On Cloudmonster 2 W

Hard city pavement is where a shoe like this justifies itself. The women's Cloudmonster 2 carries one of the deepest CloudTec setups On makes, and the payoff shows up the morning after a long run rather than during it. The second generation also flows better through the gait than the model it replaced. That improvement shows up most on long, repetitive stretches of tarmac.

It is best treated as the soft shoe in a rotation, covering recovery running and long steady efforts while something lighter handles speed. The Speedboard keeps the ride from collapsing into mush, the fit is secure across the instep, and the outsole is covered where it matters for winter road use. Pair it with a lighter shoe and the week looks after itself. A rotation of two does most of the work.

Good to know

• True to size for most runners; the upper gives a little as it breaks in.
• Brand new, shipped in its original box.
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