The earlier range of Nike Trail shoes were not good. I had a pair of Nike Peg Trail 36s and while light and snappy, were brutal on technical terrain. I've got three different models of Nike's now, and IMO are some of the most underrated trail lines currently out there.
\- Peg Trails - Are the best Door-to-Trail shoe out there. Somehow light and snappy enough for road while being rugged enough for trail terrain.
\- Wildhorse 8s - When it gets muddy here in the PNW, I switch to these. Chunky lugs, and great grip for wet days on the trail. They're pretty damn heavy, but are very comfortable.
\- Zegama 2s: I've heard them compared to the HOKA Mafate's and I tend to agree. All day trail eaters.
\*Big caveat being that I have a very narrow foot and tend to like more aggressive trail running shoes.
Happy to see I own three shoes featured on this list.
\- Nike Peg Trail: A perfect door to trail shoe. Light, snappy, and can easily log long miles. Advised only for light trail terrain, think California carpet.
\- HOKA Mafate Speed: Will just eat any type of terrain. Ran a 50k and never once bothered my feet.
\- Nike Zegama 2: Have a pair stashed in the closet, ready for use.
The earlier range of Nike Trail shoes were not good. I had a pair of Nike Peg Trail 36s and while light and snappy, were brutal on technical terrain. I've got three different models of Nike's now, and IMO are some of the most underrated trail lines currently out there.
\- Peg Trails - Are the best Door-to-Trail shoe out there. Somehow light and snappy enough for road while being rugged enough for trail terrain.
\- Wildhorse 8s - When it gets muddy here in the PNW, I switch to these. Chunky lugs, and great grip for wet days on the trail. They're pretty damn heavy, but are very comfortable.
\- Zegama 2s: I've heard them compared to the HOKA Mafate's and I tend to agree. All day trail eaters.
\*Big caveat being that I have a very narrow foot and tend to like more aggressive trail running shoes.
I get the worse foot camps in my Wild Horses. I love the Speedlands but their current color scheme on the website is terrible. I need a shoe that has good width for the inner part of my arch. I was thinking Norda but reviews have me scared.
It depends on how much mud and slippery stuff you are going to encounter. If it's 10 mins of mud in a 3 hour race then you can loose 3 mins by wearing your Pegasus trail if not then get 6mm+ lugs on your shoes. If it's ice then any trail shoes plus decent ice grippers/studs will work well.
I did a race at the weekend with roal to trail shoes plus grippers and it would have worked brilliantly had I bought decent grippers rather than use my wife's 5 year old £3 a pair rubber grippers with metal coils on.
I do a triathlon in Scotland and wear my Inov8 mudtalons with 8mm lugs and they work really well. Half the run is mud or bog and I do not slip or slide. I've tried it in Nike Ultrafly and I was a lot slower!
The most efficient trail shoes on runrepeat seem to be the Saucony Endorphin Edge and the Xodus Ultra 3. So if one of those has enough grip I would maybe give that a try. The best shoe is the one you already own, so if you have the Pegasus trailjust wear it... But it is a very middling trail shoe. It does every pretty badly. It's not massively comfy, it's relatively slow and it's good poor grip... But you can look up your own metric see what you might like then try on a couple of them 🤞.
If I’m not dressing up and doing formal, Nike Pegasus, Pegasus Trail or Pegasus Trail ATC/GoreTex. I always opt for the black or white variants that are not very colorful.
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Versatile road-to-trail, but struggles on wet, technical downhills.
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