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Shoes

Teva Builds a Serious Trail Shoe, Speedland Reworks Its Fit from the Ground Up, and Salomon Drops a $140 Gravel Shoe

Our lead shoe tester details the shoe releases he’s most looking forward to next month.

Cory SmithAugust 27, 2026

Shoes

Courtney Dauwalter’s Wildly Popular Trail Running Shoe Has Gotten an Upgrade. Is It Even Better?

Salomon dropped the S/Lab Genesis’ heel, widened the platform, and upgraded the midsole. The result is the most versatile trail shoe I've run in this year.

Cory SmithAugust 13, 2026

Shoes

Asics Finally Built a Serious Trail Super Shoe. It Was Worth the Wait.

Take everything you know about the original model and throw it out the window. The Metafuji Trail 2 is fast, stable, and proven on the feet of the fastest trail runners.

Cory SmithAugust 7, 2026

Shoes

Three Hot Trail Running Shoes from Salomon, Asics, and Brooks Just Dropped—And They Will Likely Sell Out

A livelier foam in Salomon's S/Lab Genesis, a road-to-trail Asics Novablast, Vibram on a Cascadia, and a Hoka that already podiumed at Western States. Our lead shoe tester breaks them down.

Cory SmithJuly 31, 2026

News

It’s Trail Running Season! Here are Our Favorite Trail Running Shoes on Sale.

Grab your next pair of shoes for off-road running adventures at a huge discount

The Editors of RUNOctober 25, 2024

Shoes

Trail Tested Trio: Three High-Cushion Trail Running Shoes for the Long Run

With a new crop of high-cushion trail running shoes for both on- and off-road miles hitting the market, you're sure to find one of these all-rounders right for your long runs

Chris FosterJune 19, 2024

Gear

First Run: Craft Pure Trail, Reviewed

Craft’s first true trail running shoe was built for the mountains and chews up technical terrain

Brian MetzlerSeptember 11, 2023

Shoes

Upgrade Your Running with HOKA’s Speedgoat 5 GTX

This trail shoe was designed to provide comfort, stability, weather protection, and speed no matter what terrain you’re tackling

March 2, 2023

Shoes

First Look: Brooks Catamount 2

New and improved, this do-it-all trail shoe has some extra pep.

Zoë RomJanuary 24, 2023

Shoes

The Gear Trends our Editors are Watching in 2023

The Running Event is the largest in-person running tradeshow of the year, and the entire Outside Run team was present. Here are five 2023 trends we picked up on.

Nicholas Triolo, Outside Run Editors, Zoë RomDecember 13, 2022