Dahlgren Footwear Running AnkleRunning socks can be about as disposable as a diaper. Your road and trail runs abuse the material and stitching that your socks are designed with. Miles and miles of abuse leaves a pair stretched, strained and lifeless.

Here is a round-up of running socks that stands the abuse of your sweaty calloused feet.

Dahlgren Footwear has not offered a running sock style in a few years. The company is introducing the Running Ankle sock for Fall 2011. The sock is touted as the first lightweight running sock with an Alpaca and Merino wool blend.

The sock wisks away perspiration and keep pesky blisters off your feet. So your discolored toenails will have to fly solo without company. Dahlgren Footwear uses 100% recycled polyester in the Dahlgren Footwear Running Ankle socks’ design. All of Dahlgren Footwear’s styles are made in the U.S. (MSRP $17.50)

Brooks Infiniti Quarter

Brooks Infiniti Quarter Socks

Brooks breaks out some funky color choices for the Infiniti Quarter socks. The orange, green and turquoise mixes with traditional ones like black and gray.

An ingredient fabric, Dri-Stitch, is used in the Infiniti’s design. Dri-Stitch fabric does keep your feet dry. Maddening trail runs with countless trips through the washer and dryer did little to the spandex cuff. The cuff hugs your ankle just as when they were bought.

The reinforced toe and heel areas proved durable under some intense interval training sessions. Just as the Dahlgren Footwear Running Ankle, the Brooks Infiniti Quarter sock is made domestically in the U.S. (MSRP $13.99)