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decent pair of trail shoes
I really like my inov8 roclites but worth trying out plenty at different stores.
Also consider terrain as shoes seem very specific. E.g. unless it rains heavy for EfM I'm sure Trail Talons would be better than Roclites, especially as I've sections on roads, budget won't stretch to more trainers at mo tho.
Salamon Speedcross still seem to be rated as a good all-rounder it seems.
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a decent pair of trail shoes
I'm in Scott Kinablue 3.0s and they're really good on both trail and road. Decent on wet meadow grass if you happen to be running across that. Wouldn't trust them on a sloppy up/downhill for much though.
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decent pair of trail shoes
I'm a recent convert to Altra. After getting over the unusual look, my toes are loving the room, whilst the mid foot and heel are narrow enough that they don't slip about which the Standard fit Inov8 do on me.
Ive had the Lone Peak (yellow sole) for a bit and love it for dry firm trails and road link sections, so were perfect for Glen Lyon ultra. Wet and slightly muddy trails, they have decent bite but I've not tried them on wet grass.
My mate also ran his first ever pair of Altras, straight from the box for the Glen Lyon ultra. He got on well enough to wear them for the trail race the next day.New addition is the King MT (grey sole). With a lower stack height and a rock guard to save spikey rocks bruising your mid foot, they were great for a 21 mile offroad adventure to bag a few Trig points. On loose rocky tracks, downhill through heather and peaty moorland paths they were very confidence inspiring.
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Did the 10 mile 'walking out of darkness' walk around london with the Mind over Marathon runners and their coaches yesterday. turned out to be more like 12.5 miles so spent around 4.5 hours on my feet. other than some epic blisters it went well and was perfectly timed for the start of my spitfire scramble training as time on feet is going to be key.
upping my running mileage is coming along very slowly. can run 5k again now but am seriously relying on my weight to plummet in next 9 weeks to make things manageable.
in other news the forerunner 935 is amazing compared to my old 620. but for the money it bloody well should be.
next item on the list is to find a decent pair of trail shoes in next few weeks. any recommendations for the current forum favourites.