A new year means the Runner’s World test team is in the throes of road—and trail—testing all the latest running shoes for our summer RW Shoe Awards (we start early!). Once results trickle in, we’ll ...

Shoe designer David Assil observed that, "Throughout human history, jeweled shoes were worn by men, ... [+] women and children, and many were even buried with their jeweled shoes." “In the 16 th ...