Make sense of running shoes

Each brand’s pick for each job. Tap a shoe to see why, and what else is good.

Brand	Door-to-trailRoad first, then the trails	DailyOne shoe for most trail runs	Long runLong days out, cushion and protection	TechnicalRocks, roots, mud, steep ground	RaceUnder 50K	Ultra50K and longer
Adidas	Adizero Evo SL ATR	Terrex Agravic SL	Terrex Agravic SL	Terrex Agravic TT	Terrex Agravic Speed Ultra 2	Terrex Agravic Speed Ultra 2
Altra	Experience Wild 3	Lone Peak 9	Olympus 7	King MT 2	Mont Blanc Carbon	Mont Blanc Carbon
Arc'teryx		Norvan LD 4	Norvan LD 4	Vertex Speed Low	Sylan 2	Sylan 2
ASICS	Blazeblast	Trabuco 14	Trabuco Max 5	Trabuco 14	Fujispeed 4	Metafuji Trail 2
Brooks	Ghost Trail	Cascadia 20	Cascadia 20	Cascadia 20	Catamount Agil	Cascadia Elite
Craft	Xplor Pro	Pure Trail X	Nordlite Ultra 2	Pure Trail X	Pure Trail Pro	Xplor Pro
HOKA	Challenger 8	Speedgoat 7	Mafate 5	Speedgoat 7	Tecton X 4	Mafate X
Kailas		Fuga EX 3	Fuga EX 330	Fuga DU Monster	Fuga Elite 3	Fuga EX 330
Kiprun	Kipsummit	Kipsummit	Kipsummit Max		Kipsummit Race	Kipsummit Race
La Sportiva	Prodigio 2	Prodigio 2	Prodigio Max	Cyklon	Prodigio Pro	Prodigio Pro
lululemon	Wildfeel	Wildfeel
Merrell	Promorph	Agility Peak 6	MTL Adapt Matryx	MTL Long Sky 2 Matryx	MTL Skyfire 2 Matryx	MTL Speedarc Peak
Mizuno	Neo Accera	Wave Daichi 9	Neo Accera
Mount to Coast	H1	T1	M1	T1	T1	M1
Nike	ACG Pegasus Trail	Kiger 10	ACG Zegama Trail	ACG Zegama Trail	Kiger 10	ACG Ultrafly Trail-Racing
NNormal		Cadí	Tomir 02	Kjerag Brut	Kjerag 02	Tomir 02
norda			055 G+			055 G+
On	Cloudsurfer Trail 2	Cloudultra 3	Cloudultra Pro	Cloudultra Pro	Cloudultra Peak	Cloudultra Pro
Salomon	Aero Glide 4 GRVL	Genesis 2	Ultra Glide 4	Speedcross 6	Pulsar	Ultra Glide 4
Saucony	Ride TR 3	Peregrine 16	Xodus Ultra 4	Peregrine 16	Peregrine 16	Xodus Ultra 4
Skechers	GO RUN Consistent Pro Trail	GO RUN Trail Altitude 2.0
The North Face	Altamesa 300 V2	Altamesa 500 V2	Vectiv Enduris 4	Offtrail Ultra	Summit Series Vectiv Sky 2	Summit Series Vectiv Pro 3
Topo Athletic	Ultraventure 5	MTN Racer 4	Vista	MTN Racer 4	MTN Racer 4	Vista