Back when you bought your first pair of running shoes, you probably based your decision on how good they looked and possibly, if you were running in the pre-internet era, how they felt when you walked around the shop floor in them. Today, there are all manners of aspects to a running shoe that you need to take into consideration. Are you shopping for trail running shoes or road running shoes? How much drop do you need and have you considered the BOA lacing system? Then there’s the term 'responsiveness' which you’ll see in the description of a lot of shoes these days, from the Columbia Escape Pursuit to the The North Face Summit Vectiv Sky. But what is responsiveness in running shoes? And do you need it?
