New Shoes, New Fun

I finally bought a trail shoes. My first pair.

All these while, I wore my Brooks Glycerin 9 shoes when I hit the dirt road/trail/hike.

Like when I hiked up Gunung Nuang with hubby.

Or when I ran at the Salomon X-Trail Run last year.

Hohoho

Granted, I haven't been doing much trail run but hopefully it's changing for 2014. It's something that Zaini prefers and I am certainly open at the idea of doing trails (walk.run/hike) with him once a week. Why not, right? 

Everybody around me seems to favour Salomon brand but I decided to try out Inov-8.

Athlete Circle was having a sale for their past season model certainly helped for me to make the decision to get a pair. (It was 30% off with extra 10% off for ACDC members). Sweeeeeeettt...

I do like them Brits anyway... heh heh

So I got a pair of Inov-8 Roclite 268. Ngam ngam pulak got my size when I dropped by to the store. Bye-Bye RM300+. huhuhu

It's touted to be suitable as an introductory shoe to minimalist trail shoe. 

I've used it for two outings, both at Taman Rimba Alam in Putrajaya. First outing was a two-hour walk/jog and the second was a three hour one.

Even with a mixture of tarmac and dirt trail, the shoes feel awesome! The grip is perfect. Melekat, I tell you. And I did test it going up and down trails and even on wet grassy inclines just for the heck of it. Love the grip the shoes! Less worrying about falling on my butt while walking down a slippery trail now. :P

With a bendable sole, the shoe feel flexible too. 

I didn't need to tape and put Vaseline to my feet and no hot-spots on either foot while wearing it. No blister. No painful toe. 

But yeah, maybe I should try a spot of hard trail running soon to fully test the shoes?

Love the colour too! (Yeah, it's not pink, Ru but still they do look rather fine don't you agree? ^^)

Oh yeah, Son got a new pair for himself too.

A Brooks. GTS model. For a mere RM99. Bargain!

Mom & Son foot. ^^

Almost the same size already!