"You can never have too many knives." --Joe Ambercrombie
Shabbat shalom, motherf***ers! --Mordechai Jefferson Carver
Trying out the Olympus 4 now for the additional cushion and stability (really rigid). Only downside is they're not even close to zero drop. I run 10-15 miles/week at 200 lbs so zero drop helps a lot with reducing heel striking and injury prevention. I also lift and drink beer so I'm unremarkable at all athletic feats these days. We do have a beer mile coming up in August that I didn't even know I was training for.
https://www.zappos.com/p/altra-footw...5921/color/151
Does the above offend? If you have paid to be here, you can click here to put it in context.
Inbound from Zappos:
- Merrell Bare Access XTR
- Altra Escalante 2.5
- Xero HFS
I sure hope one of these works out...
"You can never have too many knives." --Joe Ambercrombie
Shabbat shalom, motherf***ers! --Mordechai Jefferson Carver
those both look like "possibles" for me too.
I was thinking about this on my drive to work this morning, and it occurred to me that what I really want is just "shoe". it's almost like the fragmentation of the shoe market has conspired against us, along with the weird trend toward any outdoors-related shoe going corrective-footwear.
I do, on occasion, "hike" but the truth is what I want is a shoe to wear to disney world, rv trips, music festivals, etc. I'm not climbing the Eiger, and I'm not running an ultramarathon. I need some traction, some protection, a good life, and a fat toe.
I'm close to grabbing up a pair of these
https://www.zappos.com/p/keen-austin...tail-1-sims_cv
Does the above offend? If you have paid to be here, you can click here to put it in context.
I recently purchased these Oboz Sypes. They are “waterproof Nubuck Leather”. They are fine for “SoCal beach city hot” , would be wearable but not ideal for “SoCal inland summer desert hot”. They are marketed as “an around-towner with the chops of a performance light hiker” which seems pretty accurate. The soles are too flexible to do any kind of edging along steep slopes etc., but they are super comfortable and have good traction. I got them a full size bigger than my standard dress shoe size. The side of the sole is grey, it is much less white looking in person than in this picture.
I have a couple rucking buddies who wear those and swear by them. Been eyeing a pair myself, since I have a 50mi ruck coming up.
Eh, take my input with a grain of salt. Lone Peaks are designed more for trail running, whereas 95% of my usage was on concrete. This will be my 3rd pair I've worn smooth before 300 miles.
I've been wearing Merrill Moab Ventilators in Walnut for at least ten years. I purchased a new pair last year but in a different color. They just didn't seem to be as comfortable or as sturdy as the one's I've worn in years past. I figured that perhaps because it was a different color that was the reason why. So last week I was shopping for another pair to replace the grey ones I had purchased last year when I saw the Keen's. I figured why not. So I bought a pair and all I can say is HOLY SMOKES! It's like wearing your favorite slippers outside. Man are they comfortable. Which I'd bought them years ago.