We’re full into the fall weather here with temps in the 40’s and 50’s, leaves doing their thing and the sun setting at like 5:30pm. It’s fine, it’s all fine.

My running/hiking shoe situation has been a bit unchecked this past year. I don’t know how many miles I’ve put into what but the shoes are feeling thin and that’s usually a good sign they need to go. This time around I decided to just commit and replace all of the shoes at once. Real clean slate, fresh-start shit.

Starting in the front are my trainers. Pair on the left are Altra Provisions from last year. I actually had two pairs: one for the road and one for the gym.. and while the gym ones are still in use, these light blue roadies have been swapped for a pair of Torin 7’s.

Top right are my old yellow Lone Peaks. Love these things and have gotte my money’s worth out of ’em. They’ve been replaced by a bright, near-ugly pair of TIMP trail runners. The only reason I didn’t get new Lone Peaks was because they were quite literally, all out of stock. I’ve had TIMPs before and liked them, so I’m hoping these will do their job.

Finally, top left, my old hiking boots: Oboz something-or-other. They’ve been fine, mostly. Sometimes they’ve given me horrendous blisters, sometimes they’ve been alright. But never what I would call “comfortable”. Also, I’ve been wearing them on winter treks for probably the past 6-8 seasons. Their replacements: Altra Lone Peak all weather high tops. I’m not a high top guy but when you’re trudging through snow, you gotta keep your feet as dry as you reasonably can.

I’ll try to remember to file an end-of-season report on these suckers with how they performed. Hopefully I’ll put them all to good use.