Episode 9: Shoe Review! Trail, Road, Race plus Socks and Gaiters!

Massive shoe review coming your way! We share our faves and few not faves for training on roads and trails and racing on both. You're gonna love this link list...

Gaiters: You can wear these on ANY shoe!! Dirty Girl Gaiters

Socks:

• Darn Tough
  • Stride Micro Crew Ultralight Running Socks (link)
  • Hiker Micro Crew Midweight Socks - good for winter (link)
  • Over-the-Calf Lightweight Ski & Snowboard Socks (winter/tall grass/etc) (link)
• Feetures
  • Elite Light Cushion (link)
• cuangya (inexpensive brand on Amazon) (link)
• Adidas cushioned crew socks (link)
• Injinji toe socks (link)

Roads:

• Brooks Hyperion Max 2 (newest version is 3, but haven’t tried) (link)
• NB SuperComp Trainer v2 (Link to v3 $119 - link)
• Asics Novablast 3 (now onto version 5) (Link to v5 - link)
• Asics Metaspeed Edge/Sky Paris (RACE!! Available for $250 - link)
• NB Fresh Foam X More V4 (have the v5 also but don’t like it as much - link to v5 - link)
• Saucony Triumph (Megan’s favorite, go-to daily trainers! - link)
• Asics Novablast 3 (the 3 is no longer available, but can find some select sizes on Amazon - link)
• Saucony Endorphin Speed 4 (quicker/tempo - link)
• Adidas Adizero Takumi (for tempos - link)
• Adidas Adizero Evo SL (cushy for long, easy runs - break from stiffer shoes - link)
• Brooks Hyperion (tempo on treadmill - Old so no longer available, but new version link)

Trail

• Adidas Agravic Speed Ultra: (Available many sites for $220 - link - also look at eBay for new shoes with big discounts depending on size)
• Nike Wildhorse 10 (Available many sites for $165 -though mens discount of $115 on Nike website - link)
• Asics Trabuco 13 (Available many sites for $140 - link)
• North Face Vectiv Enduris 4 (Available for $112 on North Face website - link)
• Saucony Endorphin Edge (Megan’s favorite! - link)
• Adidas Agravic Speed Ultra Trail (link)
• Nike Ultrafly Trail Racing Shoe (link)
• (Additional trail shoes Sarah enjoys but are older versions now and I don’t have experience with the newer ones)
  • New Balance Fresh Foam X More Trail v3 (discontinued, trail line merged with the Hierro line - link to hierro v9 - link)
  • Hoka Tecton x2 (hard to find, now the x3 - don’t have experience with this one yet - link to v3 - link)
  • Salomon slab ultra 3 (latest version is the S/Lab Ultra, which I haven't tried - link)
  • North Face Vectiv Sky (newer version looks great but haven’t tried - link to v2 - link)

K, go get you some shoes!!