ADIDASPO Box 39, The Adidas Centre, Pepper Road, Hazel Grove, Stockport, Cheshire SK7 5SD; 0161-419 2500; www.adidas.com/uk2005 MODELSSTABILITYSupernova Control Revenge CUSHIONEDAdistar Cushion MOTION CONTROLAdistar Control PERFORMANCERotterdam

Weight 349gEvaluation The Supernova Cushion is one of Adidas's most successful shoes, so it's always careful with updates. This latest version sticks closely to the Cushion script, with a few subtle changes. It's now built on a wider last, so

– but with modern materials. Until now, Adidas has only used polyurethane as a midsole material once in the last 10 years. Polyurethane offers good protection for larger runners, or just runners who need maximum midsole durability. The Calibrate’s midsole is mostly

, this should be high on your list.In short Think of the Boston as a lighter, sportier alternative to Adidas’s £60 workhorse, the Response, or a cheaper take on the £70 Supernova Cushion. It’s a gem of a shoe for biomechanically neutral runners.Try it if you

flexibility, a blown rubber outsole and Adiprene Plus cushioning.The Response Control is pitched into a tough market. Fortunately for Adidas, Nike and Asics have increased the price of their Air Span Triax and Gel 1070 to £65, but New Balance’s excellent 763

training shoe). It’s moderately stable, too, with a decent heel counter and a midfoot support strap built into the lacing (though if you need much stability, look to Adidas’s 275g Taper RC, which has a full-length medial post but a flatter feel

Weight 225gEvaluation It’s good to see Adidas’s carbon-fibre Pro Plate in a really light shoe – after all, it’s designed to increase propulsive power. Testing of the last shoe – the 300g-plus Gazelle Pro Plate – found that the stiff, springy plate

for a smooth ride, and there’s little midfoot stability in the upper. As for training in the wet: forget it. Unless you want your socks to be instantly soaked, this is a dry-weather shoe only. In short Full marks to Adidas for innovation

Beaverton-based rivals. Nike made a bombproof fell shoe last year, but one that was so stiff and heavy that it won few admirers. It seems that Adidas listened to more fell runners when the Davos was at the design stage. Admittedly, the shoe still tips

Weight 371gEvaluation Sometimes the only way to find out whether an offbeat idea works is to try it. Credit to Adidas, then, for mating a trail shoe with a cross-country spike to see if they could make a shoe that’s equally at home on easy trails