pods between the outsole and footbed provide support and cushioning. For its third new release, Avia has returned to a traditional midsole, and revised an old name.The first Avia 2050 appeared more than 1O years ago, and offered good stability at a

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

Bought a pair of AVIA 2050 shoes at last years PLYMOUTH HALF, really nice shoes.They had a very good write up in Runners World, and ive since tried to get another pair, but AVIA suppliers seem to be very rare.Tried avia.co.uk but their home page

AdidasCalibrate (motion control) £75 Supernova Control (stability) £70 AsicsGel Cumulus (cushioned) £65 Gel Nimbus (cushioned) £85 Avia2050 (stability) £70 BrooksGel Glycerin (cushioned) £85 Racer ST (racing) £60 T3 Racer (racing) £50 Inov-8Mudroc

limited in recommendations.Based on what I read I would recommend the ASICS 2100, AVIA 2050, New Balance 766 or any Stability shoe that fits well. That is as important as the stability. The original poster describes her forefoot wear pattern as mostly

stability, fit and durability better than the 2090. Try it on if you liked Asics GT-2080 (£75); Avia 2050 (£75); Nike Air Structure Triax (£70)

- having to run 1 1/2 mile warm up then the same best effort = nightmare!!Her Majestys buyers really knew how to buy quality.Nowadays would have to be asics, mizuno and NB all the time for me now. I had a pair of Avia 2050's - absolutely minging. I blame