On Cloudmonster 2 Unisex Marathon Running Shoes – Black | White
On Cloudmonster 2 – Unisex Marathon Running Shoe
The On Cloudmonster 2 is On’s most cushioned and most energy-returning road running shoe — the second generation of the Cloudmonster platform, rebuilt from the ground up with a redesigned CloudTec® Phase midsole architecture, an upgraded Helion™ superfoam formulation, and a more responsive ride profile that retains every gram of the original’s legendary cushioning presence while delivering a more propulsive, more dynamic step. A shoe built for long-distance training and marathon performance, for runners who want maximum cushion without sacrificing ground feel or forward momentum.
Colorway
This style is offered in the Black | White colourway — the Cloudmonster 2’s most chromatically decisive and most visually commanding expression, the direct inverse of the Undyed | Black: where that colourway places black details on a white ground, the Black | White places white details on a black ground, the same binary composition at its maximum contrast and minimum complexity, the same two colours in their reversed roles. The upper is rendered in a fully-saturated performance black: a deep, flat, cool black engineered mesh covering the complete upper from toe-box to collar, the black as total and as absolute as a black can be in a textile construction, the colour of performance at its most serious and most committed. Against this black field, a large white On circular logo anchors the lateral midfoot with immediate, high-contrast authority — the same brand mark that reads in controlled restraint in black on the Undyed | Black here reads as a bold, definitive statement in white on black, the size and shape of the logo unchanged but its visual presence amplified to its maximum by the black ground’s chromatic depth. A diagonal grey-and-white woven stripe runs the full lateral lower perimeter, carrying the ON RUNNING wordmark in the same grey-white woven register — the same structural graphic device used across the Cloudmonster 2 colourway family, here reading at slightly lower contrast than the white logo above but with equal compositional weight, the brand’s wordmark as an architectural band at the sole boundary. A small “on” logo at the medial toe and a red tongue detail — On’s signature red accent, present as a single small mark at the tongue’s summit — introduce the colourway’s only non-black-and-white element, the red as a signature rather than a design accent. A dark lace with white circular dot detailing threads through the black lacing system, the lace’s texture adding a close-range detail to an otherwise flat black upper field. The pure white Cloudmonster 2 midsole below delivers the colourway’s most powerful visual moment: the transition from the all-black upper to the all-white midsole is the starkest, most immediate chromatic boundary in the Cloudmonster 2 range — black above, white below, the contrast line between upper and midsole as a clean, hard edge. The square-aperture CloudTec® Phase pods are fully white, the midsole’s architecture as legible and as technically present as the upper’s graphic. A black outsole grounds the composition at contact point, returning the colour sequence to its starting point: black at the crown, white in the middle, black at the ground, the composition as a black-white-black vertical sequence resolved in the simplest possible terms. Black above. White below. Black again at ground.
Key Features
- All-Black Engineered Mesh Upper – Fully-saturated performance black upper from toe-box to collar — the most chromatically decisive upper in the Cloudmonster 2 range, the black ground that amplifies every white detail to maximum contrast
- White On Logo at Maximum Scale – Large white circular On logo at the lateral midfoot — the brand mark at its highest contrast and most commanding visual presence, white on black
- Diagonal ON RUNNING Woven Stripe – Full-lateral diagonal stripe in grey-and-white woven texture carrying the ON RUNNING wordmark — the same structural graphic device as across the Cloudmonster 2 family, here in grey-white on black
- Red Tongue Accent – On Running’s signature red detail at the tongue summit — the colourway’s only non-binary element, the brand’s identity mark in its most restrained possible presence
- High-Contrast White CloudTec® Phase Midsole – Pure white square-aperture midsole against the all-black upper — the starkest chromatic boundary in the Cloudmonster 2 range, the black-to-white transition as a hard, clean edge
- Redesigned CloudTec® Phase Midsole – Second-generation square-aperture cloud pods — more responsive, more phase-connected, and more propulsive than the original Cloudmonster while retaining maximum cushioning volume
- Helion™ Superfoam – On’s proprietary high-rebound foam formulation — lightweight, temperature-stable, and energy-returning across long-distance training loads
Product Details
- Brand: On Running
- Model: Cloudmonster 2
- Gender: Unisex
- Use: Road running, marathon training, long-distance performance
- Closure: Lace-up
- Upper Material: Engineered performance-black mesh with white On logo, grey-and-white ON RUNNING woven stripe, and red tongue accent
- Midsole: Helion™ superfoam with CloudTec® Phase square-aperture pods in white
- Outsole: Rubber in black
Size Guide
| EU Size | US Men's | US Women's |
|---|---|---|
| 36 | — | W5 |
| 36.5 | — | W5.5 |
| 37 | — | W6 |
| 38 | — | W7 |
| 38.5 | — | W7.5 |
| 39 | — | W8 |
| 40 | M7 | W8.5 |
| 40.5 | M7.5 | W9 |
| 41 | M8 | W9.5 |
| 42 | M8.5 | W10 |
| 42.5 | M9 | W10.5 |
| 43 | M9.5 | W11 |
| 44 | M10 | W12 |
| 44.5 | M10.5 | — |
| 45 | M11 | — |
| 46 | M11.5 | — |
Please refer to the size chart before ordering. If you are between sizes or prefer a roomier fit, we recommend choosing the larger size.
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