I'm a runner. On a low budget. With an unhealthy worry about slipping (don't ask about the ice and my coccyx, it's not a pretty story). So for winter parkruns and trail running, I decided to invest in some trail shoes (having slipped my way around my first parkrun in 39 minutes!). I had had my eye on the More Mile Cheviot trail shoes for quite a while, actually, but since I never ran off-road I couldn't see a valid reason to actually take the plunge. In fact I think I'd been procrastinating for so long that originally I'd been looking at the Cheviot 2! I settled on these shoes for 3 main reasons 1. Price - £30 + P&P from amazon.co.uk 2. Customer reviews (see above link) 3. I have other More Mile running gear that I am very happy with They arrived quickly and I tried them on. I am a size 7 with wide feet, so I'd gone up half a size. I'll admit that they are on the snug side, but not uncomfortably tight. Their first outing was on tarmac, as it was icy down my local muddy paths and I wasn't going to risk it. They were actually surprisingly not too bad to run in on tarmac considering the almost football-blade type tread on them and I had a good (and fast!) run. My next run was a 5.6 miler, again mostly on tarmac but this time I managed a mile across some fields that are being built on near home. I must say they performed excellently - having run across the same fields a few weeks previously and needing to walk around the muddy bits, I ran the whole way across without ever feeling like I was on mud at all. The downside was that by the end of this run, they had rubbed my little toe on my right foot (I said they were snug), so I used my regular running shoes on my next run. Their next outing was 3 days later at my local Parkrun. This was around trail paths with muddy areas and grassy bits on the sides where I overtook people. I managed a SB 5k (29:09) with no rubbing or discomfort at all. So...marks out of 10... Fit: 8 (I have wide feet, but I'm sure they'll stretch with more use) Grip: 10 (not even a hint of slipping!) Comfort: 9 Value: 10 Would I recommend these: Definitely!
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