Best Running Shoes for Beginners 2024

Our running experts Jakob and Lars have made a great list for you if you are a beginner runner or you are just looking for a new dependable and versatile daily trainer. These are the best running shoes for beginners in 2024.

The shoes that are represented are:
Saucony Ride 17
Adidas Supernova Rise
Asics Cumulus 25
Hoka Clifton 9
On Cloudsurfer

All shoes give different options for a beginner runner and each is a great place to start off, until the next running shoe purchase.

As a beginner, it is important to figure out what type of shoe is the one you feel most comfortable in, and this can vary for many people. The best shoe for one beginner is not for the next, but with these shoes, you get a great starting point to figure out just what you like.

Intro - 00:00
Five Running Shoe Tips - 00:13
Shoe #1 - 01:24
Shoe #2 - 01:58
Shoe #3 - 02:44
Shoe #4 - 03:22
Shoe #5 - 03:47

[sitasin]

Love how tip #1 is buy affordable and then the suggestions are all top of the line shoes. Unless you meant affordable in the sense that they're not super trainers that cost €250+, there is no way most of these shoes for €160+ are particularly affordable

[snowwalker]

Great choices. Nike didn’t make the list because the ones you guys picked are rightly better in terms of price comfort and versatility for beginners.

[zaheer.malek]

Very informative video... I'm from South Africa and not one of these shoes cost less the R2000 South African rands which is quite a bit of money here. Are there any other shoes you can recommend that's cost less but are good for the road

[JoyconDriftKing]

Training for my first half marathon in March. Training with Hoka Clifton 8s. Looking for another pair to rotate but also use on actual marathon day. Should I go with a carbon fiber plate shoe or not yet?

[andersrasmussen]

So if you are a beginner you need to buy a pair for 180$?

[chelseamanman]

You would be better to price each shoe

[PulkitMalhotra-iums]

I really like the Adidas switch run. It has become my Go to running shoe and i feel it is a strong contender for the list

[JuliaD]

I want to start running again but find my knees hurt (old injuries from sprinting and hurdles) after using the treadmill or running on the road. Also my feet get so hot which then makes me just feel heavy and lethargic. Any advice on what to look for in trainers?

[okgoogle]

Not runner but starting to walk 10k steps a day. I bought running shoes from Nike and my knees and heel hurts so bad even after 1 month walking. Any suggestions? I know this a dumb questions but is it ok to use running shoes for walking 10k steps a day or there’s specific shoes for walking?

[khalilettayea]

I'm 1.75m and 78kg I run in slanded sidewalk, my knee starting to hurt, probably because the low quality shoe's I have what's the best shoes for me? Is hooka good option? Wich model of hooka good for flat surface ?

[lesturner]

I like to add full sprints during my run so what's best for speed work?

[masteryoflife]

I keep testing other running shoes, but I always seem to end up buying Saucony shoes.

[gameeditorche]

Lol I didnt know that run with n1 🎉 and n3 shoes 😂 I running maratons with this shoes even 70km at times on tredmil .

[goranstanisavljevic]

What abut Nike Pegasus Zoom 40 and Brooks Adrenaline and New Balance Rebel Fuel cell?

[Beingshiva-vx]

Please help me for buying a pair of running shoes I am from india and I need a good running shoes

[isteingrgaard]

Adidas and Nike is for me a "no no no". Saucony sizing is like a lottery.

[isteingrgaard]

Hoka EVA is not good for heavy runners that don't want to buy new shoes all the time.