We’ve been testing running shoes for Outside for over a decade. Every year, we test more than a hundred road and trail shoes. When people find out what we do, we’re often asked, “What’s the best shoe?

The best men's slip-on shoes are like dudes who meditate: they’re calm, chill, at ease, enlightened. The world is complicated enough, they seem to suggest—why muddle it further with laces? Add ...