Bounce into 2025 with the latest running shoes

With a new year comes new shoes and some exciting models from all the top brands. Here we look at the latest shoes offering premium levels of cushioning

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Nike – Pegasus Premium – £185.00

Becoming the range-topping, neutral cushioned running shoe from Nike, the Pegasus Premium takes the Pegasus name and ramps up the cushioning to the max! With a stack height of 45mm combining ZoomX foam, a sculpted Air Zoom unit and ReactX foam, Nike has thrown everything into this model. The result is the brand’s most cushioned running shoe to date, with a soft yet highly responsive ride.

The shoe soaks up every bit of impact, with the Air Zoom providing a plush ride yet rebounds quickly to give a very energised toe-off. The upper is inspired by the looks of classic Nike Air models, and the outsole features a familiar waffle pattern for great traction. The Pegasus Premium is a great option for neutral runners wanting an everyday trainer that feels as good at an easy run pace as it does at tempo and interval speed.

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Brooks – Glycerin Max – £180.00

One of the highest-stacked running shoes on the market, the new Glycerin Max manages to offer such a high degree of cushioning and remain very stable. At 45mm, the new DNA-Tuned midsole foam features a dual-cell construction: larger cells in the rear of the foot for amazing shock-absorbing properties and small cells in the forefoot to provide a more responsive toe-off.

The aggressively shaped forefoot rocker helps the shoe toe off smoothly and makes the shoe surprisingly agile for one with such deep cushioning. As far as training shoes go, this has to be one of the most cushioned yet, at the same time, versatile shoes ever made for those logging higher weekly mileage.

It’s a shoe you simply have to try on as the step in comfort is unlike anything else, and that alone will be enough to convince many people that this could become your new daily trainer.

Brooks Glycerin Max

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ASICS – Novablast 5 – £135.00

Feeling fast and lively, the new Novablast uses the Japanese principle of ‘kaizen’ (continuous improvement) to make the shoe more responsive than before. A new FF Blast Max midsole offers around 8.5% more ‘energy return’ than the outgoing model and is the only shoe in the current ASICS lineup to offer the foam in the whole of the midsole.

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