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 […]

By Kieran Alger  The Altra FWD Experience is Altra’s first shoe to move away from zero drop. That’s a big deal – and a bit of a risk – for a company that staked its reputation on the benefits of zero drop – or what it calls balanced cushioning – from the very outset. Altra says […]

By Noel Paine  Welcome to my Saucony Kinvara 14 review.I tried on a number of runing shoes over the years but never really started using the saucony Kinvara until I began racewalking a few years back, in addition to my running. I have run and racewalked in the Saucony Kinvara 11, 12, 13 and now the […]

By Kieran Alger  Like the first-generation Adizero Prime X Strung, the Adidas Prime X2 Strung is a big-stack carbon race shoe built for all-out speed over every distance. The upgrades include a powerful combination of three layers Lightstrike Pro midsole that breaks the World Athletics’ legal stack height limits, a dual carbon plate system and the […]

By Keiran Alger  The New Balance Fresh Foam X 1080 has always aimed to bring comfort to your daily training miles. This thirteenth generation has seen some pretty big changes designed to elevate that. The 1080V13 now packs a bigger midsole stack that’s softer, lighter and bouncier while the uppers add extra padding, maxing out on […]

By Paul Freary  The Clifton is one of, if not the best-selling shoe from HOKA. The ninth-generation model is an improvement on the previous version, with slight updates to the upper and midsole.On the whole, the shoe remains true to the styling of the previous models of the shoe so that long-time users will find it […]

By Paul Freary  The Brooks Adrenaline GTS 23 is Brooks’ most popular support category model. In terms of cushioning, Brooks places the shoe in the middle of their offerings, as they do with it in terms of support.I’ll talk more about the support the Adrenaline provides later, as the shoe provides a unique solution to control […]

By Kieran Alger  The Saucony Kinvara Pro was one of the most baffling shoe launches of the year. The carbon-plated daily trainer left a lot of testers and runners, including me, a little confused about what it’s actually for. Saucony says the Knivara Pro is designed to bring more efficiency to your daily running and was […]

By Noel Paine   I ran in the original HOKA Carbon X shoe and loved it. I then bought the second version which had very few changes and had the feel I liked. The shoe still felt like a light but thick cushioned HOKA but had a stiff rocker. I really did notice a difference. It […]