Salomon Men's Speedcross 4 Trail Running Shoes

The media could not be loaded. Este zapato triplico los Km para los cuales fue diseñado, hago 7Km de montaña de 3 a 4 veces por semana, algunas veces hago 14Km. Soy guía de Trekking a Roraima, 7 días y mas de 85km, ubicado en la triple frontera de Venezuela, Brasil y Guyana, saques ustedes la cuenta de los Km que tienen recorrido. Los compre en el 2020 y me han acompañado desde esa fecha hasta hoy, lamentablemente ya me comí la suela, pero son indestructibles, es el único zapato que me ha aguantado a diversos climas en mi día cotidiano en la montaña y en mi trabajo como guía de montaña. En el video que estoy montando se ven claramente las suelas amarillas de los zapatos puestos pasando el río tarde y lloviendo, por agilidad y por la cantidad de clientes que tenia que ayudar a pasar el río lo hice con los zapatos puestos. Aguantan cualquier cosa. Ya estoy pidiendo el reemplazo obvio mismo modelo de zapato.

Very good shoe. On my second pair, and plan to buy this shoe again once my present pair wears out. I like the lacing method, it's quick and gives good support to my feet. The fit is right on the money for me. I trail run with these shoes and the traction is very good even on sandy hard packed surfaces. I typically toss the insoles that come with these shoes (and others) in favor of some better ones that work with my foot shape, but that's not a ding on this shoe, just my odd foot.Update: I just got my 5th pair of these shoes. I can now say I know certain things about them:1. When trail running, they last between 500 to 600 miles on hard packed desert type terrain2. They run true to size, however the 5th pair I bought I decided to buy them 1/2 size bigger to see if it helps me not thrash my toes when running downhill. I did 18 miles in the larger shoe today, but honestly I'm still not sure this is the cure. I have to tighten the laces so much to grip my foot that eventually it gives me foot cramps from lack of circulation. I end up loosening the laces again, which causes my foot to once again bash into the front of my shoe mile-after-mile...3. These are really great shoes. They are very well constructed, and I have not had any issue with the 5 pairs I have bought. I will definitely buy a 6th pair when these run out.4. I immediately throw away the factory insole as it's pretty lame. I buy an insole that I like and stick that in instead.5. As you can see from the picture, these shoes are not as good as paws. My dog has been with me for every mile, and he's still on his first set of paws...2024 Update - On my 14th pair of these shoes and averaging about 450 miles per pair of shoes. I still love them. The half size too big is a winner for me. My dog is still on his first set of paws after 6.5k miles, so no contest there.

I typically run longer triathlons including Iron Man distance so I run in a typical running shoe. This year after my last triathlon I decided at the last minute to run a 14 mile Spartan obstacle race. Having never ran one or even seeing one, I didn't really think about what I was going to wear for the race until the week of the race. I was reading more details about the race and it kept referring to all of the mud and water and about what gear was best to race in. So I began researching shoes, socks and shorts and found these Salomon Speedcross 4 shoes highly recommended. I ordered them and received them 3 days before the race. I have been running for years and know very well about NEVER changing gear in the days before a race, much less the day of a race but I was pretty sure that running 14 miles of trails that included much mud and water would not be fun my usual running shoes so I made the decision to give them a shot and see what happened. So on race morning I lubed up my feet with tri-glide, slipped on my Hoplite compression socks (which I also found highly recommended) and get ready for the race. Walking around in the shoes, they were very comfortable and stable but once I started the race was when I really got to see why these shoes are so highly rated. When the trail was flat, the fit and feel was very similar to my usual shoes. When I got to the mud, they were awesome! Both entering and exiting each mud pit, mud hill, water feature, pond, creek or you name it, the traction was tremendous. I never slipped or slid at any point (most everyone around me without OCR shoes was slipping badly) and the more confident I became in the shoes the fast I went and still never had any issues. On dry ground, both going up hills and down, I again never slipped. I was passing people left and right on the steep descents because I could grip and they could not. Through the whole race, with at least 7 water crossing, my feet felt comfortable and my traction very secure. It the end of 14 miles and 35 obstacles, my feet were probably the only thing that did not hurt and I credit my Salomon shoes for that.