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Tom’s Guide
Tom’s Guide
Technology
Nick Harris-Fry

Fantastic foams and supercritical science — why running shoes have improved so much in the past 10 years, explained by an expert who makes them

Puma Deviate Pure Nitro.

I’ve been running for just over 10 years and consider myself very fortunate to have taken up the sport when I did, because running shoes have never been better.

The most high-profile area of this is carbon plate running shoes, which have proved controversial in aiding rapid improvements in world records for elites and personal records for amateurs.

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