 Now everybody whoo shoes are coming in hot. All right I know we're talking a lot about shoes right now, but it's because it's the trail running season and today I was able to get up a 14,000 foot mountain in Colorado. Yes in the Salming trail five running shoes trail running shoes I should say and by the way Salming kudos to you for just keeping your branding simple I love the fact that this shoe is just it's just called trail five It's I so I love that like simplicity in in marketing and branding goes a long way with me Sometimes you get these these running shoes that are just first of all the names are hard to pronounce You don't understand the iteration system like the different types of shoes within this lineup. Anyway, thank you Salming for that Okay, here we go first impressions. This is not my full review We'll do that after 50 miles first of all a couple specs for all of you It's a five millimeter drop in the Salming trail five so from heel to toe five millimeter pretty good You know, I like the six to eight as you all know, but five millimeter. We will take it It's a 24 millimeter stack height in the heel and 19 in the forefoot all right and as far as weight goes in a in a men's size nine We're looking at 286 grams or just over 10 ounces and and for that weight It's a that's a pretty standard weight for a trail running shoes Just so you know trail shoes always weigh a little bit more than road shoes because the outsole usually is a little more built up with more rubber More lug depth all of that and and oftentimes the upper and we're gonna talk about that right now The upper also has a couple extra features to help protect your feet from the mud from the from the crossing Streams from the rocks the sticks all of that stuff so pretty good weight there and for the upper So there's a lot a lot going on here in the upper. I'm not gonna cover all of it We'll save that for the full review I was a little concerned about the tongue when I was lacing up at the base of the mountain today But actually it did okay. In fact, it was pretty comfortable. It just feels and looks even like it's a little It's not gonna lay flat on your on the top of your foot But sure enough it did it did just fine the tongue of this trail five now What I do want to talk about mostly is this rock shield Rubber overlay here on the toe box at the front of the toe box what I would call a toe cap and it was awesome I crossed probably ten streams today and my feet really never got that wet And I was kicking rocks and it was an aggressive trail climb Mountain climb I should say and this rock shield rubber overlay was just like I never stubbed my toe I never felt like there was a little tiny grit and rock like sneaking in through the upper So good job Salming on this rock shield overlay rubber at the base at the at the front of the shoe Right on right in front of the toe box and for the midsole right here. Salming has developed this trademark It's called their recoil soft foam. All right. I actually don't know that much about it yet I'm gonna continue to research for all of you And it's supposed to give a lot of good energy return through your gait cycle Did I feel that today? I did not only because honestly, I was going pretty slow today since I'm coming back for my injury So I was just chilling out but as I continue to increase the speed of the mountain ascent Moving forward in this training block I will keep you posted if I'm feeling a little bit of goodness in that energy return through the midsole today I did not feel it, but that doesn't mean it's not there I just need to I need to pick up the speeds a little bit to feel that out and moving on what else Okay, I'll save that for the quick drawback here in a second for the outsole on the trail five It's a four millimeter lug depth. So the lugs there I actually they'd look shorter than four millimeters to me But that's that's a good lug lug depth and I was in all sorts of crazy conditions mud rocks snow water and The the outsole gripped really really well even in the snow. I never did I fall no? I just plunged my foot down once into the snow today, but so good work on the and it's a vibram outsole I should also mention that vibram is very tough It's a tougher material and it grips really really well on like slick and wet rock And so I could I felt great today with the outsole there So and I bet I bet it's gonna be durable Obviously, I've only done one run in them But I I'm guessing this outsole is gonna last a long long time and I'll just mention that right now I can I there's so many shoes like okay Why not hold on and this is not a comparison video But like when I pick up the solemn and speed cross five and hold it in my hands And then I pick up the salming trail five interesting that they're both fives. I Can feel quality. You know what I mean? I just feel high build quality holding both of them Okay, and I love you know how much I love the Solomon lineup So I can sense that I don't know where salming is doing their production. In fact, I might be able to see here Okay, Vietnam and then developed in Gothenburg, Sweden So I don't know just like it feels well built, you know Sometimes you you pick up a shoe and you just sense like yeah This feels a little cheap to hold in your hands for the fit went true to size We're good there. No issues with going with my normal sizing. I will just say though Okay, and that I should I'll mention that's from that's the length of the shoe is good. It's a little wide It's in fact, it's kind of like a boat inside there inside the inner cavity of the trail five It's a wider toe box. It felt good actually it kind of it felt good today I usually like a little more of a narrow fit which I which I often get in these which I always get in the Solemn's so just if you're a wide foot this might work out for you the salming trail five So that's actually something I'm going to keep an eye on To see if I am feeling locked down enough for these mountain runs in this shoe And how will I use the trail five moving forward? I'm not sure it's gonna be a mountain shoe for me It might be more of an up-and-down trail system type of shoe like today was straight up the mountain and Straight down the mountain. I'm thinking that I might lean a little more toward undulate undulating Can I use that word undulating hills so kind of just more of an up-and-down gradual trail system rather than straight up a mountain? That's what I'm sensing so far, but we shall see again I'll continue to test the trail five for all of you and for the price looking at about a hundred and fifty dollars I think I saw a hundred and fifty seven euros on the Swedish website And yes, Swedish is the key word for this vlog So a hundred and fifty I don't know yet that's am I but if the build quality is there then like if you could get Two seasons of solid trail running out of one shoe then it's worth it And maybe this Vibram outsole combined with this what appears to be a very well-built upper Maybe you're in business. Okay, so keep that in mind and for my conclusion on the performance after the first run First impressions. I think this shoe will be a a good kind of daily training trail shoe meaning Like if I want to go fast, I probably won't grab for the trail five I'm sensing that but when I want to protect my feet and protect my toes and just like get miles in out on the trails And maybe not mountain trails that I think this could be the ticket All right, and that question of the day before we wrap up When was the last time you ventured out and bought a trail running shoe or just a running shoe in general That was outside of your normal purchasing pattern. Okay, like for me This is this is way out there Salming like I've never this is the first time I've ever tried Salming Verses so anyway, like yeah, maybe you're a Nike person and you try to Deedis or maybe you're a Soccany person and you tried Mizuno or when did you venture out there? That sound good because sometimes it's good to stretch our limits a little bit and go outside our normal comfort zone So I'm excited. I'm excited But just need more time at a little higher clip a little higher pace quicker pace. All right That's it for video number two publishing today Don't think you're gonna want to miss tomorrow's vlog Picking up a pair of shoes that I believe you all will enjoy seeing. All right. Sick beauty work hard and Love each other. Thanks for being here. I know we're publishing a lot publishing a lot of running shoe videos, but um It's fun and I hope you enjoy the information, but it's like shoes are arriving. You're interested in buying shoes I hope I can shed light on different shoes. So if you keep watching I as I always say will continue