We asked testers to take their super shoes on runs that were longer than 3 miles, in outdoor road-running conditions that would mimic the way these shoes are used by elite racers in urban marathons.

But at the moment, I’m more interested in the lab, and the process used ... shoes to the test. When sports scientists measure “running economy” (the main measure of success for carbon plate ...

But there’s a problem: thanks to so-called “super shoes”, we may not know if the person who crosses the line first really is the fastest runner in the truest sense of the word. Then came the ...

When a new breed of super shoes hit the distance-running scene nearly a decade ago, they turned the sport on its head. No one was prepared for the Nike shoes with chunky soles injected with a ...

It might not all come down to super spikes, however. After comparing them to new-generation running shoes, Burns’ team measured similar running economies even with their heavier weights.