Saucony Hurricane 25 Review (2025)

Saucony Hurricane 25 Review
By Matthew Klein and Bach Pham

Prior to the return of the Hurricane series, we at Doctors of Running lamented what we thought was the death of another stability shoe. The Hurricane series had been a deservedly popular due to a well-cushioned and bouncy midsole that always made it feel lighter than its listed weight. Add a super tough outsole that lasted forever and we were sad the possibility of the series ending came about. A few years later, version 25 was released, making it the first premium stability shoe to feature a superfoam midsole. While the Tempus was the first stability shoe to feature a superfoam, its more aggressive ride did not fit the premium, easier going ride of the Hurricane. The Hurricane 24's return was good, but a bit awkward. A tapered toe box and awkward fit combined with a heavier-than-expected ride for its foam combination, didn't leave the impression we were hoping for with its return. Fortunately, version 25 has corrected a ton of this with a better fit, a lighter ride and an even bouncier and softer feel underfoot. 

Saucony Hurricane 25

Price: $169.95 at Running Warehouse
Weight: 10 oz, 283 g (men's size 9), 8.8 oz, 249 g (women's size 8)
Stack Height:  38 mm heel / 32 mm forefoot
Drop: 6 mm
Shoe Purpose: Superfoam Maximal Stability Daily Trainer

Pros: Bouncy and Soft Ride, Comfortable Fit, Lighter than Other Premium Stability Shoes
Cons: Ride Can Be Mushy, Not As Stable Due to Softer Ride

RUNNING SHOE SUMMARY

The Saucony Hurricane 25 is a premium stability shoe featuring a soft and responsive mostly superfoam midsole. A flat knit upper provides a comfortable and secure fit for those with normal-width feet. A dual-layer of PWRRUN PB and PWRRUN creates a soft and bouncy ride underfoot with medial stability in the heel for those with mild to moderate stability needs. An improved geometry provides a far smoother ride than the previous version, making the Saucony Hurricane 25 the lightest premium stability shoe and the only one with a superfoam midsole. Those looking for a rare responsive and soft stability trainer may finally find what they have been looking for. 

SIMILAR SHOES: ASICS Gel-Kayano 32
PAST MODEL: Saucony Hurricane 24

FIT
(To learn how a shoe should fit, check out our full podcast on fit by Matt Klein.)

Matt: The Saucony Hurricane 25 fits me true to size in my normal Men's US size 10. The flat knit upper provides a soft, slightly stretchy fit throughout most of the shoe. It is still a little scratchy on the inside, so socks are highly recommended. The width is normal to slightly wide but is offset by a lower volume throughout the length of the shoe. The toe box has a decent amount of room for the toes but is slightly tapered. This opens into a wider forefoot with a volume that keeps it secure but also makes it feel like it fits more normally in width. The midfoot fits normal to slightly snug thanks to a lower volume and a moderately thick but well-gusseted tongue. The instep is lower so those that are sensitive to that should be aware. However, the lower volume and strong tongue gusseting make for a secure fit. I did not have to lace lock the shoe and experienced no heel slippage. The heel fits normal to slightly snug thanks to moderate heel collar padding. There is a stiff heel counter in the rearfoot that only comes 2/3 of the way up. There is some padding between the heel and the heel counter, but those sensitive to heel counters may not do well here. Thanks to the lower volume and good hold in the midfoot, the security has been fairly good. I did not have to tighten the laces much to get a secure fit. Those with lower volume but normal to slightly wider feet will do best in this upper. 

Typical Size: Men's US Size 10
Shoes that have fit Matt well: On Cloudboom Strike, Asics Gel-Nimbus 27, Xero HFS, Topo Cyclone 3, Adidas Adizero Evo SL
Shoes that have fit snug: Hoka Arahi 7, Brooks Launch 11, Diadora Mythos Vigore 3
Shoes that have fit large: Salomon S/Lab Phantasm 2, Adidas Agravic Speed Ultra

Bach: My Saucony Hurricane 25 fits true-to-size, but somewhat lower volume in the midfoot. The volume didn't bother me in the midfoot or made lacing up difficult. The forefoot is a bit wider and more voluminous, offering a comfortable fit there. The heel has a good secure fit. It is definitely a rigid heel counter. The padding is not maximal, falling in the middle of the road. The tongue is simple and lightly padded, providing no issues with lacing. The laces themselves are the kind of stretchy, bungie kind that Saucony has been using in recent years with their trainers. I'm a huge fan of simple flat laces. The bungie variety here locks down fine and gave me no issues, but kind of almost doesn't feel like it locks down due to its stretchy nature. Overall a decent fit with no major issues, just some slight midfoot narrowness that may or may not be an issue for some folks.

