Shoe porn - winter edition

[IAmCharliemouse]

Inspired by backintime 's post, I thought I would follow in those footsteps (see what I did there) and post a pic of my trusty footwear.

In the middle are my splendid Asics road shoes that have served me well for graduation and towards 10k. Light, comfy and springy, they give reasonable heal support.

Outside are my brand new Salomon trail shoes. Not broken in yet, they are much stiffer and heavier than I am used to, and I am wearing them in short stints to slowly force them to comply to my feet... Or vice versa.

I figured moving into winter I would need something vaguely water resistant and better able to cope with the odd slippery path.

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate10]

Nice shoes, the Salomon trail shoes look more like boots, they have to be for the rough terrain you have to run through.

[IAmCharliemouse Graduate10 in reply to AlMorr]

They are basically small boots.

[backintime Graduate10]

Nice shoes IACM.

The laces look interesting (and the colours are more to my taste )

[IAmCharliemouse Graduate10 in reply to backintime]

The Asics laces are actually the best I've ever had. Slightly stretchy they are comfortable and never come undone.

The Salomon ones are weird. Like a cheese wire. I guess so they are still useful in the mud.

[backintime Graduate10 in reply to IAmCharliemouse]

They look really different from normal shoelaces

[UnfitNoMore Graduate10]

Nice shoe porn... they’re gonna look good when they return from their natural environment covered in mud!

[IAmCharliemouse Graduate10 in reply to UnfitNoMore]

I will do an update after I torture them... Or vice versa.

[runwithdog Graduate10]

lots of my friends use salomons for dog agility,they wear them all day so must be comfy.

there is a little pocket to tuck the lace thingy in

[Papillon17 Graduate10 in reply to runwithdog]

I loved my Salomons especially for agility but have now worn them into the ground and couldn’t really justify the enormous cost again so am giving kookaburra a go more reasonable have only done a few agility shows in them but no running as of yet.

[IAmCharliemouse Graduate10 in reply to runwithdog]

Little pocket... so there is! I would never have spotted that. Thanks.