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The Best Running Shoes for Training and Racing

New perk: Easily find new routes and hidden gems, upcoming running events, and more near you. Your weekly Local Running Newsletter has everything you need to lace up! Subscribe today →. We are experiencing one of the most thrilling eras in the history of running shoes. In recent years, cutting-edge materials, innovative geometries, and creative combinations of foams, plates, fabrics, and soles have resulted in faster, lighter, and more comfortable models than ever before. The good new...
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The Best Marathon Racing Shoes (2024)

New perk: Easily find new routes and hidden gems, upcoming running events, and more near you. Your weekly Local Running Newsletter has everything you need to lace up! Subscribe today →. While training undeniably has the biggest impact on your marathon performance, there’s one more thing you can do to ensure you’re ready to give your best on race day: invest in a pair of marathon racing shoes. An effective marathon racing shoe can help reduce the repeated impact that miles after miles...
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Is Suunto Race the Garmin Alternative You’ve Been Waiting For?

As a lifelong Garmin user, I’ve generally been pleased with Garmin GPS watches. Their GPS signal is accurate (most of the time), they offer plenty of workout features, such as the ability to program intervals into the watch, and they have a large ecosystem. However, like any long-term relationship, familiarity breeds complacency, and over time, I find myself curious to try something new. Fortunately for me, the sports watch market has recently been flooded with new models, including the Coros Ap...
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These Are the Fastest Track Spikes at the Paris Olympics

From cutting-edge training methods to diverse recovery products, elite athletes leave no stone unturned in the hopeful pursuit of winning an Olympic medal. No piece of gear has a greater impact on performance than their footwear, especially in the era of super spikes. Not to mention, footwear is one of the few pieces of gear that athletes can select from outside of their national Olympic committee-issued kit. (In other words, they can wear footwear made by any shoe company, regardless of which b...
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Run Fast With These Expert-Recommended Triathlon Shoes

Triathletes need a lot of .css-b8iqzl{-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-thickness:0.125rem;text-decoration-color:#59E7ED;text-underline-offset:0.25rem;color:inherit;-webkit-transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;word-break:break-word;font-weight:bold;}.css-b8iqzl:hover{color:#525252;text-decoration-color:border-link-body-hover;}gear. Between the bikes and components, wetsuit and a running outfit, you can invest a considerable amo...
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The Smoothest-Riding Trainer You’ve Never Heard Of: Craft Endurance 2 First Run Review

As a long-time running shoe reviewer, I can honestly say that we’re living in one of the most exciting eras in the industry’s history. Every type of shoe, from racing to stability, has seen significant, game-changing innovations that are redefining how we think about cushioning, responsiveness, flexibility, propulsion, weight, fit, and stability. While high-tech shoes like plated super shoes and super trainers steal the spotlight, a category of shoes quietly remains in their shadow—the everyday...
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Supershoe Evolved: On Cloudboom Strike First Run Review

At this stage of the carbon-plated racing shoe era, the fundamentals of creating a high-performing supershoe are well understood. It’s a simple recipe: embed a curved carbon fiber plate between a thick stack of responsive foam, top it with a racey minimal upper, and you likely have a solid supershoe. What distinguishes the truly exceptional supershoes from the average ones are subtle details like fine-tuned plates and midsole geometry, innovative foaming processes, and an obsession with weight r...
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How Menthol-Infused KT Tape Pro Ice Converted a Kinesiology Tape Skeptic

Heading out the door? Read this article on the Outside app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app . For years, I’ve viewed kinesiology tape—those brightly colored stripes you see on the legs and shoulders of athletes—as nothing more than snake oil, something people used for show without any real benefits. All my experiences with athletic tape involved protecting an injured joint by tightly wrapping and immobilizing it. I was skeptical that a few strips of tape on the skin co
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This Teva Sandal Is Designed for Trail Running. But Can It Handle Rough Terrain?

