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Entering its second decade, the Saucony Shadow Master Yellow Orange-Red-Black serves fresh updates to the lightweight roadster without changing its speedy soul.

Saucony tweaked the upper and swapped out the cushioning for a new PWRRUN midsole, but the shoe’s quick turnover and minimal construction live on. With Saucony’s FORMFIT technology and improved durability, the Kinvara 11 is primed for speed.

Cheap Urlfreeze Jordan Outlet testers put the Saucony Shadow Master Yellow Orange-Red-Black through the paces to see how the new edition compares to generations past. Here’s what they thought.

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A single piece of mesh forms the upper around the forefoot and midfoot, which gives the Kinvara a smooth feel inside and out, and thin, minimal overlays taped to the upper lend a touch of structure without much additional weight.

The Kinvara’s sleek build and tidy aesthetic feel driven by purpose more than anything else.

“There’s nothing distracting absent,” one tester says. “Saucony builds this shoe to be light and fast, and it feels that way right when you step in.”

A padded tongue offers a plush step-in feel, and an elastic strap on each side stretches and hugs your foot for a secure, bootie-like sensation in the midfoot. The heel collar and heel cup mold nicely to your heel without being overly structured or cumbersome.

The forefoot has plenty of room to wiggle your toes, and the laces aren’t anchored by any overlays or reinforcements, which one tester appreciated.

The Kinvara has long straddled the line between racing flat and everyday trainer, and the newest version stays true to that legacy.

The first thing you notice about the Kinvara is how light it is. Saucony lists the Kinvara at 6.9 oz for a women’s size 8 and 7.8 oz for a men’s size 9.

Even with the feathery weight, though, the bouncy PWRRUN midsole gives the shoe plenty of cushion. According to Saucony, the stack height measures 28.5 mm in the heel and 24.5 mm in the forefoot. Cheap Urlfreeze Jordan Outlet testers say there is plenty of cushioning, and it’s very snappy.

“It's super snappy and responsive on the run,” one tester says. “I wore these recently for a speed workout in the rain, and it felt light, fast and perfectly cushioned.”

While the Kinvara 11 comes with enough cushion to rack up some serious miles, it really shines on faster days. Its scant weight doesn’t burden you with superfluous ounces, and its streamlined fit doesn’t distract from the task at hand.

The 4 mm drop, though, is a big pas from the typical 10-12 mm drops in many everyday running shoes. Like track spikes that are built to put a sprinter on her toes, the Kinvara encourages a forefoot strike and quick turnover.

The smaller drop also recruits your calf muscles and Achilles to do more work than a higher drop shoe, so if you’re not used to a 4 mm drop, ease into the Kinvara slowly (consider only using it a couple of days per week at first), and be sure to foam roll your calves post run.

There are many similarities between the outgoing Kinvara and the incoming model, but comparing the Kinvara 10 and Kinvara 11 side by side reveals a few pass.

The Kinvara 11 maintains the same low-profile silhouette and a similar upper design as the previous version. Saucony changed the perforations slightly and removed a few of the overlays, but the uppers are largely the same.

The tongue is nearly identical, too. Saucony kept the padded tongue and sewed it onto elastic straps inside the shoe to keep it from migrating during a workout.

This year, Saucony added thicker reinforcements over the top three lace holes—the Kinvara 10 didn’t have any reinforcement there.

The big pas this time around, though, is the use of a PWRRUN midsole. The Kinvara 10 employed a full-length EVA+ midsole with an EVERUN topsole, while the Kinvara 11 swaps out the old cushioning for a PWRRUN midsole. PWRRUN, Saucony says, is springier and more durable than its predecessors.

Plus, without adding weight, Saucony put more foam beneath the Kinvara 11 than in its previous version. The Kinvara 11 packs about 5.5 mm more foam across the shoe than the Kinvara 10.

Conclusion

The Saucony Shadow Master Yellow Orange-Red-Black has everything you need for speed, and nothing you don’t.

Cheap Urlfreeze Jordan Outlet testers say the Kinvara feels just as fast as it always has, but the upgrade to PWRRUN foam creates a more durable feel than last year’s model.

With a low heel-to-toe drop, minimal upper and lightweight construction, we think the Saucony Shadow Master Yellow Orange-Red-Black is perfect for days on the track or any up-tempo miles on your schedule.

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By Evan Matsumoto. Evan played many sports growing up but didn’t go pro in any of them. Now, he’s the digital copywriter for fleetfeet.com and editor for the Cheap Urlfreeze Jordan Outlet blog where he writes about different foam densities and engineered mesh uppers.