Issue 85 · December 31, 2025
All issuesYou know when the internet is down and you can play that dinosaur jumping game on Chrome's 404 page? Well here's the Bandit version one of our friends made and sent us out of the goodness of their weird little heart. Ironically, we took our own site down trying to publish it this mern'. Strong start to the day. Whoever is on top of the leaderboard before the ball drops tonight wins a free VIP ticket to the Bandit Grand Prix and a whole bunch of other goodies.
In other news, we've been sitting on a special project we shot back in the Spring and are proud to finally release today... The second-ever Youtube episode of Dine & Dash is officially here, featuring Bandit athlete Chef Rasmus Kofoed, who has a dece resumé: 3 Michelin Stars, World's Best Restaurant 2022, Bocuse d'Or Bronze, Silver, and Gold Medals, and is now chasing PR's in the 5K and marathon. 9 minutes and change to bring you in to 2026 ready to run through a brick wall.
From all of us here at Bandit, have a safe and Happy New Year.
B-M26IL: Dine & Dash, eoy survey & AMA, iPhone BTS, structuring goals, The Membership.
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Bandit athlete Chef Rasmus Kofoed has reached the culinary mountaintop: World's Best Restaurant 2022, 3 Michelin Stars retained for 10 consecutive years, and the Bocuse d'Or Gold. In recent years, alongside Copenhagen's NBRO, Rasmus has become one helluva runner, applying his recipe to success to chasing personal goals in the 5K and marathon.
WATCH NOW
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Last week we sent out a Typeform with 20-some odd questions ranging from your weekly mileage to what you're wearing on ya dirty dogs these days to an open feedback form to roast us to a crisp. We've turned the responses into a #datavisualization for you to feast your eyes on. We also hand-picked a bunch of q's to a with the whole truth and nothin' but the truth.
SURVEY RESULTS
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The Hess Trucks hereeee and it's better than everrrrr. And by Hess Truck we mean the new Member Dashboard. We've been slowly but surely building out the Amex Platinum of running benefits and rewards and it's taken finally taken shape into it's deserving form. We've added new partners, hello Shake Shack, hello Engine—the travel booking platform normally reserved for large corporations to save tons of money but we somehow got it for Members.
WHAT'S NEW
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Straight from the horses mouth. Coach Stoven F. Finley (the F is for Finisher... which reminds us, how has 6 Foot 7 Foot not become the anthem of the 6-7 phenomenon? Or has it? We forgot our Tik Tok password years ago. Anywho, some sage wisdom from the Findawg on how to think about structuring your personal goals for the year ahead.
GOAL-SETTING
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You got a sneak peek of this on IG the other day , but that was just the tip of the 'ol BTS iceberg. We had everyone in the office turn over their favorite camera roll moments from the past 12 months annnnd boy did it go off the rails immediately. We're also quite concerned that Steve has been secretly recording us because he's never on his phone, yet his album of Bandit moments is... deep.
BEHIND THE SCENESMTV is getting fully unplugged (pun intended) globally as of today :(. The top 5 moments on the track that defined 2025. Pitchfork's annual 50 best albums of the year list for 2025. Here are the winners for AIA Brooklyn's 2025 Design Awards. NYMag's 43 best restaurants in NYC. Setting goals? A neuroscientists advice on New Year's Resolutions. Why science says to pick the running shoe that feels most comfortable. Casa Tobi in Oaxaca is our idea of heaven. Why inventing new emotions feels so good.
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