The smooth transitions of the pinnacle underfoot cushioning experience are fine-tuned with updated midsole foam and enhanced forefoot stiffness. The lack of underfoot protection, low profile tread design, and sensitive ride, mean this is a shoe uniquely suited for crossover use, that is, seeing infrequent use on trails, or at least on trails that are of the more urban variety. The men’s running shoe combines lightweight Fresh Foam midsole cushioning with an AT Tread outsole that grips many different surfaces with ease.

Toe Protect technology helps to guard toes against rocks and debris, while the upper’s no-sew construction provides a sleek and supportive fit.

The AT TREAD outsole offers optimal traction in any environment, while the reinforced tip can help protect your toes from damage upon impact with roots or rocks. As such, you will feel most of what you are stepping on, requiring a cautious approach in gnarly terrain, but adding a pleasant amount of trail feel on mellower trails. Constructed with waterproof GORE-TEX® Invisible Fit technology, the New Balance Fresh Foam Arishi Trail Gore-Tex women's running shoes combat moisture to help keep you dry in the rain or mud. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, and in fact, many people prefer to run in a far more sensitive than protective shoe.

Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. However, we found it hard to get a lock down fit, one of the key elements of stability, and so most often ran on mellow single track, like the Metolius-Wendigo Trail near Sisters, OR. The rugged AT TREAD outsole provides optimal traction on the trail or the road, while the FRESH FOAM midsole offers cushioning for unmatched comfort through the longest trail runs.These lugs are very short for a trail running shoe, and the rubber is not super sticky, but harder for greater durability. In this case, you likely get what you pay for, although we find them to be a surprisingly serviceable shoe on mellow terrain and for crossover purposes. The entire bottom of the shoe is covered in hexagonal lugs that are roughly 2mm tall and have a sharp bite and edge oriented directionally. Despite the use of New Balance's Fresh Foam compound in the midsole, the Arishi Trail is fairly light on underfoot protection. The pattern of lugs on the sole of this shoe is very closely spaced together, with a lot of surface area for gripping solid surfaces.