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

This model may still be available on clearance. But we've reviewed a newer version since we published this.Weight 409gEvaluation Although the Calibrate is an entirely new shoe, it is in many ways a return to the simpler shoes of 20 years ago

, 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

a durable everyday shoe, isn’t a heavy heel-striker and doesn’t want to spend over £60.Try it if you liked Adidas Response (£60); Adidas Poseidon (£55); discontinued); Mizuno Wave Conviction (£60)

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

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

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