Typical Size: Men's US Size 9.5
Shoes that have fit Bach well: Nike Pegasus 40, Saucony Guide 17, Mizuno Wave Inspire 19, Saucony Endorphin Speed 3, Nike Structure 25
Shoes that have fit snug: Hoka Arahi 7, Asics Kayano 30, Puma Electrify Nitro, Brooks Hyperion, Hoka Clifton 9 GTX
Shoes that have fit large: Hoka Gaviota 5, Reebok Floatride Energy X

Doctors of Running Checklist

Is This a Good Shoe for Walking: Yes
Is This a Good Shoe for Standing: Yes
Is the Forefoot Flexible: Mild Flexibility 
How Flexible is the Shoe: Not Flexible
Is This a Good Heel Bevel: Yes
Recommended for Haglunds: No
Is This Shoe Orthotic Friendly: Yes 
Recommended for Sockless: No
Durability Expectation: Above Average

PERFORMANCE

Matt: The Saucony Hurricane 25 is a highly cushioned premium daily training shoe. The midsole is a combination of a bottom layer of PWRRUN that encases the bottom of a larger amount of PWRRUN PB above it. The PWRRUN PB extends down into the center of the midsole and makes up the majority of the cushioning. Initially, the ride was weirdly firm, but quickly broke into a soft and bouncy ride. Combined with a 10 oz / 283 g weight (men's size 9), this makes the Hurricane 25 the lightest premium stability shoe on the market and a similar weight to the Guide 18. The bouncy midsole is also soft, which feels great at normal to uptempo paces but feels mushy at slower speeds. There is a large, slightly lateral heel bevel that combined with the greater amount of lateral PWRRUN PB makes for a soft and smooth heel transition. The heel compresses quite a bit, which makes the 6mm heel drop more noticeable. The ride continues into solid midfoot and an easy transitioning forefoot. The forefoot has mild flexibility thanks to the flex grooves and a normal forefoot rocker. This makes the transition easy and the ride moderately rockered.

The bouncy midsole makes it great if you want a little pace versatility, but the side and geometry makes the Hurricane better for easier miles. Those who can pick their feet up and lengthen their stride will get more bounce out of the midsole, whereas those with a shorter stride may not compress the midsole in a way to get the most out of it. I struggled with the Hurricane on recovery runs, as I tend to do better with slightly firmer shoes. When the pace picked up, I was able to get more out of the PWRRUN PB. This version of the superfoam is tuned better for easier efforts, so it is still not the best for workouts, but is still the softest of all the premium stability shoes out there. Those who like a soft ride will do best in this shoe. Those who need more stability and find the Tempus too soft will find the Hurricane 25 as one of the rare superfoam stability shoes that may work for longer races if the user doesn't care that the weight isn't racing flat level.

The traction is average despite extensive XT-900 rubber. On wet pavement, I found the sole to slip. However, on mild dirt the small nubs actually gripped decently. I would still keep this shoe on man-made surfaces like road but have found it too soft for tracks. The durability has been solid as I have only experienced a tiny bit of abrasion at my normal posterior lateral heel section with 35 miles on my pair. Given how soft the midsole is and the presence of a superfoam, I expect the durability to be at least above average for a premium stability training shoe.

Bach: Saucony's PWRRUN PB and I have a funny history. I always feel like there's an out of the box, first/second run unique feel to the foam before it vastly settles. This has been a mixed experience in shoes, with things like the Hurricane 24 feeling super fun out of the box and then tapering back to more of a regular trainer experience while shoes like the Endorphin Speed series being a little too soft out the gate and then firmer and responsive a couple runs in. The Hurricane 25 gave me a different feeling with the dual density midsole of PWRRUN and PWRRUN PB underneath contrasting a little too much and providing a weird underfoot feel the first run. Once the PWRRUN PB settled on the second/third run, the shoe felt more balanced underfoot.

For me, the shoe doesn't really excel at anything, being more a jack-of-all-trades, master of none. The shoe doesn't feel super soft, nor firm. The rocker is very subtle. There is a much firmer feeling on the medial side of the shoe that I noticed pressing gently on my flat feet. It didn't cause pain or anything, but felt more noticeable than the past Hurricane. The shoe does have a gentle bounce to it, but not overly pronounced. The shoe also isn't mushy feeling, allowing for some uptempo work despite the shoe weight.

I will add that as a lighter weight, lighter stepping runner, I typically respond less to higher stacked shoes than Matt who likely hits the ground harder. I tend to feel cushioning quite a bit differently in our reviews, and softer foams tend to just not respond as soft to me because I'm often not engaging it the way it wants. This is not always true with premium shoes, but I definitely felt that was the case with the Hurricane 25. Overall I felt the shoe was best for more extremes, either super slow paces or slightly uptempo. I didn't feel like the shoe was as attractive at my normal pace, being neither extremely bouncy and engaging or firm and responsive. Uptempo, I got more of the responsiveness of the PWRRUN PB, and super slow I got some of that softer feeling it aims to provide.

