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

enhanced by softer rubber on the outsole. This, according to weartesters who'd tried the original Cushion, was most noticeable in the forefoot.In short Adidas has been careful not to mess about too much with the Supernova Cushion. The changes for 2004 are a

– 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

liked Nike Air Pegasus 2002 (£60); Adidas Supernova (£70); Asics Gel Cumulus (£64.99)

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

fit slightly less glove-like.ADIDAS DAVOS £59.99Weight 305g Sizes 4-12, 13Pros Flexible; durable; responsive rideCons NoneEvaluation Adidas's most recent fell-running shoe shows that the company has no intention of imitating the mistakes made by its

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