How to wash running shoes (and whether the washing machine is OK)
What ASICS, Nike, On and Brooks say, the hand-wash method step by step, and the mistakes that ruin foam and glue.
Published Oct 30, 2026
Guides
Practical guides to choose, compare and use your gear.
Can you wear running shoes for walking?
Yes, and often they’re a good pick. What changes between walking and running, what matters in a walking shoe, and the wear trap.
Published Oct 29, 2026
Running shoe rotation: do you need more than one pair?
What the one study on shoe rotation and injuries found, how many pairs fit your mileage, and which job to give each pair.
Published Oct 29, 2026
Breaking in running shoes: how long it takes, and when it won’t help
How many runs before a race, why a blister is a fit warning rather than part of the break-in, and the race-day rule.
Published Oct 28, 2026
Running shoe lacing techniques: the heel lock and 4 other fixes
Heel slip, pressure on top of the foot, wide feet, cramped toes: the lacing pattern that fixes each one, step by step.
Published Oct 27, 2026
How long do running shoes last? Miles, wear signs and what studies say
300 miles, 500? What brands and studies actually say, the wear signs worth checking, and why race-shoe foams lose their edge sooner.
Published Oct 27, 2026
Which drop should you choose for your running shoes?
What the drop of a running shoe is, what it changes in your stride, and how the catalogue's models spread from zero drop to the highest ones.
Published Oct 17, 2026
Running shoe stack height: definition and the catalogue’s values
What a running shoe's stack is, how heel and forefoot stack relate to the drop, and how thick the soles of the catalogue's models are.
Published Oct 17, 2026
Running shoe foams, technology by technology
ZoomX, Boost, FF Blast, PWRRUN… What each foam is made of, since when, and which shoes of the catalogue use it, family by family.
Published Oct 16, 2026
The Runometry Index: how we score a running shoe out of 100
Who each shoe is compared with, what earns points, where the figures come from, what happens when a figure is missing and what the index does not tell you: the method of the Runometry Index, criterion by criterion.
Updated Nov 11, 2026
Running shoe size chart: your size in every brand
Your size in one brand or the length of your foot, and the size to try at Nike, ASICS, adidas, Hoka, Brooks and the others, from each brand's official size chart.
Published Oct 3, 2026
How to choose running shoes
A practical method to pick your next pair of running shoes, by use, cushioning, drop, stability and fit, not by hype or by colour.
Published Sep 27, 2026
Carbon plated shoes, explained
What a carbon plate actually does, who benefits from super shoes, and when a plateless trainer is the better choice.
Published Sep 20, 2026