La Sportiva Bushido 2 (not the 3). Great prices right now. Order 1 full size larger than your normal shoe size. Also, make sure you do the laces lock out. There are videos on that
Im looking for a new shoe that straddles the line between approach shoe and trail runner. I find my self doing more and more runs in the alpine over lots of scree and doing scrambling/climbng up to 4a. Most of the time I am running a long section of an approach and then hiking/scrambling to the summit.
Currently I'm using my La Sportiva Bushido 2 as my alpine running shoe but I am not as confident as I would like to be on rock, especially once the sole gets wet.
I've tried on the Salomon S Lab Alpinway and they seem to be what I am looking for, but I would love to hear from anyone who has used them. I've head really good things about the NNormal shoes and Killian Jornet is clearly able to climb super hard on them, but I'm not quite sure which one fits my use case the best.
Thanks for your help : )
Hey Folks, sorry to open another new Shoe Thread, but i did my Homework.
Currently Running with my Bushido 2 as an allrounder and a Altra MT King 2 as my mud Shoe. I really enjoy my altra, but...ehm...quallity an so on might be an issue. Currently 120km in and i doubt it will strech far beyond 200, or even 300 km.
Any recommendations for a alpine-technical-mud-runner? My last run was 25km with 2500km and the "Nagelfluhkette" here in germany, which is roughly 30min from my home. It really should be a good Mud Shoe, since its kind of important to have good grip on some places :D.
My Bushido doesn't perform well here. The rubber is inferior, the profile to tight, the lungs to short.
Any Tipps? I looked at the inov-8 mud shoe, but after the La Sportiva Red Rubber, i might stick to Vibram.
[Pics of the Nagelfluhkette](https://www.google.com/search?num=10&sxsrf=ANbL-n6KphUAc9WgUAs6EFz4PGcv557EVw:1780757732244&udm=2&q=nagelfluhkette#sv=CAMSVhoyKhBlLUh0d1lIYnZEdy1WXzVNMg5IdHdZSGJ2RHctVl81TToORkxEYy1HdmdDelNwbk0gBCocCgZtb3NhaWMSEGUtSHR3WUhidkR3LVZfNU0YADABGAcg0rnqyAxKCBABGAEgASgB) (yes, i'm flexing :D )
La Sportiva Bushido, I prefer the II, it’s discontinued but you can find them if you look well. The III are ok but are less durable. Love those and can do a lot of distance before they are unusable.
Waterproof socks trap moisture that ends up in your feet.. So you'll end up pruning your feet if you try to keep water out; that's sorta the nature of the beast. You can either condition your feet to the conditions or you can try to mitigate 'em.
I run barefoot at least 20 miles a week. I'll mix-and-match merino wool socks, neoprene socks , and gaiters to get where I want to be when it's chilled outside. Gaiters and good shoes make a difference (I use Altra Lone Peak or Escalantes). Gaiters plus taller crew socks also make a difference.
I've tried a bunch of different shoes - Bushido II, Altra Lone Peak, Altra Escalante, LaSpo TX3 - for the trail, and there's no great solution. These days, 90% of the time, it's a merino moisture-wicking sock, a high gaiter if running through clay mud (peeling mud off leg hair can be pretty painful) or fleece leggings .
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