Brands we track
6 brands, 10 model lines. Every brand updates its lineup on its own schedule, and each one handles a redesign differently. Open a brand to see the lines we document and how each has changed version to version.
Asics
Asics owns two of the most loyal followings in running, the Gel-Kayano and Gel-Nimbus, and rebuilt both from scratch in 2023. That redesign made a generation of loyalists into old-stock hunters.
Asics Gel-Kayano, Asics Gel-Nimbus
2 lines tracked
Brooks
Brooks builds conservative, fit-focused trainers and changes them slowly. That makes its shoes a common landing spot for runners burned by a bigger brand's redesign.
Brooks Ghost, Brooks Adrenaline GTS
2 lines tracked
Hoka
Hoka built its name on max-cushion midsoles and low drops. Its shoes ride differently enough from traditional trainers that switching in takes an adjustment period.
Hoka Clifton
1 line tracked
New Balance
New Balance has made running shoes since 1906 and still sells serious trainers in real width options, narrow through 4E extra-wide, which no other big brand does consistently. Its plush 1080 flagship anchors the road lineup.
New Balance 1080
1 line tracked
Nike
Nike updates its running lines on a strict yearly cycle, which means beloved versions disappear fast. The Pegasus is the longest-running example, on sale in some form every year since 1983.
Nike Pegasus, Nike Structure
2 lines tracked
Saucony
Saucony runs a broad stable of daily trainers and speed shoes. Its updates tend to be incremental, with the occasional foam swap that splits the fanbase.
Saucony Ride, Saucony Kinvara
2 lines tracked