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Hands On: Hitting the Trail With the Montrail Sabino

Montrail Sabino Trail Shoes

Over hill, over dale, I hit the dusty trail and the Sabino carried me along. After years of primarily being one to pound the pavement, I laced up with a pair on Montrail Sabino shoes and got off road. Now truth be told, given the state of many roads and even sidewalks in much of the country these days, finding “off road” isn’t as hard as it seems. But these performance running shoes are really designed for stability in true trail conditions.

The Sabinos are heavier than many of today’s lightweight running training shoes, but that’s because these need to stand up to harsher terrain. In other words you wouldn’t use a sports car where a SUV needs to go – then again, many SUVs probably couldn’t go where these shoes will take you. Made of synthetic leather and lylon mesh upper materials and thermoplastic midfoot shank, the Sabinos fit like a glove and were just right for the rather humid and warm day when I hit the trail. Whether we’ll be able to say if these were neither too hot nor too cold will have to determined at another time, but it is safe to say that these will do the job in a variety of weather conditions. Continue reading Hands On: Hitting the Trail With the Montrail Sabino

Sandals: Not Just for Romans and Hippies Anymore

Sandals fit for a Roman Emperor

Sandals always brings three things to mind to me. First, the Romans – OK, in fairness the Greeks and others probably wore sandals first, but it was the Romans who brought the flat shoes with them everywhere they went. This did prove that the sandal wasn’t just for being laid back, because after all, any army or general that can conquer the world while wearing them must be pretty tough. But the next thought that comes to mind are hippies. Maybe hippies go barefoot, but I get a whole summer of love vibe when I see sandals, and the problem there is that it doesn’t evoke sport and competition. Finally, Peppermint Patty comes to mind when I think of sandals – and while Patty might have been a cool Tomboy she was kind of annoying.

So the question is what to wear following a long run or bike race when you just have to get out of the shoes? Barefoot is clearly too much like the aforementioned hippie thing, and there aren’t many places a germphobe like me will want to walk sans shoes. So when I go sans shoes I can go for sandals. The Montrail Molokai Flip feature a textured thermo-moldable PRFRM footbed that should be like walking on a cloud, but because it is made of 100 percent hydrophobic synthetic upper material it will still keep your feet cool and dry.

As the Molokai is made up of up to 30 percent recycled rubber hippies should like it too. We like these because at $55.00 they’re affordable and fairly stylish, but mostly they’ll just feel good after a long race. Imagine what Caesar could have done if he had these sandals?

Montrail Molokai Flip