There are several lightweight adventure racing shoes available in the market. Some of the popular ones include Salomon S/Lab Ultra, Inov-8 Mudclaw G 260, Hoka One One EVO Mafate, and La Sportiva Bushido II. The Salomon S/Lab Ultra is a top-rated shoe that is designed for long-distance trail running. A review of the Inov8 X-Talon 200 trail running shoes after an extensive 500 miles of use including a 34 mile trail Ultramarathon. Buy some, they are awesome The Inov-8 TrailRoc 150 is the end-of-the-line in the TrailRoc series. If you start at the TrailRoc 255, you get 6mm of heel-to-toe drop, and 6mm of cushioning (which means a total of 12mm at the heel). Moving down to the TrailRoc 245 means you get 6mm of cushioning and 3mm of drop (for at total of 9mm at the heel). Very Fast Comfortable upper Good grip Durable The Bad Poor underfoot protection Not suitable for longer distances Lack of toe bumper THE VERDICT The Inov-8 Trail Talon 235 is a no frills, lightweight trail shoe. It is fast, flexible and firm and will be a fantastic sub marathon distance race shoe. The Ultra 260 have a width fitting of 4 on Inov-8’s scale of 1 to 5 (5 being the widest). This not only makes them wider but gives more volume in the toe box. The heel cup is well padded and there is more underfoot cushioning than on other X-Talons, making the shoe more comfortable on longer runs. cushioned heel cup and 8mm drop. The inov-8 X-Talon Ultra 260 V2 is a superb shoe: comfortable, light, durable and with an aggressive sole that makes running through mud and on the soft ground a breeze. I would be equally happy wearing them for a fast 10-miler or an ultra on terrain that’s soft and/or muddy. They have an RRP of £125 which I feel is really good value for .

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