The selection process for buying trail-running shoes varies tremendously from person to person and is often haphazard. Finding the right "fit" is a key, but elusive, objective for both newcomers and trail-saavy runners; finding one that endures over the long haul is another. Despite best intentions to shop around and learn from past purchasing mistakes, it is always surprising how many answers you get when you ask trail runners how they came to purchase the particular shoes they are wearing. They might as well say it was a blind date or an arranged marriage...
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The selection process for buying trail-running shoes varies tremendously from person to person and is often haphazard. Finding the right "fit" is a key, but elusive, objective for both newcomers and trail-saavy runners; finding one that endures over the long haul is another. Despite best intentions to shop around and learn from past purchasing mistakes, it is always surprising how many answers you get when you ask trail runners how they came to purchase the particular shoes they are wearing. They might as well say it was a blind date or an arranged marriage...
The difficulty is not limited to trail-running shoes but all running shoes. What makes a trail shoe more difficult is there is no definition of trail other than it's not paved. I don't consider paved paths that wander through the woods a trail. 😉 Even experienced trail geeks have multiple pairs of 'trail' shoes to cope with the variety of conditions, especially if they travel to out-of-state races. When trail shoes first came out all they did was take a road shoe and sell it in dark colors to hide the dirt. Some of the stuff they sell as trail shoes still do that but to a much lesser degree. It appears that trail shoes are a lucrative market and there are many, choices with new brands cropping almost weekly.
To make this decision more fun, some of us wear alleged road shoes on trails. When conditions get difficult such as mud, I add screws for traction and stay in my favorite shoe.
If anyone wants to move from roads to trails, try your road shoes first and see if they pass muster. If they don't work then you have a long haul to find a working shoe for your conditions.
The selection process for buying trail-running shoes varies tremendously from person to person and is often haphazard. Finding the right "fit" is a key, but elusive, objective for both newcomers and trail-saavy runners; finding one that endures over the long haul is another. Despite best intentions to shop around and learn from past purchasing mistakes, it is always surprising how many answers you get when you ask trail runners how they came to purchase the particular shoes they are wearing. They might as well say it was a blind date or an arranged marriage...
The difficulty is not limited to trail-running shoes but all running shoes. What makes a trail shoe more difficult is there is no definition of trail other than it's not paved. I don't consider paved paths that wander through the woods a trail. 😉 Even experienced trail geeks have multiple pairs of 'trail' shoes to cope with the variety of conditions, especially if they travel to out-of-state races. When trail shoes first came out all they did was take a road shoe and sell it in dark colors to hide the dirt. Some of the stuff they sell as trail shoes still do that but to a much lesser degree. It appears that trail shoes are a lucrative market and there are many, choices with new brands cropping almost weekly.
To make this decision more fun, some of us wear alleged road shoes on trails. When conditions get difficult such as mud, I add screws for traction and stay in my favorite shoe.
If anyone wants to move from roads to trails, try your road shoes first and see if they pass muster. If they don't work then you have a long haul to find a working shoe for your conditions.
-Doug
Douglass, you stupid [censored]. You just responded to ba spammer. Dumbass...
The selection process for buying trail-running shoes varies tremendously from person to person and is often haphazard. Finding
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right "fit" is a key, but elusive, objective for both newcomers and trail-saavy runners; finding one that endures over the long haul is another. Despite best intentions to shop around and learn from past
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mistakes, it is always surprising how many answers you get when you ask trail runners how they came to purchase the particular shoes
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are wearing. They might as well say it was a blind date or an
arranged
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marriage...
The difficulty is not limited to trail-running shoes but all running shoes. What makes a trail shoe more difficult is there is no
definition
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of trail other than it's not paved. I don't consider paved paths that wander through the woods a trail. 😉 Even experienced trail geeks
have
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multiple pairs of 'trail' shoes to cope with the variety of
conditions,
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especially if they travel to out-of-state races. When trail shoes
first
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came out all they did was take a road shoe and sell it in dark colors
to
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hide the dirt. Some of the stuff they sell as trail shoes still do
that
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but to a much lesser degree. It appears that trail shoes are a
lucrative
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market and there are many, choices with new brands cropping almost weekly.
To make this decision more fun, some of us wear alleged road shoes on trails. When conditions get difficult such as mud, I add screws for traction and stay in my favorite shoe.
If anyone wants to move from roads to trails, try your road shoes
first
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and see if they pass muster. If they don't work then you have a long haul to find a working shoe for your conditions.
-Doug
Douglass, you stupid [censored]. You just responded to ba spammer. .Dumbass...
By the way, Doug, I've got the night off, so I'll be expressing my rage all night long tonight. Get used to it.
If anyone wants to move from roads to trails, try your road shoes first and see if they pass muster. If they don't work then you have a long haul to find a working shoe for your conditions.
-Doug
The shoe spammer strikes again and you went for it like a channel cat.
