By Kieran Alger Saucony overhauled its Endorphin line-up at the start of 2024 with upgrades to two of its fastest shoes, the Endorphin Speed 4 and the Endorphin Pro 4. One is a nylon plated daily trainer built for fast efforts that can double as a race shoe. The other is a carbon race shoe […]
Saucony Endorphin Speed 4 vs Endorphin Speed 3 – Is it an Upgrade?
By Kieran Alger The Saucony Endorphin Speed 3 set the benchmark for plated, speedy daily trainers. And it’s a pretty hard act to follow. But the next-gen upgrade, Saucony Endorphin Speed 4, has landed to try and do just that. Saucony stuck to minor rather than major changes here, with tweaked uppers, a re-engineered nylon […]
Brooks Ghost Max vs ASICS Gel Nimbus 26 – Battle of the Comfort Cruisers
By Kieran Alger If you’re on the lookout for a big cushioned daily trainer that’ll eat everything from your easy recovery miles and your longer, slower training runs, up to mid-tempo efforts, then the ASICS Gel Nimbus 26 and the Brooks Ghost Max should be somewhere on your shortlist. They both combine big stacks of […]
ASICS Gel Kayano 30 vs ASICS Gel Nimbus 26 – Which ASICS Daily Trainer Should you Buy?
By Kieran Alger If the ASICS Gel Nimbus 26 is all about delivering big, plush cushioned comfort to your daily training miles – particularly at the easier end, then the Gel Kayano 30 is all about similar levels of road protection but with added stability features to provide extra support and prevent overpronation.Past iterations of […]
ASICS Gel Nimbus 26 vs New Balance 1080v13 – Battle of the Big Cushioned Daily Trainers
By Kieran Alger If you’re looking for a big cushioned daily trainer for your everyday miles, the ASICS Gel Nimbus 26 and the New Balance 1080v13 are likely to be somewhere on your list. These two plush, soft, high-stacked road eaters offer comfort and protection by the bucketload. But which one is the best? I’ve […]
ASICS Gel Nimbus 26 vs ASICS Novablast 4 – Battle of the Big Stacks
By Kieran Alger When it comes to max-stack daily trainers, ASICS has a couple of popular big hitters in the fight. The Nimbus and Novablast lines are both designed to deliver cushioned comfort for cruising miles and lots of protection for your slower, recovery efforts. Go back a generation and the Nimbus was the softer, […]
On Cloudeclipse vs Cloudsurfer 7 vs Cloudmonster Review: Which On Running Shoe is the Best?
By Kieran Alger On’s running shoes often draw heat for not quite hitting the performance mark. But three of its most recent launches have changed the story. First the big-stack On Cloudmonster brought more protection. Then came the On Cloudsurfer introducing a new CloudTec Phase midsole set-up with amped up softness. Finally the On Cloudeclipse […]
HOKA Clifton Vs Bondi – Comparison of HOKA’s Popular Daily Trainers
By Paul Freary The Clifton and Bondi are HOKA’S most popular neutral daily trainers. Both offer a large volume of cushioning and the familiar ‘rocker’ geometry to help ‘roll’ the foot along the road. Here we’ll take a look at them side by side to help decide which might be most suitable for your needs.If […]
Saucony Ride 17 vs Saucony Triumph 21: A Tricky Daily Trainer Dilemma
By Kieran Alger The Ride 17 drops into Saucony’s line-up alongside the Triumph 21 and now Saucony now has two daily trainers packing similar stacks of the same PWRRUN+ midsole foam, not dissimilar uppers and only marginally different drops. Which makes you wonder: with the Ride 17 coming in $20 cheaper is Triumph now old […]
ASICS Gel Kayano 30 vs ASICS Gel Nimbus 25- The Big Cushioned Daily Versus its Stable Mate
By Kieran Alger With soft cushioning, knit uppers and plush, padded heel collars, the max-stack ASICS Gel Nimbus 25 is all about bringing comfort to your daily training miles. The Gel Kayano 30 offers similar levels of cushioned comfort but with stability tweaks to offer more support and prevent overpronation. In previous generations, these two […]