The shoe's outsole is average on wet roads. It does not have an overly aggressive traction so I felt the need to be a little cautious on wetter surfaces. I didn't love the shoe off-road on gravel or grass as it felt a little plodding on those surfaces. This is definitely a road shoe. The durability feels about average as I have a touch of wear showing on the heel after 25 miles.

This is a good shoe, however, for walking and standing. If you find the midfoot to be comfortable in particular, fit-wise. It's stable enough for both and the rocker suits it well for moving abouts.

STABILITY
(Learn more about stability in our full guide)

Matt: The Saucony Hurricane 25 is a mild-to-moderate stability shoe with full-length guidance. There are both traditional stability and newer guidance methods present in this shoe, including a medial post-type design in the heel and most of the midfoot, a wider sole, medial sole flare at the heel, large sidewalls and medial/lateral walls of PWRRUN around the PWRRUN PB. The higher amount of PWRRUN on the medial side of the heel and midfoot with the large amount of lateral PWRRUN PB and the decent amount of medial midsole flare make for a large amount of medial support and lateral bias at the rear of the shoe. This continues slightly into the midfoot but is most present at the heel. The midfoot does not narrow and is wider, with additional guidance from the tall sidewalls on both sides of the foot. These don't make as much of an impact on stability due to them being made of soft PWRRUN PB. The more significant guidance design is the PWRRUN PB that sits no the top of the midsole and continues into the bottom middle of the shoe while being surrounding by firmer PWRRUN. This creates a centered ride throughout especially in the midfoot and forefoot. Unfortunately, the centeredness is offset by the softer underfoot feel. This does fine for those with foot stability needs in the heel, but may be problematic for those with general foot stability and hip stability needs. Thus, the shoe is mild-to-moderate stability and is less aggressive (except for the heel bias) compared to others.

Bach: The Hurricane 25 is more on the moderate stability side of shoes thanks to a strong medial presence than most shoes today. The PWRRUN here provides a fairly noticeable amount of medial stability while the complimentary stability through width and sole flare along with sidewalls help amplify it. In the past, this maybe would be on the lighter side of stability, but with shoes today emphasizing more on the overall stability than specific medial stability, I feel like this sits just below the higher level stability shoes like the Brooks GTS series in terms of support. The medial stability did not bother my flat feet, but occasionally was noticeable underfoot. The shoe, in general, combines width and firmness fairly well with the rocker to provide a fairly centered, balanced ride, especially after the shoe breaks in.

Thoughts as a DPT: Balancing Stability and Midsole Compliance 
By Matthew Klein

Most stability shoes tend to be firmer because firmer surfaces tend to be more stable. Softer surfaces tend to be less stable as they compress more and require more leg stiffness to stabilize (Kulmala et al., 2018). This increased stiffness may take away from appropriate shock absorption and propulsion, which may be why certain people with stability needs may struggle with softer or less stable shoes. The compensatory lower extremity strategies to deal with softer shoes occurs throughout the entire lower extremity, particularly at the ankle and hip. While the ankle is typically the focus of footwear given the more direct contact, the hip is the other area in the lower extremity that has the best muscular abilities to stabilize movements outside the sagittal (front to back) plane of motion. The deep hip rotator muscles, adductors and gluteal muscles all work especially hard to provide stability for the rest of the lower extremity and are greatly challenged while on unstable surfaces. 

It is for these reasons that soft stability shoes will often be fine for those with purely foot instabilities but those with hip muscle weakness or stability issues will continue to struggle. Particularly in maximal shoes that also shift workload up toward the hip and knee, this further challenges this area (Sinclair et al., 2016; Sobhani et al., 2017). While not necessarily a bad thing, in fact it may be therapeutic if appropriately dosed into training, runners are not using running shoes for musculoskeletal therapeutic purposes. They are using them to run. The softness of the Hurricane 25 is offset by the medial post-type design in the heel and the guidance design of the PWRRPUN PB encased in PWRRUN. Those with hip muscle weakness or a history of hip muscle injury may not do as well here, further emphasizing the point that different shoes will work for different people, even among those with stability needs. 

References:

Kulmala, J. P., Kosonen, J., Nurminen, J., & Avela, J. (2018). Running in highly cushioned shoes increases leg stiffness and amplifies impact loading. Scientific reports, 8(1), 1-7.

Sinclair, J., Richards, J., Selfe, J., Fau-Goodwin, J., & Shore, H. (2016). The influence of minimalist and maximalist footwear on patellofemoral kinetics during running. Journal of Applied Biomechanics, 32(4), 359-364.

