of running shoe that fits neatly into a similar ‘hybrid' category: performance trainers.They're light enough to slip on for a speed session on the track, but offer enough stability and cushioning to cope with all but the longest Sunday training runs. They
A round-up of the best performance shoes on the market to help leave your rivals trailing... Asics Gel DS Trainer XIII, £85 Weight 286gDS Trainers have long been heralded as an ideal racing shoe for stability-shoe wearers, or an everyday trainer
AsicsGel Kinsei (stability) £130 DS Trainer XI (performance) £85 BrooksAxiom 2 (stability) £75 Addiction 7 (motion-control) £70 Burn 3 (performance) £65 BEST UPDATE DiadoraMythos Samurai (performance) £70 EtonicJepara SC (stability) £80 Mizuno
) £65 MizunoWave Nirvana 2 (stability) £90 New Balance755 (cushioned) £65767 (stability) £65825 (performance) £70NikeAir Zoom Apace (performance) £65Air Pegasus (cushioned) £65 EDITOR'S CHOICEReebokTrinity KFS (stability) £75 SauconyGRID Trigon 4 Guide
Grid Sinister (performance) £75
of cushioning. These are seen as the mid point between neutral cushioned and performance shoes in terms of weight, cushioning and general ‘heft’.Brooks Pure CadenceBrooks Pure FlowBrooks Pure ConnectAsics Gel-Excel 33Under Armour Charge RC
New BalanceNew Balance 880SauconySaucony Powergrid CortanaSaucony Kinvara 2To access full reviews for all the performance and stability shoes listed (as well as hundreds of archived featured training and health articles), subscribe online now.
someone who weighs 10st. Not every shoe handles these forces the same way. Lighter, softer neutral-cushioned and performance shoes get crushed under the heels of heavier runners. On the other end of the scale, lighter runners don't land with enough
and punished hundreds of shoes using state-of-the-art equipment to see how they perform under stress. Runner's World is the only publication in the world that tests shoes like this. We've also sent the shoes out to our extensive panel of wear
), subscribe online now. Neutral Cushioned | Stability | Motion Control | PerformanceNEUTRAL CUSHIONEDRecommended for runners who need maximum midsole cushioning and minimum medial support. These shoes are best for biomechanically efficient runners (with
