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Not long ago, you could easily identify a stability running shoe by its firmer, darker-colored foam underneath the arch side of the foot. On the run, you could tell it was a stability shoe by its stiff, heavy, and controlling ride. Not anymore.
Today’s stability running shoes are well-cushioned, smooth riding, and free from clunky controlling devices—so much so that they are equally comfortable for neutral runners as for those needing extra support. In place of the stiff medial post—designed to block overpronation, the excessive inward rotation of the rearfoot—designers are using a variety of less intrusive, more integrated strategies to help runners whose feet stray inward or outward on the run.
It’s about time, given that the science showing that excessive pronation is rarely problematic and that traditional motion-control methods do little to control…
