2025年2月1日 · The right running shoes feel good on your feet and help you run more often — boosting performance, adding comfort, and reducing the risk of injury. Since 2011, we've rigorously tested hundreds of running shoes, logging thousands of …

2025年1月16日 · Ally was set up for success by Amber King, who has tested trail running shoes for GearLab since 2014 and completed ultras like the Bryce Canyon 50 miler, and the Telluride Mountain Run, a 38-mile ultra with over 14k of elevation gains and losses. She's also a passionate fastpacker whose missions take her around the globe.

2025年1月16日 · Hoka shoes are known for their thickly stacked shoes, with midsole foam that is dense and highly absorbent. Although shoes like the Hoka Tecton X 3 and the Hoka Challenger 7 have higher stack heights, the slightly more stripped-down Hoka Torrent 4 still provides superb underfoot protection.

2025年1月10日 · Weighing trail running shoes is one thing, but weighing them and assessing how that weight feels as you run is a whole different ball game. First, we weigh each shoe — in women's US size 6.5 — right out of the box, and then we assess that weight as it compares to the average weight of our current lineup.

2024年11月7日 · Shoes with a narrower toe box received a lower score in this category. One test that we performed was standing on one foot to balance. As you might guess, the narrower the toe box, the less balance we had. Shoes like the Xero HFS II, and the Xero Prio have a hybrid toe box that is wider than conventional, yet not as wide as we like.

2025年2月1日 · Shoes like the Nike Alphafly 3 or the Asics Metaspeed Sky Paris fall into a category of race shoes called “super shoes. ” A super shoe is a race day shoe that utilizes a combination of: 1) advanced, highly resilient (think high-energy return) foam, 2) a composite stiffener, often a carbon plate, 3) aggressive rocker geometry, and 4) a low ...

2025年1月29日 · Shoes like the ones mentioned are ready to use out of the box and don't need to soften up with time. Other shoes like the New Balance 877 V1 need time to soften up and break in because of materials like suede or leather.

Landing Comfort. Though this is a barefoot shoe and it offers very little in the way of cushioning, Vibram did a fairly good job of placing their XS Run rubber pads along the strike points of the outsole — the toes, the ball of the foot, and beneath the heel in much the same configuration as the Nike Flex Fury 2, whose reinforced rubber pods …

2025年2月7日 · Then we took the shoes or a spin, walking and running on various surfaces and noting how they performed along the way. We took casual strolls and at-pace runs on various terrain. Being barefoot shoes, we noted how well we could feel the ground under our feet, whether it be twigs, rocks, or concrete. Our tests were divided into 5 key metrics:

2025年2月1日 · The recent boom in super shoes has left runners weighing the differences between maximalist shoes and race-ready kicks that boast 40 mm+ of underfoot cushion. Many race shoes stand as high as maximally-cushioned shoes, but their insides are comprised of very different materials — they are not necessarily made to be run in every day.