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Running shoe companies must abandon the practice of designing women’s footwear by simply modifying men’s shoes into smaller sizes and brighter colors, according to new research published in the ...

If the shoe fits, wear it, they say. The trouble is that for many women, their running shoes don't fit – because they were designed for men. Experts are urging brands to ditch the 'shrink it and pink ...

The lululemon Split Shift fills that gap in the brand’s line of shoes, offering a lightweight everyday trainer for speedier efforts. The brand’s six-day ultramarathon event, Further, was used as a ...

Women’s running shoes might be holding them back from reaching their full athletic potential, according to a recent study. Published in BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, the paper found that there ...

Sports footwear manufacturers should ditch the "shrink it and pink it" approach to women's running shoes, because it fails to differentiate women's distinct anatomical and biomechanical needs across ...

Despite known sex and gender differences between males/men and females/women, most current running footwear is designed for and tested on males/men. This qualitative study aimed to explore the running ...