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With a shorter stack and more lightweight design than carbon shoes like the Vaporfly, the Streakfly is built for speed over short distances

The Pegasus Trail 3 is equally at home on the roads as it is on hard trails, but can come unstuck in the wet

The Infinity has a cushioned and stable design that’s made for racking up big mileage

This speedy training shoe with a composite plate in the midsole is too much of a specialist to suit most runners

Other companies might be gaining ground in the carbon-plate wars, but the Alphafly will be hard to beat

Want one shoe to do it all? The Pegasus Turbo 2 is great for training and racing alike

The Zoom Fly 3 might be a poor man’s Vaporfly, but that’s still a very good running shoe

The NEXT% is the best long-distance running shoe in the world, but its predecessor the Vaporfly 4% still holds its own