Team Accelerate member and On athlete Andy Shelton has been putting the new On Running Cloudboom through its paces. Heel-toe drop: 9mm Weight: 225g Best use: Road Racing Price: £170 The CloudBoom is On running’s adventure into the world of carbon infused running shoes, The CloudBoom has been engineered for fast marathons and road races. Straight out of the box When you pick up the shoe, you immediately feel how light it is compared to On’s other long-distance, race based CloudFlow and CloudSurfer running shoes. The CloudBoom is very distinctive. Many design hours and fine-tuned running tech have gone into … Continue reading
They have to be the strangest looking running shoe ever! OK so the brand ‘On’ Running have been around for a while now yet if you are not so familiar with them they do look a little odd. Almost as if someone has stuck bits of old hosepipe to their undersides. Well, it’s funny I should say that… That is about how things started. The principal is very straightforward and is trying to solve an age old problem of energy wastage as a result of cushioning. All the claims of ‘push back’ or ‘energy return’ from the cushioning really does … Continue reading
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