What Our Readers Bought This Month: Editor-Vetted Picks from Brooks, NordicTrack, Lululemon, and More

The Brooks Ghost 15 was easily the best-selling product on Runner’s World this month. And given that it’s our team’s pick for the best daily trainer, it makes sense. In our guide to the best running shoes, our editors said, “For over a decade, the Ghost has been our recommendation to newbies and runners looking for an everyday shoe. Our testers confirmed its reliability, calling the Brooks Ghost 15 ‘a tried-and-true daily trainer.’”

An Amazon best-seller, this Shokz model was the top-clicked set of headphones this month. Not only is it slightly discounted on Amazon—so you can save a couple of extra bucks right now—but it also took the top spot in our guide to the best running headphones.

“Shokz is the most recognizable bone conduction headphone brand with good reason,” our team wrote, adding, “Even though the sound quality isn’t as crisp as that of in-ear earbuds, the Shokz headphones have the brand’s TurboPitch feature, which enhances the bass to drive your workouts.”

Available in four neutral colors, the Blissfeel 2 from Lululemon was dubbed the best women-specific daily trainer in our guide to the best running shoes.

What makes these the best women-specific shoe? Test Editor Amanda Furrer has the answer: “Often, brands determine women’s sizing by taking a male last and simply downsizing it, but Lululemon engineered the last for this shoe from the ground up using the shape and mechanics of women’s feet,” she wrote in our guide. “Women runners tend to pronate slightly more than men, for example, so [Lululemon] added 3D-molded panels on both sides of the midfoot to boost the shoe’s side-to-side stability.”

The treadmill readers were more interested in this month comes as no surprise: The NordicTrack Commercial 1750 is the best treadmill, as noted in our guide to the top options in the category. “When it comes to bang for your buck, the 1750 has always been one of the best treadmills,” our team wrote in the guide. “It has a high-speed 14-inch touchscreen console and a blissfully quiet incline motor, and it features all of the convenience options you can find on other NordicTrack machines, [like] quick keys to jump to a particular speed or incline with a single tap instead of repeatedly pressing a button.”

Named the top option in our guide to the best running shoes for men, the Mach 6 is under $150 and comes in 12 neutral and bold colorways. But the nice color selection isn’t the only aspect to love about them. “They feel very soft, but in a responsive way—not a sink-your-feet-in way,” said one wear-tester, a collegiate runner. “I got in some pretty solid long runs, which progressed nicely in pace, and these shoes felt great at each one of those paces.”

Another pair of headphones readers loved this month? The Beats Fit Pro. These earbuds made our list of the best running headphones in no small part because of the high-quality audio they deliver.

There’s one aspect of the sound our team really appreciated: “The coolest feature, however, is one you might have never considered—spatial audio. When you turn your head, the audio rotates so it sounds like the music is still coming from the same direction, just as the sound would change when you swivel your head at a real concert.”

You can now score these reader-favorite running shoes for as much as 36 percent off on Amazon. Beyond the fact that you can snag a pair for under $100, these shoes were named to our best running shoe guide as the best value cushioned running shoe. “The Asics Gel-Cumulus 25 is the most cushioned Cumulus we’ve seen yet,” our team wrote. “Testers said the Cumulus is surprisingly light for its ‘nice, thick, and foamy’ workhorse sole, but it does sacrifice some pep underfoot.”

As we gear up for the cold months ahead, a walking pad is nice for the days it’s too chilly to walk outside. And this model was the top under-desk treadmill our readers bought this month. Named as the overall best walking pad in our guide, our team appreciated this model for a few reasons including that it’s pre-assembled and fairly light.

“This GoYouth model weighs in at only 64 pounds, and the wheels underneath make it a breeze to move around,” our editors wrote. “Despite being lightweight, it feels sturdy underfoot, and it can comfortably reach speeds up to 6 miles per hour, which makes it one of the faster models on our list.”

The Brooks Ghost 15 was the running shoe readers were most interested in this month. But the runner-up was the Clifton 9 from Hoka. And though Hoka bills them as running shoes, our team actually named them to our list of the best walking shoes as the top contender. “A comfy, capable shoe, the Clifton 9 stands out from other walking shoes because of its unmatched versatility: It’s a go-to for everything from casual wear to your weekday morning jog,” our editors attested.