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Trail running is a great way to add variety to your running, and getting away from cars and traffic is a welcome change.
The uneven surfaces will help improve balance and strength while balancing the development of leg, knee, ankle, and foot muscles and tissues.
When first starting to trail run, choose easier, less demanding trails until you become accustomed to the new aspects of trail running.
Trail
shoes are made for the trails and only the trails...mostly.
True, you can run short distances on roads to get to trailheads, but longer distances may cause problems for many runners,
namely sore shins.
Trail
shoes are different from road shoes in many ways. They are
more durable and therefore often heavier than road shoes because
of the extra-beefy uppers.
Trail
shoes can also be stiffer for extra stability for running
on uneven and unstable surfaces.
Trail
shoes are often lower profile than road shoes to add more
stability.
Because
trails are softer and more forgiving than the roads, trail
shoes usually don't offer the cushioning or feel as soft as
road shoes.
All
said, trail shoes are for the trails and road shoes can do
double duty as long as the trail is not too technical.
We
have trail maps for the Wasatch Front for $12 and the Park City area for
a $2 donation to the Mountains Trails Foundation.
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Trail Shoes
2130 Trail, Trail
Sensor, Trabuco IX
Cascadia
Roc Lite 315
Fireblade,
Imogene, & Sonic TR
Ascend
Vitesse,
Continental Divide, Hardrock, Hurricane Ridge,
Susitna, & Streak
Fire
Road & Rucky Chucky
XA
Pro 3D, XA Comp II, & XA Pro
3D XCR
Blur
& Velocity VST
HAPPY
TRAILS!!
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