“This shoe has the cushioning you’re looking for: long runs feel like you could go longer, and the toe-off was perfect,” one tester said. Its cushioning brings responsiveness that beats plusher daily trainers, making it nimble enough for whatever your next marathon training block has in store-faster workouts included. The ISO 2 is more flexible and also transitions some softness from the heel to the forefoot however, that “soft meets fast” sensation hasn’t gone anywhere. Saucony has thinned the outsole slightly, so the stack height, weight, and 8mm drop are still the same, but our testers and RW lab data confirmed that the shoe feels a little different. The shoe still uses two types of midsole foam-a thin layer of softer Everun closer to the foot and a firmer chunk of PWRfoam beneath it-but adds 2mm of the latter in this update. The underlying construction of the Ride remains mostly unchanged.
It’s no racer, but our testers say this shoe can dabble in uptempos and long runs alike. It’s lighter than the ultra-plush Triumph, cheaper than the luxe Freedom, and more cushioned than the racy Kinvara-but still delivers where those models especially shine. We like that the Ride hits a happy medium in Saucony’s somewhat overwhelming assortment of neutral shoes. And although this version feels slightly firmer in the heel, it’s still a softy overall. Like its predecessor, the Ride keeps its titular ISOfit upper, with floating eyelets for fine-tuned lacing, that gives a secure fit through the midfoot.
The design cradles the foot a little deeper in that top layer, made from thousands of bouncy TPU pellets, which lends more support while still remaining accessible to neutral feet. The shoe uses two types of foam: a softer Everun topsole that sits closer to the foot, and a more substantial PWRfoam underbelly to dampen impact where you hit the road. For those whose feet actually roll outward slightly when they run, the Ride ISO 2 fills a void. In a world of neutral feet and stability shoes, we often forget the rare supinator-underpronating and underrepresented.
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