 just riffing with you right now like I think the shoe is already opening up after just one run so that's exciting because again there it is everybody enda arriving on the scene straight out of Kenya shout out to enda their website is linked down below these are the lapatets all right in nice blue there love this blue colorway and here's the deal oh yeah and on the bottom it says Harambe I don't know what that I think that might mean is it hello I don't know I'll put it once again on the screen right now Harambe written on the bottom there and so here is the deal yesterday's first impression vlog was the new balance 880 v10s and over the next two to three weeks probably month I am going to be testing a lot of running shoes for all of you early in training blocks I'm more willing to try out a lot of different shoes whereas later in training blocks as I get ready for pike's peak I dial in the shoes more so for threshold runs for speed work for big mountain climbing that includes speed work up in the mountain so but right now as I am you know transitioning from Hamburg actually shout out to Hamburg I love the t-shirt thank you Hamburg for sending that as I transition from Hamburg into the mountain running this summer I'm going to be testing out a lot of shoes for all of you all right sound good enda first run let's lace up and we're back in the studio for round two not sure what happened to the audio about 10 hours ago knit upper and it is a very okay high but if at first you don't succeed try try try again right isn't that how the saying goes so we're doing a take two hopefully the audio is working better this time around all right here we go first impressions not my full review of the enda la patate and before we drop drop in and dive into the specs of the shoe I want to give a quick shout out to the aesthetics that enda is putting into this shoe just some shout outs to the Kenyan culture and Kenyan running culture okay so at the top of the eyelid chain I love how they put on the green and red there at the top of the eyelid chain to a shout out to the Kenyan flag love that also the pull tab at the back of the heel counter like a Swahili design there a Swahili I don't know exactly what the pattern is but it's a cool pull tab there at the back of the heel counter absolutely love that and last but not least on the bottom of the shoe on the outsole the the Great Rift Valley is where the greatest really greatest runners in the world train but where the greatest Kenyan runners train and they have a topographic map there on the bottom there right under the heel I just love that shout out to the Great Rift Valley it's a topographic map of that region of Kenya okay so here we go let's dive in a six millimeter drop perfect spot on that's right where I like my drop 30 millimeter stack height in the heel 24 millimeter stack height in the forefoot all right in men's size eight and a half I'm seeing reports of 9.2 ounces for the weight and there is the grams on your screen but in my size which is smaller than eight and a half seven and a half I'm weighing in at 9.4 ounces so I'm just kind of curious as to what's going on I actually think it's an affirmation for me that I need to buy a nicer scale because the scale I have and I use I like it but I know it's not the nicest scale out there on the marketplace so I'm probably gonna have to buy a new scale just to make sure the weight measurements that I'm giving you are accurate moving on to the upper it's a technical knit upper all right a lot a lot going on here on the upper I will say right now build quality build quality build quality unbelievable build quality through the entire shoe but especially through the upper now little situation is the toe box so there's a there's a seam here through the top of the toe box I just don't think it's gonna work I okay for me it didn't it didn't bother me today but if you're like I can feel that if you stick your hand in the shoe you can feel the seam and I suspect that if you have a foot that has a lot of volume to the foot and you're really touching the top of the top of the shoe inside the shoe that you're gonna feel that seam there so that is a little bit of a drawback for me for that toe box hopefully I don't know hopefully future iterations of the Lopatec can avoid that seam there through the toe box as far as the eyelid chain felt good lacing up I'm actually gonna say though that the again back to build quality that the laces going through the eyelid chain it was actually kind of hard to cinch down because the laces are so stout and so well built again not the end of the world but I found it a little difficult to cinch down the shoe over the top of my midfoot and as far as the collar of the shoe and the heel counter right here that wraps around your ankle it's not plush but good padding decent padding okay overall I like the I like the heel counter let's do this test I haven't actually done it yet yeah so some pretty good structure there to that heel counter um yeah pretty good structure there and moving on to the midsole of the Lopatec so it's a firmer ride absolutely I'll come back to that in a minute but very supportive okay in fact let's do the twist test right now yeah we've got a little dance going on there but it's not crazy loosey-goosey it's not uh it's not like a sketchers or what else um some adidas shoes some really low profile adidas shoes so yeah decent twist there but not crazy twist it is a neutral shoe I should mention also there's a firmer EVA midsole here in the heel but EVA midsole throughout a little softer EVA under the forefoot and um gosh yeah I'll come back to the actual ride when I talk about comfort here in a minute and onto the outsole it's a full-on rubber outsole I mean we're talking a lot of rubber there on the outsole