.
The company did not elaborate on exactly what risks are involved in continuing to use the recalled garments, though some experts have speculated that they might include headaches, diarrhea, and a chronic desire to rent a cabin in New Hampshire and spend a month there, training in vintage-inspired running gear by day and writing in a leather-bound journal, with a mug of cocoa, by night.
