By Paul Freary  The Brooks Beast has always been the brand’s most supportive model. In fact, the Beast is probably the most supportive running shoe on the market in 2024. Back when the Beast was first launched, technology was not what it is today. Cushioning was EVA-based materials and even compression moulded midsole units were […]

By Kieran Alger  It’s taken Brooks longer than most brands to embrace the mega-midsole max-stacked trend. But now that they have – with the new Brooks Glycerin Max – they’ve gone all in.The Glycerin Max packs a truly giant stack of new DNA Tuned nitrogen-infused foam, harnessing a technology that lets Brooks tune the softness, […]

By Kieran Alger  Boost lives on in the new re-engineered Adidas Ultraboost 5 – an everyday running shoe that puts a bigger stack of a new formula Light Boost foam underfoot in a bid to punch up the energy on your runs.Does it do enough to put Boost back in the big time? We’ve done […]

By Paul Freary  The Brooks Hyperion Max 2 sees improvements in the foam and stack height as well as the upper fit to make this updated model a more cushioned and more responsive ride that’s aimed at faster-paced daily running as well as racing.Brooks has been criticised in the past for the performance of their […]

By Noel Paine  The Saucony Kinvara has always been a fairly popular model for the brand. It has been a relatively flexible (no extra stabilizers), lower drop shoe that is decently light and responsive without being a race shoe and with a midsole that is right in the middle in terms of softness. Its on […]

By Kieran Alger  The HOKA Mach X was a good shoe. But some runners felt the plate-foam combo didn’t deliver enough extra oomph over the regular Mach to justify the extra dollars in the price tag. It wasn’t quite super enough to be a super trainer. The Mach X2 aims to fix that, with more […]

By Kieran Alger  Running shoes don’t survive for four decades without doing something right. The Nike Pegasus has successfully ridden changing running trends to stay popular. But with bigger leaps in shoe tech in recent years, the battle to stay relevant has become increasingly tough. So the Nike Pegasus 41 makes some big changes in […]

By Paul Freary   From their inception, Altra wanted to provide shoes that offered a balanced, zero-drop feel yet at the same time provide good levels of cushioning.The Olympus 6 is Altra’s plushest trail running shoe and features a high stack of cushioning and a zero-drop ride to promote a more naturally balanced feel.If you click, […]

By Paul Freary  As with any major event these days, as soon as the winner has crossed the finish line people ask, ‘What shoes are they wearing?’With elite athletes often wearing never-before-seen models the interest is much greater, as was the case at last year’s UTMB event.Jim Walmsley of the USA won the race in […]

By Paul Freary   Launched in 2023, the original Brooks Ghost Max was simply a higher-stacked version of the Ghost 15. That version featured the brand’s DNA Loft v2 foam, a compression-moulded EVA-based material.Fast forward to 2024 and we find that both the Ghost 16 and this, the Ghost Max 2, now use DNA Loft v3 […]