BEST Running Shoes of 2025: Road & Trail Favourites Revealed! | PART 2 | Run4Adventure

[@paulmulks]

Cheers Loyd 👌🏻 Good to catch up with you and Liga at the running show, thanks for the selfie, haha. Interested in those new Salomon's and I'll be picking up a pair of the Cielo X1 2.0 when they are released 👌🏻

[@patrickcarroll334]

Excited for every shoe you mentioned 😁 Keep on keeping on Loyd✌

[@Bolly_Wolf]

Great to meet you and Liga at the running show on Saturday, thanks for taking the time to chat to myself and my wife. Really enjoyed your talk and all the best for the channel in 2025

[@stuartwebster2203]

Thanks Loyd, the new Brooks look interesting, look forward to seeing a review.

[@Manuel_1808]

Evening all. Thanks for this information. Like to Run4adventure. A nice weekend for everyone.

[@thefink8940]

Tried on a few pairs of the Prodigio, felt great apart from the front of the tongue dug into my foot. Thanks for taking the time to have a photo with my lad Stanley on Saturday, made his weekend!!

[@manchesterkevruns]

Got the Brooks Caldera 8 a couple of weeks ago...a great shoe on the trails. I'm very impressed with them.

[@idawson998]

Nice to see you both at The National Running Show yesterday

[@TrailrunnerTroy]

Speedland is my favorite trail brand - I’m using the Silverton for the Southern States 200-Mile next month. The quality and precision of all their products is peerless.

[@Gekko186]

Really looking forward to La Sportiva!!. I do hope that you get hold of a pair.

[@Run4Adventure]

I’ll try my best! 👍🙂

[@jocelynmercier6310]

Pretty intresting about Mount to coast T1, Prodigio Pro and Lowa Madrix this year

[@SteffenThomsen]

The Topo Athletic Vista and the Asics Trabuco Max 4 are high on my list.

[@Run4Adventure]

I’ve just ordered the asics Trabuco max 4 👍

[@anguskay6177]

Prodigio Pro for the trails and Cielo X1 2.0 for the roads are my 2 most wanted shoes for '25 😀

[@UltraHopesy]

Looking forward to the Caldera 8 review. Made the switch to the 7’s after the new speedgoat disappointed.

[@johnsmethurst-xe8th]

So much choice wouldn't know which brand to go to.

[@FMcMtl]

Need more trail shoes with ankle gaiter like prodigio pro, slab3 or Arc sylan. Please manufacturer, make this a de facto feature…

[@Marsubleu]

Having recently sprained my ankle on a trail (bad landing on a stone), I feel the reviews lack insights on the stability of the shoes. With this recent experience, I now realize what issues high stacks raise, especially when combined with a narrow heel base and loose heel counter (which is an issue with my arcteryx Sylan and Norda 001). It feels like these "pro" models are actually pretty inadequate for non-pro trail runners or very technical trails (or a combination of both). Might not be a problem in a muddy hilly terrain, but then be a dangerous piece of gear in rocky steep trails.

[@Run4Adventure]

I totally agree, a deeply stacked trail running shoe can be super unstable on rocky trails! I’ve mentioned this in lots of my trail shoe reviews over the years. Hope your ankle recovers quickly 🤞🙂

[@craigbarth_rsb]

I'm very interested to try the Prodigio Pro... hoping that the front of the ankle collar (top eyelet support) doesn't dig into the front of my ankle bone, which unfortunately was the case with the standard Prodigio.

[@rickpalmer5209]

Hi Lloyd. I've recently signed up for my first ultra - Round the rock. Having previously done this what shoes would you recommend for the distance and terrain please ?

[@Run4Adventure]

That’s great, it’s a brilliant race! Shoe choice for that kind of distance is so personal so it’s tricky to say? What shoes would you normally wear on the trails🤔

[@rickpalmer5209]

Thanks for the reply! Currently I'm using agility peak 5 after your review. I just wasn't sure if they would be suitable for that event or not and having ran it i was just curious to see what you would choose if you did it again ! ​@Run4Adventure

[@Run4Adventure]

@@rickpalmer5209 The Agility Peak 5 will be perfect for the route Rick 👍

[@rickpalmer5209]

Brill thank you ! Keep up the good work!

[@FMcMtl]

The salomon ultra glide reminds me of the Columbia faucet. Which u can get for $100. Lol

[@Run4Adventure]

I think the S/Lab Ultra Glide is a very different trail running shoe compared to the Columbia Faucet 🤷‍♂️

[@alanwetherelt7155]

Afraid to ask how’s progress going on Liga’s UTMB race video going..

[@billywills1014]

Not a fan of Boa great on cycling shoes but you can't get that fit like you can with laces

[@Run4Adventure]

They’ve always worked well for me on my trail shoes 👍

[@projectshoe]

Why wouldn’t they call it the Cielo X2?!

[@Run4Adventure]

I wondered that? 🤷‍♂️

[@emmanuelbinlich1290]

I am a Salomon super fan but, I will not buy this S/Lab Ultra Glide. Too expensive !! I am very excited with the idea of testing the Prodigio Pro 😉

[@damienadame3455]

Perfectly said!

[@wittgenstoned]

I'm with you. My solution is to buy some s-lab ultras when they go on sale this year and get the s-lab ultra glides next year when they're less dear. @loyd: maybe do a video at some point pointing to great shoes from the last couple seasons you'd recommend to folks lookin to save a bit but still run in great kit?

[@francoisbouchet9907]

@@wittgenstoned you've just described the business-model of shoe (but not only) brands. --> Release the latest product at the highest price possible and get your fan base purchase it, then as newer models are launched, drop the prices for a wider range of purchasers. The price is lowered but the margins went higher in the meantime, so you're still optimizing your ROI. :)

[@RowOfMushyTiT]

New Pulsar with PU-foam looks way more interesting and a spiritual replacement for the old Sense Pros.

[@4091740]

Congratulations SpeedLand on creating the world's ugliest shoe!