can throw at them. With the latter camp in mind most manufacturers now produce an off-road shoe that, as well as providing traction on rough ground, also offers complete protection from H2O. We've put 10 of them to the test.Asics Gel-Eagle Trail Gore

Weight 351gEvaluation Like the Stability KM3, the Veritas gained a positive test report for the women-only Ryka brand. Our weartesters appreciated the fit (roomy in the forefoot, but amply snug enough in the midfoot and heel to prevent the foot from

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

market for its price. This winter also sees the launch of an additional version of the 1080 - the darker-coloured 1080 H20 (pictured, £70). Asics couldn't give us a model with fully functioning water-resistance to test, so we can't comment on that, though

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

stable). Trouble is, we had the Climacool to test over the winter, and that well-ventilated upper left us with some very cold and wet feet! In short The Climacool Response is better to run in than the original shoe, but it will still only appeal to light

Weight 334gEvaluation While Inov8’s Mudroc models are among the best examples of extreme off-road shoes – where grip is the most important consideration – they aren’t exactly ideal for long, lazy runs in the trails. Having realised this, Inov8 has

This model may still be available on clearance. But we've reviewed a newer version since we published this.Weight 409gEvaluation Although the Calibrate is an entirely new shoe, it is in many ways a return to the simpler shoes of 20 years ago

Weight 333gEvaluation Avia built its reputation in the USA on reasonably-priced stability shoes, but its cushioning shoes have been good as well. The 2069 is the latest. It follows the standard cushioning formula (blown-rubber forefoot, single

.We only had one wear-test pair of the 2079s, and the tester found them to be the kind of shoe you could easily put on and forget about. The cushioning and stability were not extreme in either way, and the tester felt the 2079 could easily have come from a