Has anybody bought any of these yet?
Has anybody bought any of these yet?
They're probably still saving up :closed:Originally Posted by Al Fowler
Poacher turned game-keeper
Zephr has a pair. From memory he generally loves them, but they are murder on anything relatively dry, I think he found them very unforgiving at Bamford Fell Race this year, which is a very steep up and down on relatively well packed trails and rocks in mid-summer. I think he said that the descent was particularly nasty.
Yup- thats about right. From the perspective of a semi-forefoot runner, I dont count myself as one, I just run, and seem to end up forefoot striking (more with Baregrips than others), they are great on squidgy stuff- moorland like Bleaklow and Kinder, but I find them a tad too thin on anything approaching slightly stoney or rocky. I know that some people with feet that are made of sterner stuff than mine who find them ok on stoney bits- but I slow down considerably when I hit stones.
(run on then, rather than hit them... thought that might need a bit of clarification).
Terry Conway apparently ran the entire Lakeland 100 in a pair, so he obviously kind of likes them, but I think less heroic people may find that it hurts a bit much to do that kind of distance in them.
He used North Face Single Track according to his blog -
'I used TNF Single Track for the Lakeland 100 and will elaborate on that in a bit.'
http://terryconway.blogspot.com/2011...e-journey.html
Ah, My apologies, I was misled by the marketing giant that is inov8.
forgot to mention about the Bradwell race Simon alluded to. Yep- running downhill, trying not to be caught by a fellow club-mate, on tarmac and hard dirt gave me quite fantastic blood blisters on both heels. I was really rather impressed.
bare-grip in 2010
Poacher turned game-keeper
we're complete geeks arent we?
*shakes head*
Inov8 Insider might be keeping quiet then...
Used Inov8 in 2010 and TNF in 2011 when he steam-rollered the field!
Nothnig against Inov8, but they do go on a bit...
Sorry Zephr if I got it wrong!
Well I’ve got apair, and initially I did really like them. The grip is very impressive both from the extremely aggressive outsole and the fact that the shoe has no midsole letting your foot mold the outsole to the trail. And they do get you running on your forefoot, there’s no way you could heel strike with these shoes without hurting yourself. But currently I am not wearing these right now, there just not forgiving enough on harder surfaces and they hurt the bottom of your foot. Particularly where the first metatarsal meets your big toe, I also got horrible blisters.
Durability is not great either as there is no rand around the bottom of the upper and it’s starting to wear through.
But for short 40min runs I might still were them.
Last edited by The-Big-Gray-Man; 15-11-2011 at 06:35 PM.
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