which I'll come back to the durability here in one second but I could foresee this shoe getting okay wow I just thought of this actually I think you could use this shoe you know pavement concrete all over the place I think this could be a crossover to some very to some buffed out trails or if you're crossing over between dirt roads and concrete a lot wow I'm just looking at this outsole like you got some actually decent grip here through this tread pattern on the lapotette so I like that outsole overall um yeah overall especially if you're crossing over between different surfaces for the fit and the comfort fit I went true to size no issues there and I'm gonna say that the the toe box is pretty standard it's not too wide and not too narrow okay standard toe box just based on the first impression run and the comfort so the comfort of the upper is solid nothing it's not plush okay different than yesterday's shoe the 880 v10 from new balance but pretty decent cushion there through the upper and then the ride of the shoe so I gotta say gotta say I was very nervous pulling the shoes out of the bag today and how cool is it oh where is it here here we go how cool is it that you just quick side uh side note that it's not the shoes do not arrive in a box because guess what you throw the running shoe boxes away you don't really keep them forever and ever but this bag and it looks almost handmade um with this like design here on the bottom I just love it and the logo like it's a good good bag like this is a great bag for a drop bag so anyway love that little detail that enda has done with the the shipping bag that it comes in so for the pulling it out of the bag today very nervous it just felt a little too firm for my liking but oh yeah I'm glad I remembered this oh man usually I do not say you need to break in a shoe I'm gonna say you need to break this shoe in 30 miles 50 miles and I'll just I'll just say right now durability prediction right now whoa whoa maybe I'm crazy I think 700 miles I think 700 miles I think the resilience of the midsole and just that rubber outsole and okay uh the upper build quality is I stout very very stout all right built like a tank as I like to say so overall um I do think you're gonna get a lot of good miles or kilometers out of this shoe but I was a little nervous coming out of the box but I do think after 30 miles 50 miles that this midsole is gonna become even more comfortable and probably even in warmer temperatures um and let's just say it right now my positive build quality high high build quality very high again I think okay if you don't want to if you don't want to buy a shoe every other month or every you know every eight weeks or every 12 weeks I think you could buy the shoe and run in it for a long long time but on to my drawback okay even though the build quality is is there through the upper I do think that this upper is going to be really warm in the summer temperatures like too like it's really thick in fact everyone in the southern hemisphere if you're looking for a warmer shoe to run in through the winter months this could be an option this could be potentially an option for you uh but I do think like if you live in Phoenix Arizona whoo like or Orlando Florida or somewhere where it's really hot I just don't think that this upper is gonna work out too too well and you know maybe you're only running six miles then it could work but if you're running anything over let's say 10 miles I just I could foresee the shoe getting pretty warm in the summer temperatures now how will I use this shoe moving forward eight to 12 mile runs daily trainer not an easy day shoe for me I like a little more uh softer landing for easy days but definitely I think just a daily trainer getting the miles in now who is this shoe best for someone who actually prefers a firmer landing a lot of shoe companies recently have been trending in the direction of a softer landing like higher stack heights but if you like a shoe that has a little firmer and I'll just say like I think the shoe has the potential to be a little responsive because it doesn't have quite as much give uh through that midsole so I think uh that would be who I would recommend the shoe to also somebody who doesn't want to buy a shoe I like I think you could run in this shoe for six months I really do um anyway that's how it's feeling thus far just holding it in my hands and feeling the material and moving on to that price point $120 right where I like it for a daily trainer remember yesterday $130 for the 880 v10 that's the upper echelon of what I want to pay for a daily trainer so 120 is solid if it was 110 that would be perfect but a 120 is a good price point I do believe especially if you're going to be able to get a lot of miles out of it which I predict you would be able to for the La Petette oh man I'm just just riffing with you right now like I think the shoe is already opening up after just one run so that's exciting because again it is a firmer landing but I'm hoping that um I'm hoping after let's say 20 miles or so that it starts to breathe a little bit let that midsole marinate as I like to say all right question of the day here we go in 2020 what is one running shoe company that you've never tried before that you hope to try okay that's the question you know any running shoe company out there uh endo was on my list so we accomplished accomplished that for 2020 a new running shoe company in the rotation all right everyone thanks for being here thanks for watching appreciate you appreciate you all right we're gonna toss it back to yesterday's first impression vlog of the new balance 880 v10 new balance 880 v10 right there right there right there onward and upward you guys rock all right seek beauty work hard and love each other see you tomorrow