Inov 8 Roclite 320 trail Shoes

Overall grade: A+

This trail shoe is the bomb. Inov 8 really gets it right with the Roclite 320 shoes. I used two pair during Primal Quest Montana and will continue to use these shoes for other adventure races I do in the future. They required no break in period and I used a brand new pair out of the box (one half size larger) after about four days of racing in Primal Quest. The only thing I would do differently is use the gortex version, the Roclite 312 GTX, since there was snow and water everywhere in Montana. One of the most appealing features of the Roclite 320 shoes is that your heel sits lower or closer to the ground than most trail and certainly most road running shoes. This gives you a much more stable platform and less likelihood of twisting an ankle on the uneven surfaces of trail and off trail use.