I have the non-GTX version of the Gel Trabuco 13. Excellent shoe. I'm sure the GTX model is great too. Since you like the brand already, you'll probably love these. I'm on my second pair of the Trabuco line. I wore the 11's tread down too much for serious trail use, but they are still in great shape for casual wear.
Asics trabucos work for me in highly technical terrain. Enough cushion but still quite stiff, not very high and wide fit. Trabuco 13s upper is not good, it breaks really easy, I'm in my second pair and I won't get more than 400km from any of them (second one is a replacement sent by Asics). 11 and 12 work better for this kind of skyrunning. I was getting around 700/800km put of them.
Lowish stack, good grip outsole and not too soft.
I have a quite difficult foot and not much shoes fit me well. I use to take for this kind of races trabuco 11 and 13. I would try tomir 2.0, akasha 2, trabuco, mafate speed 4/speedgoat, slab genesis, Topo MTN racer.
This year im running 45km +4.000m in high mountain very technical terrain and im thinking to try the mount to coast T1. Last year I did a similar one, 43km +3.700m/-4.000m with the trabuco 13s and quite happy with them, i ended with "fresh" legs.
I went from trabuco 11, to 12 and now 13. They feel wide and roomy, and too squishy what I like when power hiking a lot. The outsole and the shoe itself is more running oriented than in 12 and 11, but still confortable. Haven't try the 14s, but they keep doing it less and less technical and more running oriented.
With this fit I also liked agility peak 5, zegama 2s (they are very soft), Sportiva akasha 2.
Topos MTN racer 3 if the arch fits you looks nice, too narrow for me.
I know, but haven't tried myself, Inov8 fit is quite wide and confortable.
Mafate speed 4 is actually 7mm in runrepeat test. I have a pair, and they don't feel as other 4mm drop shoes I use.
OP, you could try Asics trabucos. They are 8mm, go for 12th versión, 13th upper is trash
Asics trabucos work for me in highly technical terrain. Enough cushion but still quite stiff, not very high and wide fit. Trabuco 13s upper is not good, it breaks really easy, I'm in my second pair and I won't get more than 400km from any of them (second one is a replacement sent by Asics). 11 and 12 work better for this kind of skyrunning. I was getting around 700/800km put of them.
Asics trabucos are wide and roomy.
The speedgoats 2E are actually very narrow and low volume. Even the mafate speed 4 in normal width are roomier.
I tried topo MTN racer 3. They are wide in the forefoot, but narrow in the arch/midfoot. Can't wear them
Agility peak 5 is also wide and high volume.
Have a look at Asics line up. Trabuco and trabuco max. They are plenty wide.
I tried speedgoats 2E, they are not any wide. Mafate 4s are actually wider, but still not enough for me if I'm going long.
The ones that fit me well. I really enjoyed the old NB hierro V5 and V6, then they made them narrower and not using them anymore.
Asics shoes fit me really well, used lots of pairs of trabuco and some Fuji lite for speedwork and short racing.
Deciding between mount to coast T1 and Sportiva prodigio pro for this year's long objetive in high mountain technical terrain, 10 hours or so. If anyone has both, will appreciate an insight.
I used my trabuco 11 for about 600km of running, mostly forest trails not gonna lie so nothing heavy
I bought trabuco 13 for a trail run race this year and am super happy with them. I’ve also used them for some hikes and really like how they feel (I also have la sportiva tx4 for hiking when I don’t need tall boots). The trabuco are much softer than the tx4
I usually find discount for these at 90 EUR, ran up to 800k in Trabuco 11, midsole worn out as similar for other brands, now bought 12 until it's sold out, probably skipping version 13 as it's more narrow.
Stack height is fine, maybe couple mm less would be great, rolled ankle once in technical terrain. Anyway, stability is good. Outsole is great... for that discount price, it's great shoe. Also running Fuji Lite 5, but one has probably badly manufactured area around insole.. or insole itself and got blister from it after long run.
Similar to Saucony Xodus Ultra I had before, but better price and more durable upper, comfortable tongue - lock for sure. Maybe better energy return in Saucony, not sure about weight.
Ran 80k in Trabuco 11, no issue.
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