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I get to test the best running shoes for my job and as an obsessive runner who’s almost always marathon training, it’s a job I adore.

I’m able to try the most exciting new shoes on the market, and discover gems like the Adidas Adizero Evo SL , which has been a fixture in my running shoe rotation ever since I first used it in early 2025.

A lot of incredible running shoes have launched since then, including the Adidas Hyperboost Edge super-trainer, but if I could only pick one shoe from the brand to use for my training, it’s still the Evo SL — here’s five reasons why.

It’s very light and fast

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The Evo SL has a stack height of 39mm at the heel and 33mm at the forefoot, so it’s by no means a minimal shoe, but the foam used is Adidas’ Lightstrike Pro, which is a very light material, so the shoes weigh just 7.9oz in my US men’s size 9.5.

That light weight, coupled with the energetic midsole foam and the sharp rocker on the shoe, means that the Evo SL is great for…