 and that is what we're trying to accomplish here on the channel. Okay, so first shoe it is. All right, onward and upward. Oh, coffee, hold on. Here we go. Here we go everyone, onward and upward. We made it safely down the hill barely. And yes, found a creek. Hopefully you can hear me. The creek's a little loud, but so I wanted to get out of the shooty-o today. Just get out of the house, especially since I'm talking about trail running shoes 2020, so get out into nature because it's upon us, at least in the Northern Hemisphere as the snow melts, runs down the creeks, runs down the rivers, and we can get out and just breathe some fresh air again, if you know what I mean. All right, so the marathon training block, as you all know, is done. It's in the road marathon, I should say. It's in the past. And now for me, we're gonna talk, I think, early next week about the game plan for the future, because everything's up in the air right now with the Pikes Peak Marathon, the New York City Marathon, everything. So I wanna talk it out with all of you about what my game plan will be. But definitely, part of my game plan is getting up into the mountains, getting back out there, and just testing trail running shoes for all of you sooner rather than later. So these are shoes that I have picked up over the past three months, or have been sent to me from different running shoe companies. And as I'm always saying, beholden to no one, and I wanna get, test out new shoe companies for you in 2020 that I have never tried before. So there's companies here that I've never even held in my own two hands, all right? So that's exciting. And I'll try and put some stats up on the screen in titles. I'm not gonna break down the shoes for you today as far as dropping everything with my words, but I'll try to do some titles for you as we move forward. And as I begin to open up this first box, I just wanna say that every single person's foot is different, right? Very unique. And my grandmother's always saying like, we've gotta take care of our feet because our feet are the foundation of our bodies, right? And so these different companies that I'm testing out, I hope through the first impression videos, through the full reviews, you get a little bit of a different sense. For example, on Strava, look at all these shoes that are listed. I've probably tested out less than 3% of the available trail running shoes on the marketplace. So the horizon is very, very vast and big in 2020. And that is what we're trying to accomplish here on the channel. Okay. So first shoe out of the box, first trail running shoe of 2020 is gonna be a new company I've never tried before. Local in Colorado. Shout out to Boulder. All right. It's Newton. There we go. There we go. Newton, the Boca, AT4. I'll pull it out for all of you to see. Look at that red. So this is a Newton shoe. There it is on your screen. How you spell it, the Newton Boca, AT4. Let me just give you a few first thoughts out of the box. Gosh. I'm gonna put it into the lower category with respect to the stack height. Good lug depth, absolutely. Looks like some pretty solid build quality. Upper, okay. Looking just, okay. I haven't even put the shoe on my foot, but looking like a wider toe box. Absolutely, you know, just, yeah. Absolutely looking like a wider toe box. So there you go. The Newton Boca, AT4. First shoe to test out for all of you in the not so distant future. Oh, by the way, I'm on a running break right now. So I'm not gonna be testing out shoes for the next, you know, three or four days. Okay, here we go. Whoop, let's just grab this one before it slips away. Okay, next, oh, I feel rain drops. Oh boy, I gotta be quick. Okay, next on the horizon, the Merrill MTL Long Sky Merrill. Once again, I've never tried before, first time ever in a Merrill shoe. So I'll be, oh man, Vibram Outsole Apps, wow. Okay, serious lug depth going on. It actually is reminiscent, very reminiscent of the Solomon Outsole lug pattern. Very aggressive Outsole Merrill. There you go. I kinda like that orange colorway. This is the MTL Long Sky. All right, all right, moving on. Wow, I'm pretty excited about that guy. Um, okay, let's see here. We'll put that one up there. And yes, I love Innovate, the Innovate X Talon G235. X Talon G235 from Innovate. Oh, look at that. So a more, a lower stack height, absolutely. Oh, look at that orange. I love the orange, a very aggressive Outsole pattern. Okay, the lug depth is serious here. I am, oh wow. And actually, just kinda pressing on that midsole, it feels like it has a little bit of forgiveness. So it's not gonna be too hard of a landing. That's been, what was it, the Terra Ultra G260, I believe it was from 2019. It was a little, I think that was the shoe that was a little hard landing. But excited, very excited about this Innovate, the X Talon G235 from Innovate. Okay, we'll put that guy up there, moving on. Oh, this is so exciting. A brand new shoe that I've never tried before. Scarpa, Scarpa. All right, also a local company, okay? Here we go, Scarpa. This is the Spin Ultra, the Scarpa Spin Ultra. There we go. Oh man, so a higher stack height. Ooh, oh nice. I think it might be a gusseted tongue. Looks like a little more plush through