Hoka and Scotts review

My feet (along with my stomach, back, glutes and surviving lack of sleep) are my big concern. I know that inevitably my skin will prune, toes will bruise, lose a few toe nails and feel insane pressure in the balls and heels of my feet. But the longer I can delay that process the better! 

So, I tried some HOKAS!!! Speed Mafate 2 to be precise. How did I get on? Am I converted? Well, I started out with numb toes, pain in my arches and felt like going up hill was a million times harder. Although, that could have been because I was tired. Once I managed to sort those issues I absolutely loved being able to run over rocks and terrain that normally kill my feet with very little concern. I think I actually felt a bit more confident. 

On my second day out in the Hokas I seemed to suffer less with the numbness and pain but still felt like uphill running was more difficult. Again, hard to tell if that was due to being a little tired in the legs anyway or if it was the shoes. Still loved them on the rough terrain and do think they'll be great when I've been on my feet for a day or more already.

Onto my Scott Kinabalus. After a month or more waiting for them i was pleased to finally give the a shot. They seem to fit well, a little compression here and there but that is often the case with new shoes for me. I can't make too much of a judgement at the moment as the terrain was quite good but think they could be a good option for the first half.

Decisions, decisions. I just hope I can get it as good as can be expected. My poor old feet! Next trail...poles! :)