Sobhani, S., van den Heuvel, E. R., Dekker, R., Postema, K., Kluitenberg, B., Bredeweg, S. W., & Hijmans, J. M. (2017). Biomechanics of running with rocker shoes. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 20(1), 38-44.

RECOMMENDATIONS

Matt: The Saucony Hurricane 25 is a massive improvement over the 24, which I found clunky, heavy, and poor fitting. The design offers some actual medial heel stability, combined with overall guidance, which, along with a superfoam midsole, truly sets it apart from others in its category. The first issue I have is that this shoe is too soft for me. Others may like this but I have found the level of softness/compliance tends to feel too mushy at slower paces, which detracts from the overall stability as I discussed above. I'm not sure how to make recommendations on this, as many people will like this and it sets this shoe apart from others. The PWRRUN PB is obviously tuned to be better for training paces but a touch more firmness would be nice without losing the bounce. My second suggestion I have is to extend the medial PWRRUN wall further forward. As a premium stability shoe, I expect a higher level of support compared to other shoes. Saucony tends to be more guidance-focused, which is fine for a shoe like the Tempus or Guide. However, I would like to request the medial PWRRUN wall extend a little farther into the midfoot if possible.

Bach: The Saucony Hurricane 25 for me presents some questions. I really struggled with figuring out its strengths, and came away feeling like it just didn't have any piece it excelled at. It doesn't everything fine, and for someone who really wants a no-frills stability trainer than can go slow, go fast, and be versatile for non-running activities as well, this is fair option. It doesn't have the pop, softness, or responsiveness of some of its peers, which made it a hard buy for me. Saucony also has some overlap here with the fairly high stacked, versatile Guide model and the Tempus which doubles as a good trainer on its own for those that get on with it. Right now the Tempus covers a lot of ground that I feel the Hurricane also sits on. Moving forward, I think a good direction for the Hurricane would be to really amp up its underfoot softness and find a way to provide that premium, comfortable trainer for long efforts and easy recovery miles, while also being a good all-around daily use for walking. This, while continuing to amplify the performance side of the Tempus, would provide more contrast between models and make it a bit more clear.

WHO IS THIS SHOE FOR?

Matt: The Saucony Hurricane 25 is for someone who wants medial heel stability, full-length guidance with a lower volume fit and a soft ride. The PWRRUN PB midsole and PWRRUN make for a soft ride that has some bounce if the pace picks up. The design, combined with medial heel flare, also provides good medial heel stability. The fit will work best for those with normal width and lower volume feet who want a touch more room in the forefoot. The soft ride makes this shoe more mild stability than higher stability, so those who want a touch more than the Guide series will find it here. The price increase from the prior version is something we just have to deal with due to tariffs and inflation, but the softer PWRRUN PB does feel more premium compared to the prior version. There is certainly a place for a superfoam premium stability shoe, especially alongside the Triumph being one of the few traditional series of shoes integrate these new foams. Care must still be taken to ensure the ride isn't too mushy and offsets the stability components.

Bach: The Hurricane 25 is a no-frills, higher cushioned stability trainer for those who wants some slightly more prominent medial stability. The fit is one the slightly lower side and may suit those who fit in the normal-to-narrow side of shoes. The shoe is more like a continuation of the 24 than a major step-up in my eyes. Similar to the 24, in terms of stability shoes in the Saucony line-up the Guide feels similar while being a little more versatile and cheaper, while the Tempus 2 is just a lot more exciting and totally fine at both easy and faster paces. The Omni also exists, providing a more specifically prominent medial shoe with a lot of versatility. This puts the Hurricane 25 is a weird spot for die-hard Saucony fans.

GRADES

Matt
Fit: A- (Lower volume upper with wider forefoot and good security)
Performance: A- (Bouncy and soft ride that is the lightest in this category. Cushioning can be a bit mushy at times)
Stability: B+ [Mild to Moderate Guidance/Stability] (Medial heel stability with full length guidance. Offset by softer midsole)
Value: A- (Good durability with a unique superfoam midsole that sets itself apart from the rest of this category)
Personal: B+ (Better than the last version but a bit too soft for me unless I am running faster)
Overall Design: B+

Bach
Fit: B+ (A solid fit and good forefoot room, but midfoot may or may not work for some)
Performance: B (Jack-of-trades, master-of-none)
Stability: B+ [Moderate] (The medial support is slightly prominent and the shoe as a whole is fairly balanced with full-length support)
Value: B (Only due to the competition within the lineup, I have a hard time finding the right audience for this shoe)
Personal: B (Not a bad shoe, just not a standout in a market that is getting more and more similar by the day)
Overall Design: B

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