Salomon SpeedCross Review

Duration: 8 months
Usage: Trail Running and occasionally on pavement…although I wouldn’t
Price Paid: $110
Comments:
Lacing system is awesome, it has a draw string that you simply pull and tuck into the tongue and it tightens down properly across the top of the foot.  Comfortable when wearing thinner socks.  When wearing my injinji socks it was sustainable for a recent 21 mile trail run with multiple stream crossings.  Soles are a gummy sort of rubber with “hooks” that dig into softer dirt and surfaces…I like!  The shoe is not intended for running on pavement because from my experience it wears too quickly.  Some weeks I am running 20 miles, some 60…it depends upon training.  I would state that rotating them into your schedule will prolong the life, as with and shoe.
There are some comments on the web about the lacing breaking…this has not been a problem for me.
Negative: there are not a lot of local retailers that carry this brand…so I had to gamble and purchase them on the internet.  My first shot at it yielded a pair that I had to return because I purchased my typical size 9 and the toe box was too tight.  Possible suggestion is that the shoe be purchase a size larger…or perhaps  my toes are just gaining weight.