Running Shoes
What each shoe is for, and who it suits
adidas Supernova Prima
adidas' softest Supernova: a tall, heavily cushioned daily trainer for easy miles when your legs are done.
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Altra's max-cushion cruiser at a 4 mm drop — plush EGO P35 with rocker geometry and the roomy toe box.
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Altra's max-cushioned road shoe — a 33 mm zero drop platform for easy miles and long runs on tarmac.
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ASICS' softest road shoe: max cushioning for easy days and long runs, and too much shoe for anything fast.
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The Nimbus with 24 g taken out - the same plush max cushioning, less shoe to carry around.
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A full FF TURBO SQUARED midsole with no plate — the bounciest trainer ASICS makes, at 230 g.
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A high-stack, rocker-shaped Ghost for recovery days and easy miles, when you want the ground to feel far away.
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The high-stack Ghost — soft DNA LOFT v3 on a broad base with a 6 mm drop, protection over pace.
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Brooks' biggest, softest road shoe — a max-stack rocker for high-mileage weeks and recovery days.
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Brooks' tallest stack of DNA TUNED with a GlideRoll rocker — the halo max-cushion trainer, version two.
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Hoka's most cushioned road shoe, built for recovery runs, slow miles and hours on your feet.
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Hoka's biggest trainer: PEBA foam over a carbon suspension plate, built for easy and long running, not speed.
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Hoka's plated super trainer, lighter and lower than the first Skyward X, with the carbon suspension plate reshaped.
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Kiprun's softest daily trainer — a big slab of Softech+ foam for easy runs, recovery days and long slow miles.
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Mizuno's breakout knit super-trainer — 45 mm of ENERZY NXT with a full Wave plate, now the value pick.
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The current Neo Vista — a now full-length Wave plate in nitrogen-infused ENERZY NXT, 266 g of bounce.
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Mizuno's tallest road trainer — 44 mm of foam under the heel for recovery days and long easy miles.
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New Balance's maximum-cushion road shoe — a deep slab of foam and a rocker, for recovery days and comfortable long runs.
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Nike's biggest pile of ZoomX for everyday running — soft enough to protect high-mileage weeks, soft enough to wobble.
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The top of the Pegasus range — ZoomX, a full-length Air Zoom unit and ReactX stacked together under a tall, soft ride.
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Nike's soft, tall daily trainer — built for tired legs and long runs, and too heavy to be anything else.
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Full-length ZoomX and a 45 mm heel — the softest, springiest easy-day shoe Nike makes, with nothing for hard efforts.
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Nike's tallest road shoe — a 55 mm heel of ZoomX with two exposed Air Zoom units, built for easy miles and recovery.
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On's softest max-cushion road shoe — a double layer of CloudTec Phase for long, slow miles on tired legs.
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On's biggest CloudTec trainer — a tall, heavy cushion shoe for easy miles when your legs want protection rather than speed.
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On's signature max-cushion daily, third generation — triple-layer CloudTec, a hard rocker, and a nylon Speedboard.
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On's max-cushion easy-day shoe, built on the Cloudeclipse's legacy — CloudTec Phase and soft Helion, no plate.
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PUMA's max-cushion trainer — a 46 mm heel stack of NITROFOAM at 290 g, for easy days and long, slow miles.
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PUMA's tallest NITROFOAM stack — 46 mm of ultra-plush cruiser, 15 g lighter this generation.
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Salomon's tall, soft road trainer — a rockered 41 mm heel for easy miles and long runs, and not much use for fast ones.
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Salomon's max-cushion road cruiser — a 41 mm stack of ultra-plush foam for the high-mileage easy days.
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The plush, high-cushion end of the Saucony range — PWRRUN PB for long runs and tired legs rather than fast ones.
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Saucony's flagship cushioned trainer rebuilt on incrediLUX foam — the plush high-mileage pick, no plate.
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Skechers' tall, carbon-plated distance trainer — 42 mm of Hyper Burst under a runner who wants protection more than speed.
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Topo's softest road shoe — a 40 mm heel of ZipFoam under a wide toe box, for easy days and long ones.
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Topo's max-cushioned performance trainer — a 39 mm heel of ATPU foam under a wide toe box, for long runs and up-tempo work.
Read More → Max CushionUnder Armour Infinite Pro
Under Armour's big, soft daily trainer — a lot of HOVR foam for easy miles, and a lot of weight along with it.
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