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Our Favourite Trail-Running Shoes 2026: Three runners pick their top off-road options of the year
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The best trail-running shoes for you will depend a lot on the trails you run, and how fast and long you plan to run on those trails. That means we couldn’t try to be definitive when selecting our top off-road shoes of the year, so instead Tom, Kieran and Nick have picked out their favourite trail-running shoes and explained why they rate them so highly, including the info on the kind of trails they run.
00:00 - Intro
01:04 - Tom’s Picks
07:53 - Nick’s Picks
14:38 - Kieran’s Picks
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