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* {{H:heelcounter}}. Not surprisingly, there is no real heel counter [[Heel Counter]] in this shoe. There is a tiny tab that sticks up from the back of the heel, but nothing else. I find it interesting to run in a shoe without the heel counter[[Heel Counter]], and I believe it emphasizes how useless they are and how much better off we'd be without them.

Different runners want different levels of cushioning, so this shoe may not suit everyone. Some runners want a [[MinimaxMaximalist]] shoe when they run a 5K, while others will run a 100 mile race barefoot. Most people find that as the distance increases, they want a little more cushioning to protect their feet from the pounding and to offset a little of the fatigue that sets in over time. You can see from the charts below how the cushioning compares with other shoes I've tested for some comparisons. Remember that a thicker, firmer shoe would have the same cushioning rating as a thinner, softer shoe, but would feel rather different. I've run the marathon distance in the RC5000v2, but I might want more cushioning for a road 50-mile race depending on how fast I was intending to be. If I wanted to run my best to time in the marathon, I'd probably go for the slightly lighter original RC5000, but this would be a candidate.