9 Crazy Running InventionsYou Wish You Had

Do you love barefoot running? Try this for size! Aconcept design by Frieke Severs for Nike,Footstickers caters to barefoot runners by coveringthe contact points of your feet, serving as aprotective layer for your skin. The rest of your footis, well, naked and left to endure whatever comeson the terrain. Ouch!

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Remember the Flintstones?The Fliz Bike, doesn’t comewith peddles! So, to get itmoving, you’d have to run orride downhill! Making this afun way to run + bike!Designed by Germandesigners, Tom Hambrockand Juri Spetter. No officialword out on the price yet!

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It is the ultimate first world problem - someone posting on Facebook a not-tooflattering image of yourself running the last lap of the race. Fret not,RaceFaceScrub is here to help! This photo filtering system automaticallydetects your haggard, tired expressions and transforms them into million-dollar smiles! Can somebody invent this, please?

Another bike item on thislist, this ingenious inventionby Bicycle Forest takes youaway from the gym and intothe outdoors. The treadmillbike gives you that cardio fixwithout your feet touchingthe ground. Retails at est.USD$2500

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ClimaBubble

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Enjoy your run, come rain or shine withClimaBubble.The waterproof outer layer protects youfrom high humidity or sudden downpours,allowing you to concentrate on the pathahead. Oxygen not included! Looks hard topull off but this invention would definitelypay off in Singapore if done right.

Hip Hop is back in vogue! Pump up yourruns with this stylish wearable jukebox.Just pop in a mini-music CD and staytuned to the beats from the stereo.

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Singapore’s scorching weather demandsa cool invention. Brought to you byJapanese company Hydro-Tech, this pairof dress shoes retail online at US$78 onChiyoda! Maybe they’ll invent one forrunning too (please)!

This cool concept design by Creative is an mp3 playeryou’d wear as a bracelet. It connects to yourheadphones wirelessly and charges using your pulse.How eco-friendly!

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Created by South Korean designer Si Hyeong Ryu for the2014 Electrolux Design Lab Competition, this ingenius eco-friendly concept design is a large hamster wheel that turnskinetic energy produced while running into electricity. It thenuses that to power a washing machine built into themachine. The electricity can also be used to power up otherelectrical appliances. Imagine all the money you can save onyour electricity bills and time saved on laundry!