Welcome to the RUNNER'S WORLD Shoe Guide archive!Four times a year, Runner's World publishes test reports of all the new running shoes on the market. This is a company-by-company archive of those reports. Most shoes are updated annually by the shoe

, the shoe favoured by former marathon world record holder Khallid Khannouchi, and that should give you an idea of the kind of runner who'll get the most out of them – the fast and efficient kind. That doesn't necessarily mean elite, though. The 250 uses New

pace. But if you get that far, you’ll discover that the 1001 is a practical option for runners who want more protection than excitement from their racing shoes. With a thick forefoot and the N-ergy cartridge in the rearfoot, it’s best suited to heavier

use the word ‘cushioning’ guardedly), but the Japanese-targeted design is so narrow that many Western runners will feel as though they’re running on half a shoe. For the record, there’s a 4mm Zoom Air unit in the rearfoot, and wet-traction rubber

mild overpronators. But with its fine level of cushioning – the rearfoot feels positively plush – it works well as a shoe for swift, efficient runners racing up to the half-marathon.

AVIA Pacer Leisure, 19/21 Denmark Street, Wokingham, Berkshire RG40 2QF; 0118-977 2032; www.aviashoes.com2003 MODELSCUSHIONEDECS-Scape STABILITYECS-Teem2050 2001 MODELSCUSHIONED2069257 STABILITY2079

FELLDANCER Northbridge House, Elm Street, Burnley, Lancs BB10 1PD; 01282 714504; www.felldancer.com2001 MODELSOFF-ROADChallenger

MONTRAILBeta Climbing Designs, Javlin House, 3-5 Edgedale Road, Sheffield , S7 2BQ; 0114 255 8882; www.betaclimbingdesigns.com www.montrail.com 2005 MODELSOFF-ROADMasai Hardrock 2002 MODELSOFF-ROADDiez Vista Melee2001 MODELSOFF-ROADHurricane Ridge Wasatch 2

THE NORTH FACEAynam Mills, Little Aynam, Kendal, Cumbria LA9 7AH; 01539 738882; www.thenorthface.com2005 MODELSOFF-ROADVapor Light 2002 MODELSOFF-ROADCoyote Ridge 2 | Flight Trail2001 MODELSOFF-ROADUltra 100

RYKAPacer Leisure, 19/21 Denmark Street, Wokingham, Berkshire RG40 2QF; 0118-977 2032; www.ryka.com2001 MODELSSTABILITYPerpetua, VeritasMOTION CONTROLStability KM3