Straight outta Hackney and onto the trails, Merrell tapped London-based running crew, Your Friendly Runners, to venture out of the city and put the new Agility Peak 5 through its paces.

Established in 2018, Your Friendly Runners is a community of running tastemakers built on the idea that running brings us closer together. Its purpose is to connect people, offer shared experiences and create new friendships.

Your Friendly Runners is a community of running tastemakers built on the idea that running brings us closer together.

 Forming part of Merrell’s Find the Love. Run Wild. campaign – an initiative that seeks to inspire runners to find happiness off-road – they traded in the canal and marshland pathways of East London in search of the joy of running wilder.

Entitled, Beyond the Marshes, the community laced up for a big outing on the trails, escaping the capital and heading out to the Surrey Hills.

Rising early doors,  the trail team swung by their local coffee spot to caffeinate before boarding a train destined for the trails.

 The crew served up a 15km route with an evolving landscape and mixed terrain as they embarked on a journey to discover that running wilder means running happier.

The runner’s weapon of choice was the Merrell Agility Peak 5 – the wildly popular trail shoe franchise from the brand that’s packed with tech including a FloatPro midsole, Vibram MegaGrip outsole and a GORE-TEX option.

Agility Peak 5 trail shoe s packed with tech including a FloatPro midsole, Vibram MegaGrip outsole and a GORE-TEX option.

The Swiss Army knife of trail shoes that fuses performance and lifestyle, it excelled as Your Friendly Runners cruised through the kilometres. 

The crew finished up with a pint down the local before heading back to home turf.

Across the season, Merrell will be hooking up with communities across the country and challenging them to Find the Love. Run Wild. with the Merrell Agility Peak 5.