This assessment seems within the March/April 2025 challenge of Canadian Operating, on newsstands now.
Puma Foreverrun Nitro 2
Class Stability
Unisex 295 g (10.4 oz.)
Offset/Drop 10 mm
Stack Peak 38 mm/28 mm
$200
The Foreverrun, launched early final 12 months, is a stability shoe with a well-cushioned midsole product of double-density nitrogen-infused foam (this new mannequin is barely larger, and just a little heavier, than the unique). The froth is firmer across the edges than within the centre of the midsole, offering light help by way of the gait cycle for overpronators; further help is supplied on footstrike by the inflexible TPU heel clip in the back of the shoe. The platform has been made wider, making it much more steady.
The shoe has a really snug, stretchy and breathable engineered knit higher, and the knit collar has been up to date; the higher is additional stabilized with overlays in strategic areas.
It’s acceptable for simple runs, lengthy runs and restoration runs. Our tester appreciated the comfortable collar and heel lock, the cushioning and the help, however discovered the toe field confining.
Brooks
Hyperion Elite 4 PB
Class Impartial cushioning (plated)
Unisex 204 g (7.2 oz.)
Offset/Drop 8 mm
Stack Peak 40 mm/32 mm
$300
We’re placing this replace to the Hyperion Elite within the “new and modern” class due to the midsole replace, plus it’s nonetheless solely the fourth iteration of the shoe. It has a carbon-fibre plate and the utmost allowable midsole top, based on World Athletics guidelines. (PB stands for peba, the ultralight midsole cushioning materials, however the subliminal message is that it’s going to propel you to a brand new private finest.)
Like many racing footwear, it has a loosely-knit however very slender and tight-fitting, breathable higher. This DNA Gold peba cushioning is used all through the midsole, and is a significant step up from the DNA Flash cushioning used within the Elite 3 (which is nitrogen-infused EVA). Our tester discovered the plate very stiff, but the shoe felt managed, and really propulsive and bouncy for exercises or 5K races. It’s nearly a full ounce lighter. Observe that the value has gone up by $50.
Mizuno
Wave Rebel Professional 3
Class Impartial cushioning
Unisex 224 g (7.9 oz.)
Offset/Drop 4 mm
Stack Peak 39.5 mm/35.5 mm
$310
Now in its third iteration, this unusual-looking supershoe has undergone some refinements because it was first launched in early 2023. Most notably, the heel cutout has been made much more radical, to extend the size of outsole that contacts the bottom. Additionally, the bottom of the shoe has been made considerably wider and, because of this, the carbon-infused, plant-based wave plate can be wider, making the shoe extra steady. The midsole cushioning materials (Enerzy XP) is bouncier, in addition to extra responsive, and the shoe has been made barely larger.
Our tester cherished the “racy” higher and located the shoe mild and steady, regardless of the excessive stack. Nonetheless, they discovered the toe field very slender. In addition they famous that the shoe rewards a midfoot strike and a quick, however managed, tempo—land too far ahead and it loses its “pop,” too far again and it feels much less steady.
On
Cloudsurfer 2
Class Impartial cushioning
Males’s 261 g (9.2 oz.)
Ladies’s 225 g (7.9 oz.)
Drop 9 mm
Stack Peak 32 mm/23 mm
Out there March 2
$200
Regardless of the redesigned outsole (which has been made thicker, for higher sturdiness), this up to date every day coach from On continues to be surprisingly mild, and the rockered sole gives you a rolling gait that feels very pleasing for every day coaching. The heel-toe offset has been lowered by a millimetre (which you received’t discover, 9 mm nonetheless being pretty excessive).
In contrast to On’s different fashions, the brand new Cloudsurfer doesn’t have the model’s signature Speedboard, however a brand new “structural cushioning system” known as CloudTec Section, sitting on prime of a medium-firm midsole; it is likely to be a bit agency for a protracted marathon coaching run, but it surely’s A-OK on your shorter every day runs, and performs properly at sooner paces additionally.
The shoe is generously extensive within the toe field and throughout the midfoot, and the air flow holes within the shoe’s knit higher have been introduced additional down the edges for higher breathability in heat climate. The shoe is made out of 36 per cent recycled supplies.
Salomon
Aero Glide 3 GRVL
Class Impartial cushioning
Males’s 275 g (9.7 oz.)
Ladies’s 235 g (8.3 oz.)
Offset/Drop 8 mm
Stack Peak 40 mm/32 mm
Out there Could 1
$210
Salomon has taken a leaf from biking’s guide in producing this new “gravel-tuned” model of the Aero Glide 3 highway shoe (however a rose by every other identify is road-to-trail).
That is one in every of Salomon’s highest-stack trainers (for any terrain), with a thick wedge of the model’s TPU Power Foam and a average, 8 mm heel-to-toe drop. The experience is smooth, bouncy and really pleasing, whether or not you’re operating on the highway or mild trails.
The shoe is principally a lightweight path model of the brand new Aero Glide 3 highway shoe (which is out there Feb. 15), although it’s barely heavier, due primarily to the marginally extra substantial outsole. It has a beneficiant toe field, an inside wrap system that hugs the foot and common flat laces, reasonably than the model’s QuickLace system present in a few of its path fashions. It additionally has a completely gussetted, neoprene tongue and a reasonably inflexible heel counter, with good safety across the toes. It carried out properly in very chilly situations (which makes us surprise how breathable it will be within the warmth). The match is barely massive.
Beneath Armour
Infinite Elite 2
Class Impartial cushioning
Unisex 283.5 (10.0 oz.)
Offset/Drop 8 mm
Stack Peak 36 mm/28 mm
$200
The UA Infinite Elite, now in its second iteration, is designed for lengthy miles, with a max-stack midsole product of HOVR+ (a beaded TPU foam) and a great deal of cushioning within the higher as properly, from the collar to the tongue and laces. Our tester additionally cherished the step-in consolation of the shoe’s 3D moulded sockliner. The two is each softer, bouncier and considerably lighter (by an oz and a half, due partly to the elimination of the TPU heel counter) than the unique, however that solely factors up how heavy the unique was; that is nonetheless not a very mild shoe, but it surely’s nonetheless very good for every day coaching.
The higher is a wonderful, breathable engineered mesh, and also you’ll end up sporting the shoe casually in addition to for operating, simply because it appears to be like so good. The ghillie lacing system and broad, flat laces permit you to cinch it up properly. We famous the 8 mm drop feels a lot decrease—one thing we’ve seen in different UA fashions, as properly.