new shoes

[Mindy Slovinsky]

since i wasn't paying attention in class - i'm sure these shoes have been covered before in an email, but looking for any comments/reviews/personal experience with the following inov-8 shoes:

roclite 275 (gore tex trail, women's shoe)
terrafly 303 - road/trail shoe

[Chuck Hazzard]

I would steer clear of Gore-Tex shoes. Water will get in and not go back out. You are better off with shoes which drain really quickly. 

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[Amy Tobalske]

Agree w/ Chuck. Have you ever tried NB shoes?

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[Valerie Abradi]

I always wondered why there wasn't a gore-texless version of that shoe...I keep coming back to it, too :(

[Jeff Walker]

the goretex might be decent for winter running on packed snomo?

[Mary Costigan]

Love my goretex Brooks for winter running. They are my dedicated screw shoes and keep my feet toasty warm and dry.

[Chuck Hazzard]

Until the you break through the snow into water, which happens on 80% of my runs.

[Jeff Walker]

experience trumps armchair winter runners every time!

[Jeremy Bonnett]

I'm loving the Terrafly 303 right now.  Very breathable, evacuate water real well, lightweight, OK grip, good on roads and non-rocky terrain.  Not great in mud, slippery rocks.

 

Jeremy

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From: Mindy Slovinsky <mindysl...@gmail.com>
To: Trail Monster Running <trail-mons...@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 11:18 AM
Subject: new shoes

since i wasn't paying attention in class - i'm sure these shoes have been covered before in an email, but looking for any comments/reviews/personal experience with the following inov-8 shoes:

roclite 275 (gore tex trail, women's shoe)
terrafly 303 - road/trail shoe

[gIANt]

I'm also lovin' the Terrafly 303's right now, but they aren't a real trail shoe, more of a road-trail hybrid. They pretty much took the Road-X 233 (obviously a road shoe) and put a textured outsole on it. I wouldn't wear them at Bradbury.

The Roclite 275's are going to feel a lot like the 315's, only wetter. They do have a "sticky rubber" outsole so they will grip better on wet rock than the 315s which have "endurance rubber".

gIANt

On Wednesday, June 20, 2012 2:06:30 PM UTC-4, jabcrux wrote:

I'm loving the Terrafly 303 right now.  Very breathable, evacuate water real well, lightweight, OK grip, good on roads and non-rocky terrain.  Not great in mud, slippery rocks.

 

Jeremy

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From: Mindy Slovinsky <mindysl...@gmail.com>

To: Trail Monster Running <trail-monster-running@googlegroups.com>

Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 11:18 AM
Subject: new shoes

[Jeff Walker]

Does Trojan use endurance or sticky rubber?

[James Demer]

I'm enjoying the Road-X 233 on road and trail. They have no lugs on the bottom but I feel the only thing lugs are good for is grippng in mud. Otherwise they just hold dirt and make the shoe heavier.
James

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[Chuck Hazzard]

I agree with Mr. Demer, lugs only help in real soupy crap and only on climbs. My favorite inov-8 shoe for all around road AND trail running is the f-lite 195. Light, reasonably sticky on rocks and drains well. 

[Jeff Walker]

I love running in the 195s but it only took 420 miles before I had to retire them due to tears in toe box. And I never ran with them in the mud. My NB 790s went 684 miles before retirement and they were my dedicated mud shoe. NB 100s only lasted 391 miles and incurred a spectacular equipment failure at mile 3 of the Breaker. My asics piranhas are <5 oz road flats and they are still in play at 453 miles.

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[Chuck Hazzard]

That certainly is an issue with the inov-8 performance last. I have had various models go as high as 800 miles before the toe box ripped out to as low as 300 miles. It all depends on how many rocks you nick and mud you run through.