Collection: Women's Advanced Marathon Shoes

We're here to help you find the best marathon shoe for your race – not just the fastest shoe on our wall.

We believe the best marathon shoe for you is the shoe that you can maintain your goal pace in for the longest. That means looking for the best mix of cushion, comfort and shoe technology for your experience, the way you run and the time you're targeting for race day.

Advanced Marathon Shoes

Runners looking for a high-level performance should make use of advanced shoe technology available in modern marathon running shoes.

Shoes for advanced marathon runners have high volumes of super-critical foam in the midsole to make them cushioned and offer a high rebound.

Super-critical foams sandwich a carbon fibre plate, and together they make the shoe light, bouncy, responsive and propulsive for the ultimate performance.

The geometry and technology of these shoes is designed to work best at faster paces. Runners who cannot maintain a fast race pace may find the stiffness of the plate and unstable soft foam uncomfortable and ultimately a super shoe may negatively affect their performance if they are reduced to a walk.

Super shoes are less durable than super trainers and daily trainers, so are best reserved for peak training runs and race days.

Runners looking for an elite performance should also be aware that World Athletics state a "legal" maximum midsole height of 40mm at the heel, and some modern shoes are higher than this.