If you don’t know the name Kilian Jornet, chances are good that this shoe’s not quite right for you. For those of you who are familiar with Kilian’s achievements, you might have noticed the shoe you see above on his feet when he was first across the finish line at The salomon trail running shoes sale in Australia. And the 2011 Western States 100. And the 9th UTMB. And the Table Mountain Challenge 2011.

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The first opportunity I had to use these new kicks was on a hike in the Rockies, while visiting my sister. We hiked up the Butler Gulch trail, with a starting elevation of ~10,580 feet, up to salomon speedcross 4 mens trail running shoes elevation (for us) of around 11,500 feet. The trail was well maintained (we were on a portion of the Continental Divide Trail) and primarily consisted of firmly packed dirt.

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