Seth LaReau's Running Gear & Expert Recommendations
Trail runner. Writer. Founder and author of Trail Waves.
Bay Area, CaliforniaNothing worth having should come easy.
I'm a 15-year finance veteran with stints at Strava and now Google. After years of helping businesses scale, I felt an itch to combine my experience and personal passion to create something meaningful. The result is Trail Waves, a newsletter exploring the business, finance, and culture of trail running.
Discipline: Running
Specialty: Trail
Author of Trail Waves, a newsletter exploring the business, finance, and culture of trail running. Featured on The Freetrail Podcast (January 2026) and the Long Run Labs Podcast (April 2026).
Expert Gear Picks from Seth LaReau
Expert running gear recommendations from Seth LaReau, Trail runner. Writer. Founder and author of Trail Waves., based in Bay Area, California.
Seth LaReau's Trail Favorites
Seth LaReau recommends the Open Fuel Drink Mix 24 Serving Bulk Bag
Seth LaReau recommends the Open Fuel Gel Mix Bulk Bag
Seth LaReau recommends the Mount to Coast H1
Seth LaReau recommends the Salomon Unisex Cap
Seth LaReau recommends the Tailwind Nutrition High Carb Fuel
Seth LaReau's Everyday Favorites
Seth LaReau recommends the Yeti 45 Hard Cooler
Seth LaReau recommends the Gnarly Nutrition Gnarly Vegan
Seth LaReau recommends the Gnarly Nutrition Gnarly Performance Greens
Seth LaReau recommends the Gnarly Nutrition Gnarly Creatine
Seth LaReau recommends the Mount to Coast C1
