Carbon Plated Running Shoes

Carbon-plated shoes have a thin carbon plate sandwiched in the midsole foam to help propel you forward during your run or race. Carbon is incredibly lightweight, strong and stiff. It is normally combined with a super light, bouncy and responsive foam to give you comfort and energy return over longer distances.

Carbon plates help you run faster because it helps keep your big toes straighter during your gait cycle and gives you more explosive toe-offs. They provide maximum energy return, minimal ground contact time and delay fatigue, making you a more efficient and faster runner.

Carbon-plated running shoes started out as shoes only for the super-fast, and they are still mostly known as racing shoes. But this technology has now branched out from road racing shoes to carbon-plated daily trainers and trail shoes.