CW ’s cream of the crop – enjoy 10 pages of 2025’s most outstanding bikes and kit

Never mind the John Lewis advert, this is what you’ve been waiting for

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The Runner’s World team are always sweating the details as we put the latest gear through its paces. Our collective efforts have road-and trail-tested hundreds of products over the past year, and now we’ve compared notes and pored over the data to hand-pick the best of the best. Over the following pages, you’ll find the stand-out kit that has enhanced our running in 2025, all lined up on the red carpet to claim the coveted gongs in the various categories of our annual Gear Awards

We’ve been busy testing in the past year. Here is what we’ve found that works

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