The Best Chinese Running Shoes in 2026 (feat. Jack Crago of Jogoncrago)

The Mileage Podcast is brought to you by the Supwell app, the best place to find deals on running shoes and the best community for dedicated runners: https://supwell.circle.so/checkout/marketplace-and-forum-ld3nz (along with DAILY motivation, the most supportive hobby jogger community, best buy, sell and trade shoe marketplace and an exclusive 10% off discount code on hobby jogger gear)In this episode, we brought on Jack Crago aka Jogoncrago to talk all things Chinese running shoes. First, we chatted about the market at large, then he went deep into a list of his top recommendations across categories (full list below - shoutout Grant!). At the end, I close it out with my top takeaways.Subscribe to Jogoncrago's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@jogoncragoFollow his instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jog.on.crago/ 0:00 Intro0:49 Background on Jogoncrago6:03 Getting to Know Jogoncrago 24:36 Chinese Running Shoe Recommendations1:35:17 Yowana's TakeawaysJogoncrago's full list of Chinese running shoe recommendations:Dynafish Xiaonian: top tier nimble daily trainerAnta Zone 2: top tier nimble daily trainer Li-Ning Red Hare 8: top tier uptempo daily trainerXtep 2000km 5: top tier uptempo daily trainer Li-Ning Challenger 5: Best speed trainer of all timeBMAI Carbon Fly Plus: top tier speed trainer/interval shoeLi-Ning Feidian 6 Elite: Racing shoe and his gut feel is it would be in his top 5 right nowLi-Ning Feidian 5 Ultra: “magical” top tier racer forked plateXtep 160x 3.5 Pro: half marathon and 10k racerDo Win PB Pro: ultra light and simple racerQiaodan Leili 1.0: super cheap top tier max cushion shoeEleos 361°: wide based max cushion shoeLi-Ning Red Hare 9 Ultra: Supertrainer/max cushion Vomero premium if it dropped 120gThanks for watching! Here's how you can support the channel.1. Join my app to take your training to the next level. Buy/sell/trade running shoes and swap training and shoe advice with fellow hobby joggers: https://supwell.circle.so/checkout/marketplace-and-forum-ld3nz2. Buy your new shoes, running gear and fuel through my Running Warehouse link. I also have a discount code on the app above that gets you 20% off apparel and 10% off fuel and discount  https://www.runningwarehouse.com/?from=supwell3. Get matched with the best running shoe for you at https://runningshoematcher.com (I built the running shoe database and matching logic. It's pretty cool and actually works)4. Buy a hobby jogger hat and other cool Supwell Certified drip at https://hobbyjogger.com5. Follow the Instagram https://www.instagram.com/supwellrunning/