Tempo running shoes
Light, lively shoes for faster sessions.
Tempo shoes sit between daily trainers and racers: lighter and snappier than a workhorse, more durable and stable than a race shoe. Some use a plate, many do not.
- Models
- 112
- Brands
- 15 — ASICS, adidas, Saucony, Brooks…
- Weight
- 129–325 g
- Drop
- 0–12 mm
The selection
The current models of this page that stand best on: lightness, heel stack height. Latest generation of each line, 2 models per brand at most.
- 205 g: lighter than 87% of the 110 models compared
- 45 mm under the heel: more than 93% of the 98 models compared
- Released in 2026
- 190 g: lighter than 96% of the 110 models compared
- 37.5 mm under the heel: more than 60% of the 98 models compared
- Released in 2025
- 218 g: lighter than 75% of the 110 models compared
- 40 mm under the heel: more than 79% of the 98 models compared
- Released in 2026
- 218 g: lighter than 75% of the 110 models compared
- 39 mm under the heel: more than 71% of the 98 models compared
- Released in 2026
- 129 g: lighter than 100% of the 110 models compared
- Released in 2026
- 220 g: lighter than 71% of the 110 models compared
- 38 mm under the heel: more than 62% of the 98 models compared
- Released in 2026
- 196 g: lighter than 95% of the 110 models compared
- Released in 2025
- 224 g: lighter than 65% of the 110 models compared
- 38.5 mm under the heel: more than 66% of the 98 models compared
- Released in 2025
112 shoes
48 of 112 shoes shown
The 64 other shoes in this list
- ASICS Magic Speed 5
- ASICS Evoride Speed 3
- Brooks Hyperion 3
- HOKA Mach X 3
- adidas Adizero EVO SL WOVEN
- ASICS Megablast
- ASICS Sonicblast
- ASICS Noosa Tri 16
- adidas Adizero Japan 9
- HOKA Mach 6
- New Balance FuelCell Propel v5
- New Balance FuelCell Rebel v4
- ASICS Hyper Speed 4
- ASICS Magic Speed 4
- New Balance FuelCell SuperComp Trainer v3
- ASICS Evoride Speed 2
- HOKA Mach X 2
- ASICS Superblast 2
- adidas Adizero Evo SL
- Nike Pegasus Plus
- Brooks Launch 10
- On Cloudflow 4
- Puma Liberate NITRO 2
- Mizuno Wave Rebellion Sonic 2
- Mizuno Wave Rebellion Sonic
- Saucony Kinvara 13
- Puma Deviate NITRO 2
- Altra Vanish Tempo
- ASICS Noosa Tri 15
- Saucony Kinvara 14
- ASICS Noosa Tri 14
- adidas Adizero Boston 12
- adidas Adizero RC 5
- Topo Athletic Fli-Lyte 5
- New Balance FuelCell Propel v4
- ASICS Magic Speed 3
- Topo Athletic Cyclone 2
- ASICS Hyper Speed 2
- ASICS Evoride Speed
- Brooks Hyperion Max
- Saucony Kinvara Pro
- HOKA Mach X
- adidas Adizero Boston 11
- HOKA Mach 5
- Nike Zoom Fly 5
- Saucony Endorphin Speed 3
- New Balance FuelCell Rebel v3
- ASICS Magic Speed 2
- On Cloudneo
- HOKA Mach Supersonic
- Topo Athletic Specter
- Mizuno Wave Neo Wind
- Puma Deviate NITRO
- adidas Adizero Boston 10
- HOKA Mach 4
- Nike Zoom Fly 4
- On Cloudflow 3
- Saucony Endorphin Speed 2
- ASICS Evoride 2
- New Balance FuelCell Rebel v2
- ASICS Hyper Speed
- ASICS Magic Speed
- Saucony Endorphin Speed
- ASICS Evoride
Guides
Carbon plated shoes, explained
What a carbon plate actually does, who benefits from super shoes, and when a plateless trainer is the better choice.
Related pages
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- adidas Adizero EVO SL WOVEN vs New Balance SuperComp Rebel
- Altra Vanish Tempo 2 vs Topo Athletic Cyclone 3
- Mizuno Neo Vista 3 vs On LightSpray Cloudmonster 3 Hyper
- ASICS Magic Speed 5 vs Saucony Endorphin Speed 5
- New Balance SuperComp Rebel vs Topo Athletic Fli-Lyte 6
- ASICS Metasleek vs Puma Propio Nitro