Runometry Index
80/100
No. 7 of 37
Value for money: Good
- Cushioning42 mm
- +75.0 pts
- Lightness310 g
- +5.1 pts
- Foam
Brooks Glycerin MAX 2 Beige
Beige
Shoe profile
Measurements
- Weight
- 310 g
- Reference size not stated by the source
- Very heavyHeavier than 86% of them
- Drop
- 6 mm
- LowTypical
- Forefoot stack
- 39 mm
- Very highHigher than 94% of them
Construction
- Midsole foam
- DNA TUNED
- Outsole
- rubber
Who and what for
- Use
- Daily training,Long runs,Recovery runs
- Category
- Max cushion shoes
- Versions
- Unisex
What’s new since the Brooks Glycerin Max
Same line, new version: here’s what moved, from the published values. Weights are only compared in the same size.
| Criterion | Glycerin MAX 2 (2026)This version | Glycerin Max (2024) | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weight | 310 g | 300 g | Sizes differ or aren’t stated: no gap given |
| Drop | 6 mm | 6 mm | Unchanged |
| Heel stack | 45 mm | 45 mm | Unchanged |
| Forefoot stack | 39 mm | 39 mm | Unchanged |
| Midsole foam | DNA TUNED | DNA TUNED | Unchanged |
| Catalogue price | USD 200 | USD 200 | Unchanged |
| Runometry Index | 80/100 | 83/100 | −3 pts |
Model history
2026 This version
Brooks
Glycerin MAX 2
- Weight 310 g
- Drop 6 mm
- 5 colours
2024
Brooks
Glycerin Max
- Weight 300 g
- Drop 6 mm
- 2 colours
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