midsole that requires less force to compress and is soft underfoot. A shoe with a low score generally has a firm midsole that takes more force to compress. However, it can offer the same impact reduction to a heavier runner as a softer sole does to a

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You have to pity race organisers. They go to great pains to have someone ride round their course measuring it with a Jones-Oerth counter, then 200 runners turn up wearing wrist-mounted GPS computers and claim the route is 300 metres too long. Speed

There’s a reason why, at one of Britain’s most popular nudist runs, women are still allowed to wear a sports bra. It’s not to spare their modesty, or save fellow runners from any unsightly wobbles: it’s because wearing a sports bra is at least

pain which is worrying. Fit is also very roomy compared to Version 7. May look for something else.... Overall: Hard to see how they could improve on the Creation 7 but they have. Maybe too firm for smaller, lighter runners but for big, neutral people