the upper, definitely more plush. I'm liking this heel counter. Yeah, and it looks like if your foot has a lot of volume to it, meaning it's a bigger foot. Like you just have a lot of volume in your foot. I just, I can tell by the shape of the shoe that it could hold a bigger foot. All right, there you go. That's from Scarpa. Also a local company, the Spin Ultra from Scarpa. Okay, moving on. Oh, Nike in the house, testing out the Wild Horse 6. The Wild Horse 6, you better believe it. First impression, upper right here. Actually, sorry, full review, a Wild Horse 5 if you wanna check it out, upper right hand corner. And yes, the rain is coming. I gotta hurry up here. So there you go, the Nike Wild Horse 6. We'll test that out for you sooner rather than later. Okay, oh my goodness. There's a lot of shoes. There's a lot of trail running shoes. So, state shoes. It's gonna get exciting. All right, here we go. The Solomon Sense Ride 3. Solomon Sense Ride 3. Oh my goodness, a lower lug depth compared to some other Solomon shoes like the Speed Cross 5. Let me just, hold on, I'm kinda curious. Yeah, interesting, a pretty high stack height, but a little firm, okay? So I know there's a lot of Sense Ride 3 fans out there and I just haven't been able to work the Sense Ride lineup into the rotation in the past. So here you go, Solomon Sense Ride 3. Stay tuned. Very exciting, very exciting. Okay, oh baby, oh baby. Brand new item. Okay, so we've got Meryl, Scarpa, and Newton as running shoe companies that I've never tried before. And here's the last trail running shoe that I've never tried before. I've also got one more Solomon. I'll show you in a second. So here we go. This just arrived. Oh baby, here we go. Come on, here we go. Oh yeah, VJ in the house. Finnish company meeting from Finland. This company was started 40 years ago in Finland, okay? I've never even held a VJ shoe in my own hands, all right? So, oh, so cool. The VJ MaxX, okay, oh baby. Let's hold, oh, I just, I always love holding a brand new shoe. Wow, very cool. Okay, just pulling it out of the, whoa, very cool. Okay, so not a crazy lug depth, but definitely there. I'm sensing it's gonna be a lower drop just looking at the shoe and wow. So from what I've understood, VJ shoes are built like a tank. Kind of, I'm just gonna say, kind of like Innovate, which is a UK company. So like really, like they have Kevlar going on through the upper, all right? So a very, very stout, like the shoe should be able to last through multiple training blocks, multiple running seasons, all right? So VJ, very exciting. Also just looking, it looks to be a little narrower compared to some other trail shoes out there. We shall see, again, I'll be testing out sooner rather than later. There is VJ, oh man, all right. Last but not least, here we go. The final trail shoe to test out for you. This is a staple in the D'Amore rotation, all right? So, there you go. The Solomon S-Lab Sense 8SG. Potentially, potentially, this should be my Pikes Peak Ascent Racing shoe. All right, sorry, Pikes Peak Marathon Racing shoe. So a new upper, all right? We'll get to that in my first impression. A really new upper as far as the collar of the shoe. So very exciting. I raced the Pikes Peak Ascent last year in the Solomon Sense 7. So now I have the Sense 6, the Sense 7, and now the Sense 8SG on the SG, just so you know, stands for Soft Ground, which is, it basically connects to the lug depth. So the SG is meant for muddier trails. I use it for the Pikes Peak, though, because Pikes Peak's trail is kind of gravel bait. It's kind of gravelly, so I really want a shoe that can kind of cut through the gravel and get a good grip through the gravel. There you have it, everybody. I just made a mess out here. Let's see, one, two, three, sorry, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight trail running shoes to test out for all of you in the next month or so. Basically, you know, the snow is gonna, actually next week in Colorado, the temperatures are gonna climb to 80 degrees Fahrenheit, which means the snow in the mountains is really gonna start to melt pretty quick, which means the trails are gonna be opening up, up high, very exciting. All right, question of the day, as the sun comes out, oh man, the exposure's gonna be off, but that's okay. Question of the day, what trail running shoe are you gonna be using in the next two months? Okay, sorry about the exposure, I'm not gonna worry about it. The sun's coming out. So what trail running shoes are you gonna be using in the next, let's say two months? Okay, so May and June, 2020. What's your go-to? Let us know down in the comments. Butter my bread, onward and upward. Thanks for being here. Thanks for watching. Thanks for spreading the word about this channel. We continue to go onward and upward together. All right, everyone, thanks for being here. We'll toss it back, hold on, over here. We'll toss it back to, you know what? I'm gonna make a brand new playlist for all of you tonight, all about just trail running shoes. Brand new playlist, just trail running shoes, right there, butter the bread. All right, everyone, thanks for being here. Thanks for watching. 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