Ultraventure 4

I have both the UV and the EW2 and definitely would recommend the UV. It’s a very good shoe. The EW2 isn’t bad, but not a fan of the fit on the heel for running hills. The UV also has pretty good durability for me so far. Got about 700 miles on my first pair, whereas normally get 300-400 with altras.

topos! your feet sound like mine, im a us size 5-6 so fairly small foot, wide in the forefoot and toe splay but narrow heels and low volume in general. i have the topo ultraventure 4 as trail runners and trailventure 2 WP for boots and i love them. i cant do zero drop like altras because it triggers my plantar fasciitis but topos have a shape that works for my foot with some padding and a small 4-5mm drop. i do still heel lock the trail runners but theyre only wide in forefoot and not in the heels like buying “wide” sizes can be. merrells have too tapered of a toebox and squish my pinkie toes.

I've run those trails and in Speedgoats and Ultraventures, either would be fine. If you're running the 50K, the Peregrine could work too. It's a good idea to have 2 pairs, and I'd rather use both in training so they feel the same for race day. 1 pair will work fine a lot of the time, only consideration would be if you had 300 miles of trail training before race day or something like that, maybe not ideal to start a race with busted shoes.

I’ve done about 4000km in Ultraventure 4s this year (5 pairs) and more recently just over 1000km in Experience Wild 2s (2 pairs). Personally I find the EW2s faster and more fun. That being said both have been fantastic for me in terms of comfort - I am however light-ish and could see the EW2 foam struggling with increased weight. What’s not been great with either is the durability of the uppers. In every case that’s been the weakness that has necessitated maybe slightly premature replacement - the soles could probably have gone a few hundred Ks more. My best advice would be to try both ovrr the course of your training as I suspect you’ll need to replace them way before the summer

I just put 500+ miles on my Asics Max Trabucco 3 through the mountains and where my go tos for post Helene trail clean up and I got to say, those babies are indestructible.. the only thing I tore up towards the last 80mi was the back of the heel part/material, which could have been avoided and even now still repaired with some heel patches. I’m now running with Topo Ultraventure 4 because I needed a wider toe box option. These only have a little over 30mi on them so I can’t speak to the quality just yet. I can’t speak as to how these may fit you but the quality/comfort of the Max Trabucco is definitely on point.