If you run , you’ll probably be more than aware that some pretty major new running shoes are rumored to be landing on our shelves later this year. There’s some new Adidas models, the Nike Vomeros—which seems to have an endless stream of influencers already backing it on TikTok—a Puma supershoe—and then there's the New Balance FuelCell SuperComp Elite V5. Debuted by whom? Only Olympic gold-medallist triathlete turned marathon runner Alex Yee, who clocked in with a debut marathon time of 2:11:08 (that's just 6 minutes off Mo Farah's British record) in London while wearing them this April.

I love a new running shoe as much as the next person—I really do—but while I wait for the V5s to drop in August with great anticipation, I'd ask you to cast your mind back to New Balance's last maj

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