Over six hours and more, comfort and room count for more than speed.
What we look for in an ultra shoe
Foam that lasts the distance. Shoes tagged for ultras usually carry more stack.
Room for swelling. Feet swell late in a long run, and runners rate how roomy each toe box is.
Grip you can trust when tired. Late in a race, a shoe that holds matters more than a light one.
Ultra shoes with the most foam
ASICS
Metafuji Trail
- Stack
- 45 / 40 mm
- Widths
- Regular
≈ $294 Where to buy
Salomon
Ultra Glide 4
- Weight
- 285 g
- Stack
- 41 / 35 mm
- Widths
- Regular
Lugs of 4 mm.
Topo Athletic
Ultraventure 4
- Weight
- 295 g
- Stack
- 35 / 30 mm
- Widths
- Regular, Wide (2E)
≈ $155 Where to buy
The toe box is roomy.
Salomon
S/Lab Genesis 2
- Weight
- 272 g
- Stack
- 31 / 25 mm
- Widths
- Regular
Lugs of 4.5 mm.
Norda
001A
- Weight
- 268 g (US M 8.5)
- Stack
- 26 / 21 mm
- Widths
- Regular
Lugs of 5 mm.
The lightest ultra shoes
Salomon
S/Lab Genesis
- Weight
- 258 g
- Widths
- Regular
Lugs of 4.5 mm. At 258 g it's the lightest on this page.
On
Cloudultra Pro
- Weight
- 275 g
- Widths
- Regular
≈ $260 Where to buy
Salomon
Ultra Glide 3
- Weight
- 285 g
- Widths
- Regular
Lugs of 4 mm.