Puma launches women-only running shoe – the Run XX Nitro
Unlike many mainstream running shoes brands, all of Puma's women’s running shoes are built on a last (model of the foot) which has been engineered for the female foot and gait.
However, its new female-specific Puma Run XX Nitro is a little different, because unlike its other women’s running shoes, there’s no male equivalent.
Named for the woman-specific double X chromosome DNA sequence, the Run XX NITRO has a female-specific design, offering a fit which is narrower than that of traditional Propet Sneakers women’s running shoes built on a unisex or male last which has been reduced in size to fit a woman’s foot. The brand says the Run XX has been designed to hug a woman’s foot at the heel, instep and arch, which we suspect delivers better lockdown and a more secure fit around the achilles....