When it comes to trail running shoes, protection, stability, and a secure fit are absolutely crucial. However, these qualities are not typically the strong points of sandals, which, by nature, prioritize breathability and lightness over support and protection. So when I found out I’d be testing a new pair of sandals designed specifically for trail running, I was intrigued but skeptical. In a move to reconnect with their outdoor adventure roots, Teva quietly launched a new pair of trail running
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These Stability Running Shoes Add Support and Comfort to Your Runs

We earn a commission for products purchased through some links in this article. Why Trust Us? Long gone are the days of clunky, rigid, stability running shoes. With new designs and cushioning materials, supportive running shoes for overpronators and runners with flat feet or low arches can help you feel more comfortable as you run, while reducing the chance of an injury. The Runner’s World test team and its wear test cohort have sifted through many, many pairs of shoes to find the best stabilit
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The Best Running Shoes for Training and Racing

Heading out the door? Read this article on the Outside app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app . It is a great time to be a runner. Today’s smart shoe designers are using advanced materials, new geometries, and creative combinations of foams, plates, fabrics, and soles to create models that are faster and more comfortable than ever before. Many shoes in this roundup are franchise models, in their second, fourth, 17th, or 21st(!) iterations, representing the best of what t
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We Ran in Adidas’s $500 Super Shoe Until It Gave Out. Here’s How Far We Got.

Designing shoes to improve running speed isn’t a novel concept. Long before the advent of plated super shoes, ultralight, minimalist footwear helped runners achieve faster race times. These lightweight shoes represented a form of performance-enhancing super shoe, as research extensively shows that a shoe’s weight significantly influences running performance. The lighter the shoe, the faster you can run. One study revealed that for every 100-gram (3.5 oz) addition in shoe weight, a 1.11 percent d
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The Best Track Spikes of 2024, Reviewed

Whether you’re getting ready for a race or a hard workout, the process of spiking up stirs a familiar excitement and anxiety for what’s to come: your body instinctively knows it’s time to perform. If you want to compete at your best in track and field, spikes are essential—and today’s are better than ever. Here are our top picks from this spring’s options, what you need to know about choosing a track spike, and the technology behind today’s superspikes. • Best Value: Under Armour Kick Sprint 4
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We Found the Best Trail Running Shoes for Every Terrain

Heading out the door? Read this article on the Outside app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app . It is a great time to be a trail runner. Today’s smart shoe designers are using advanced materials, new geometries, and creative combinations of foams, plates, fabrics, outsole rubber, and lug depths to create models that are more capable on a variety of terrain than ever before. We’re wildly impressed with the Adidas Terrex Agravic Speed Ultra, our Editors’ Choice, for its r
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This Adidas Is the Best Trail Supershoe We’ve Tested

Heading out the door? Read this article on the Outside app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app . Ever since Nike introduced the Vaporfly 4% in 2017, brands have competed fiercly to craft the ultimate road racing shoe. Commonly referred to as “supershoes,” this innovative footwear employs high-rebound foams and curved, rigid plates to enhance running efficiency while minimizing muscle damage. Simply put, these high-performance shoes are engineered to make you run faster w
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The Nike Alphafly 3 Review Verdict: The Best Marathon Shoe to Date

Heading out the door? Read this article on the Outside app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app . The world was introduced to the ground-breaking, futuristic-looking Alphafly on the feet of Eliud Kipchoge when he broke the two-hour marathon barrier in October 2019. Overnight, every marathon runner wanted a pair, and they finally had the chance to buy their own in June 2020. Two years later, Nike released its second iteration of the popular Alphafly. Seeking to fix some st
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Can This $225 Graphene-Printed Racing Singlet Help You Run Faster?

Heading out the door? Read this article on the Outside app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app . If there were a kryptonite for runners, it would undoubtedly be heat. Even the slightest sign of warm conditions impairs running performance. One study analyzed runners competing in seven marathons over multiple years and found performance declined by .9 percent for every 9 degrees Fahrenheit above 50 for the top three finishers. As marathon finishing times got slower, the eff
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We Put REI’s Algae-Powered, Recycled-Material Trail-Running Shoe to the Test

Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app . It’s an absolutely thrilling time to be a runner, if I may say so without sounding too much like a complete shoe geek. We are in a golden era of running shoes. Besides exciting advancements in the foams and carbon-fiber plates of supershoes, there’s been an insurgence of brands entering the trail shoe market. Companies such as NNormal, Speedland, Norda, LOWA, Tecnica, Hel
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The Best Rain Jackets Will Keep You Dry, Cool, and Ready to Perform

We earn a commission for products purchased through some links in this article. Why Trust Us? Renowned Oregon University track coach and Nike co-founder Bill Bowerman once said, "There's no such thing as bad weather, just soft people." We aren't sure we agree, but you don’t have to run on a treadmill just because the weather isn’t perfect. Whether it's an unexpected downpour or a misty drizzle, having a rain jacket that’s breathable, but water-resistant can make it a lot easier to feel comforta
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