ADIDAS SWOOP £59.99One of Adidas’s very best off-road shoes, the three-year-old Equipment Davos (see below), gets a new name and a slightly more reinforced upper. At a swift 307g, it’s built a good reputation as a more comfortable – and only

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, though the new technology makes the Racer a little weighty.Try it on if you liked Walsh range; Felldancer range; Adidas Swoop (£60)

. They're not for those of us who make occasional detours into the muddy, slippery world of off-road running, but for those who spend all of their time running up mountains, through bogs and deep into forests. For them only shoes like the Adidas Swoop