Running Shoes
What each shoe is for, and who it suits
adidas Adizero Boston 13
adidas' fast daily trainer: rods and Lightstrike Pro for tempo work, with enough shoe left over for the long run.
Read More → Tempoadidas Adizero Evo SL
adidas' light Lightstrike Pro trainer: race-shoe feel on tempo days, without burning through an actual race shoe.
Read More → TempoASICS Magic Speed 4
A carbon plate you can train in: tempo and interval work without racing-shoe prices.
Read More → TempoASICS Magic Speed 5
ASICS' budget carbon shoe cut down to 196 g on a lower 7 mm platform — sessions and races without Metaspeed money.
Read More → TempoASICS Superblast 2
A huge stack of racing foam with no plate in it - one shoe for long runs and tempo days.
Read More → TempoASICS Superblast 3
The super-trainer original on the new FF LEAP foam — a huge unplated stack for long runs and tempo days.
Read More → TempoBrooks Hyperion 2
A light, plateless road shoe for intervals, tempo runs and short races — Brooks' cheap speed.
Read More → TempoBrooks Hyperion Max 3
A high-stack, nylon-plated trainer for threshold work and fast long runs — the shoe you train in, not race in.
Read More → TempoBrooks Hyperion Max 4
Brooks' super trainer — 45 mm of DNA GOLD over FLASH v2 with a nylon SpeedVault plate for the hard days.
Read More → TempoDiadora Atomo V7000-2
Diadora's hand-built Italian trainer — 275 g on a firm, low-drop Anima midsole, for tempo work and long-distance races.
Read More → TempoHOKA Mach 6
A light, plateless trainer for tempo runs and cruise intervals when you want speed without a race shoe.
Read More → TempoHOKA Mach 7
The light, plateless Hoka trainer for structured days — the Mach 6 ride under a more breathable upper.
Read More → TempoHOKA Mach X 2
The Mach with a Pebax plate: a plated workout shoe for tempo blocks and long intervals, not for recovery days.
Read More → TempoHOKA Mach X 3
HOKA's plated super trainer — PEBA over a Pebax plate with a speed rocker, for the hard days between races.
Read More → TempoKIPRUN Kipstorm Tempo
Kiprun's unplated speed shoe — for tempo sessions, intervals and races up to the half marathon.
Read More → TempoMizuno Wave Rebellion Flash 3
Mizuno's plated daily trainer — race-shoe geometry in a shoe built to be trained in every week.
Read More → TempoNew Balance FuelCell Rebel v5
A 223 g plateless uptempo trainer — light enough for a session, soft enough to run easy in, and not built to last.
Read More → TempoNew Balance SuperComp Rebel
A 222 g plated trainer for the hard sessions of an ordinary week — race-shoe snap without spending a race shoe to get it.
Read More → TempoNike Pegasus Plus
The light, bouncy Pegasus — a ZoomX tempo trainer for steady runs and quick finishes, not for race day.
Read More → TempoNike Pegasus Plus 2
The ZoomX tempo Pegasus, second generation — now with an exposed forefoot Air Zoom unit, still no plate.
Read More → TempoNike Zoom Fly 6
The carbon-plated shoe you train in — tempo runs and the races you don't want to spend a pair of Vaporflys on.
Read More → TempoOn Cloudboom Max
On's max-stack marathon trainer — 40 mm of Helion HF on a glass-fiber Speedboard, built for the 4:00–4:30 crowd.
Read More → TempoOn Cloudflow 4
On's light, fast trainer — a propulsive Speedboard and Helion foam at 246 g, for the quick days in your week.
Read More → TempoOn Cloudflow 5
On's tempo shoe, fifth generation — Helion HF with a glass-fiber nylon Speedboard for the quick days.
Read More → TempoOn Cloudmonster 3 Hyper
The Cloudmonster on race foam — full Helion HF, 20% more of it, and deliberately no plate.
Read More → TempoPUMA Deviate Nitro 3
PUMA's plated do-everything trainer — a carbon PWRPLATE and NITROFOAM at 250 g, for long runs and tempo days alike.
Read More → TempoPUMA Deviate Nitro 4
PUMA's plated everyday-speed trainer — dual-layer NITROFOAM and a carbon PWRPLATE, 15 g lighter than the 3.
Read More → TempoSalomon Aero Blaze 4
Salomon's light road trainer — optiFOAM cushioning with snappy transitions, the brand's mainstream pick.
Read More → TempoSaucony Endorphin Speed 5
A nylon-plated PWRRUN PB trainer that covers workouts and race day without being a one-race super-shoe.
Read More → TempoSaucony Kinvara 16
Light, low and unplated — the Kinvara is for turning your legs over rather than for being carried by foam.
Read More → TempoSkechers Aero Tempo
Skechers' speed-day shoe — a full-length carbon plate under a 241 g build, for tempo work and the occasional race.
Read More → TempoTopo Athletic Cyclone 3
Topo's light, quick road shoe — under 200 g with a 28 mm heel, built for tempo days and short races.
Read More → TempoXero Shoes Speed Force II
Xero's lightest shoe — a barefoot racing flat for strides, intervals and short fast efforts.
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