runner who is biomechanically efficient and therefore doesn’t need a motion control shoe.Best last: Semi-curvedBest shoes: Stability shoes with moderate control featuresThe Flat FootThis has a low arch and leaves a print which looks like the whole sole

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Weight 342gEvaluation If you only have £50 to spend on a running shoe, then the Nova Runner should feature on your list. With a good-looking and durable upper, Adiprene cushioning insert in the rearfoot and a substantial plastic shank extending up

Weight 222gEvaluation The Fastwitch CRM – Fast Witch? – is actually two racing shoes: the Speed and the Endurance. Saucony debuted CRM – or Custom Ride Management – in the Trigon. Basically, it means one shoe with a choice of midsoles. The Speed has

Weight 361gEvaluation You’re spoilt for choice if you’re after a decent trail shoe with an Asics label attached. There’s the good value Gel Guts, the top-of-the-range Eagle Trail 2 and the latest addition to the range, the Mesa Trail. The Mesa Trail

Grid Jazz GTO, thanks to a small thermoplastic insert in the midfoot, but this is still really a shoe for neutral runners.If you liked the softness of the previous Jazz, then you’ll find much to admire in the Jazz 8. The ride is soft without being too

, then it’s not a bad choice. Thanks to reasonably sized lugs, grip is decent enough on soggy earth, and the rearfoot lugs face the opposite way to those in the forefoot to add traction when descending. But, as with most shoes of this type, the thick, road

(performance) £55 SalomonXA Pro (off-road) £70 Saucony3D Grid Trigon (cushioned) £70 EDITOR'S CHOICE

Wave Rider 9 (cushioning) £75 NikeAir Zoom Vomero (cushioning) £85Structure Triax 9 (stability) £75 EDITOR'S CHOICE Air Zoom Skylon (performance) £65Pearl IzumisyncroPace (stability) £70 ReebokPremier 3D Lite Trainer (performance) £55 SauconyHurricane 8