My KSOs were only £80 from Naked Ape and I think their internet price was even lower.

I did my first off road run in them last weekend and apart from a few ‘ouch’ moments early on they were fine. It was a slightly surreal experience to feel the mud squelching between my toes but strangely pleasant and cooling. The terrain included a small road section then woods with mud tracks and packed crushed stone. Plenty of twigs/tree roots/stones around and I stubbed my toe for the first time which I had been dreading; it wasn’t bad though. I’m only wearing them once a week at the mo as I’m still waiting for the blister to heal. I wore a compeed last week but it didn’t last long. The wood section starts with a steep hill and I flew up it way faster than in trainers.

It may be a complete coincidence (or imagined) but my persistent ankle injury is much less noticeable in the KSO than in trainers………….