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A running shoe, layer by layer

A retail story: a racing shoe with its foam and plate lifted apart, each part in a bottom sheet.

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One piece of engineered knit, tighter where the foot needs holding and more open where it needs to breathe.

A firm cup around the heel that keeps it centred over the midsole, stride after stride.

Holds: The heel centred

A thin overlay at the front that keeps the knit from wearing through where the toes flex.

Protects: The knit at the toe

Thin and gusseted - sewn to the upper on both sides - so it cannot slide off-centre on a long run.

Construction: Gusseted

Six pairs of eyelets. The top pair is a runner's loop, for a lace lock that keeps the heel from lifting.

A loop at the back to pull the shoe on without crushing the counter.

For: Pulling the shoe on

The removable insole, a few millimetres of foam shaped to the arch. It lifts out if a runner uses their own orthotic.

Most of the shoe's cushioning and most of its price: a light, springy foam that gives back much of the energy that lands in it.

A stiff, curved plate inside the foam. It does not spring like a trampoline; it stiffens the shoe and rolls the foot forward through the stride.

Rubber only where the shoe wears - heel and forefoot - to save weight, with a pattern of lugs for grip on wet roads.