Kieran Alger

By Kieran Alger   If you’re in the market for a cushioned, neutral do-it-all daily trainer that’s versatile enough to eat a wide range of your weekly miles, the new Saucony Ride 17 should be somewhere on your shortlist. The big headline in the latest update is the switch from regular PWRRUN to PWRRUN+ midsole foam […]

By Kieran Alger  Since launch, the Saucony Endorphin Speed 3 has been a big hit. This punchy, versatile daily trainer earned many accolades. It was among the first daily shoes to stick a plate in the midsole and it practically set the blueprint for the slew of so-called super daily trainers that we’ve seen follow suit […]

By Kieran Alger  It might share a name with the Brooks Ghost 15 but the Brooks Ghost Max is a very different shoe. With a bigger stack, lower drop, more responsive ride and arguably much more versatility, it almost has more in common with the Nimbus 25 than its own namesake. There’s the same attention to […]

By Kieran Alger  If you’re looking for a daily trainer that screams big-cushioned comfort, the ASICS Novablast 4 might be the shoe for you. This max-cushioned mile eater goes all in on big stack plushness. ASICS says the latest generation is still built to cope with everything from easy recovery miles to uptempo efforts but […]

By Kieran Alger  Hi, today lets go over the On Cloudeclipse and my experience with this shoe.The On Cloudeclipse is On’s most cushioned running shoe yet. Like some kind of hybrid offspring of the Cloudmonster and the Cloudsurfer 7, this Surfmonster has the Monster’s silhouette, weight and drop but the Surfer’s softer, collapsing midsole tech. It’s […]

By Kieran Alger   Now in its third generation, the original marathon super shoe has morphed. The core ingredients of the recipe that made the first-gen shoe a huge racing hit hasn’t changed. You still get the super foam midsole, carbon plate and stripped-back lightweight uppers. But that magic combination has been tweaked. The Nike Vaporfly 3 […]

By Kieran Alger  Running shoes don’t live to see a 21st edition without doing something right for a large group of runners. But the Saucony Triumph has been a long-term popular option for daily training. Saucony describes the latest incarnation as “a light and plush performance shoe that’s built for those who need a little more […]

By Kieran Alger  The Nike Invincible 3 is a big, cushioned beast that’s definitely built for easy-miles and ambling recovery runs but it also harbours ambitions for a wider range of your daily miles. Now in its third generation, Nike has completely overhauled the Invincible with major updates to the midsole, new uppers and a new […]

By Kieran Alger  Altra’s best selling road shoe, the Torin is now on its seventh generation and there are some interesting changes. Designed for daily miles, the Altra Torin 7 now has an even bigger midsole stack, updated engineered mesh uppers plus plusher tongues and heel collars for boosted comfort. The zero-drop Torin is a generously-stacked, neutral […]