How to tell when your running shoes are actually finished
Not by the tread, and not by the mileage on the box. There is a better test, and it takes about thirty seconds on a kitchen counter.
Nils Halvorsen
Puts roughly 60 miles a week into whatever the lab sends him, with a chest strap on and a track that does not lie about distance.
5 articles · 2 reviews · Average score awarded 8.1
Ardent Stride 5 review: the daily trainer that survived 400 miles
Ardent's foam has always been good on day one. This is the first version that is still good on day two hundred.
The best running shoes for daily training
Twelve trainers, 400 miles each, and a digital gauge. Most shoes in this category are good new. We were looking for the ones still good in March.
Ardent Stride 5 vs Tempo Carbon: do you actually need a plate?
One is 2.1% more efficient at pace and lasts 200 miles. The other lasts 400 and costs $105 less. We ran both, on the same legs, for eleven weeks.
Ardent Pulse Track review: the most accurate GPS we have measured, wrapped in mediocrity
1.4 metres of drift on a measured track is a category-leading number. Everything built around that chipset is average, and the app is worse.
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