Hoka - Torrent 3

I love my SpeedGoat 6s. My favorite trail running shoe. Edit: To add some detail, I prefer the six over the five. Regarding other shoes I like the torrent three and Clifton nine as well. The speed goats sit at 300 miles and are going strong. Hope that helps.

Hoka Speedgoat 6 Hoka Torrent 3 Merrell MTL Skyfire 2 Used to mainly run the speedgoats. Picked up the Torrents on sale. And realized how much I liked more minimal yet technical shoes. I hardly run over ten miles anyways. Enter the Merrells. Which are amazing.

I am by no means an expert in trail shoes but I got the hoka torrent 3 as my first trail shoe and have been running them for the last year. Can highly recommend - they have a low stack height so really stable and had no issues with grip on any trail surfaces - they’re a bit slippy down wet tarmac so not great on roads when wet but otherwise they e got me through lots of miles of different trails!

Except the torrents (at least the torrent 3) terrible on wet surfaces, but climbing on dirt paths was wonderful.

First, there is nothing that wrong with using road shoes on trails. 25 years ago there was no such thing as trail running shoes and people did fine. If you do want specific shoes and like Hoka then: Hoka Challenger if they are smooth trails or mixed road trails. Hoka Torrents if they are rougher trails.

Nike alpha flys for my short loops! Kidding kidding I’m a brooks guy, caldera is what I use and keep in rotation. I need something soft to avoid fatigue. Hoka zinal for speed sessions. Hoka torrent for race day, they do wreck my legs though but in fastest in those. Ohh I use to use a lot of inov-8 but they don’t last for me at all, terrible for me and Altra don’t last either My next venture is asics. I did get Nike Pegasus trail this year as a gift, so we’ll see

Conversely, don’t get hamstrung over Vibram if your environment is dry for much of the year. Or if you have multiple pairs in rotation not all have to be Vibram. Said another way, this is my rationalization for my Hoka Torrents. 😃

I’m on my 3rd season of switching to trail runners over hiking boots. Everyone may have a different experience but for me, my feet have never been happier (Hooka, Speedgoat 5).

I’ve switched almost entirely to trail runners including on a lot,of rugged terrain. I did find that when I was using Hokas that I had an increased tendency to roll my ankle after about ten miles. I like the padding, but have found lower drop shoes to be better for this. Altras are good, but I destroy them in about 300 miles. Trying Topos right now. Not as padded, but low drop with a wide toe box and they seem to be holding up better.

Trail runner will be fine. I was talking to a guy recently that said the AT requires real boots. But even by his argument, trail runners will be fine. The thing with trail runners is when you are tired, it is easier to roll your ankle. I have only found this to be a concern when I was using Hoka. Altras and Topos have less to zero drop and they don’t have this occur for me. Though Altras kind of suck for durability (expect 300 miles unless they fixed things). And Topos have less padding and are not as comfortable.

I use black Hoka trail runners. They are miraculous, I can go all day without pain now.