 We're here in the Peak District because SCARPA has launched a fell shoe. SCARPA have been making technical mountain footwear for over 90 years and a few years ago they launched their first trail shoes and then new for 2023 they brought out a fell shoe. So we're here in Duffstones to go and test them out. So being a fell shoe it needs to be good for descending and a good fell shoe should give you stability and the confidence to cover rough technical and muddy terrain. So once I knew the shoe was coming, being a local, there was a couple of descents round Duffstones that I knew would really give it a test. So I looked them up on Strava to see if there was any segments. As soon as I spotted this one which is called Dead Man's Descent, we all decided that that was going to be the best one to test it on. Here we are at the bottom of Dead Man's Descent and I'm joined by Howard from SCARPA. We're going to get ourselves up to the top of the hill and see how we get on. So I guess this is only the third time I've worn these and not the first time that I actually try and run quickly in them, but what's your experience been so far? Yeah, they've been amazing. All the SCARPA athletes in the UK we've all been, you know, asking for these shoes and do you remember when we had that really hot dry spell about a month or two months ago for a month. Oh, the hot spell. From May to the end of June pretty much. Yeah, we all got the trainers when that hot spell happened. So we're all like, oh my god, like we've all got these shoes now and there's no mud and wet and slop anywhere for us to go and test them out. So I had them, you know, I've had them for a good two or three months and then, you know, I started testing them out properly, say maybe eight weeks ago. Yeah, because that's when it started raining and it hasn't stopped since until today. Yeah, yeah, I'd say I've worn them more than ever in the last six weeks, four to six weeks, and they've been, they've been great. Right, we're here at the top of dead man's descent. We've just trekked up it. Yeah, it's looking pretty technical and much more rockier than I remembered, but you know, we're here. So, yeah, we'll give it a go. That is mental. Oh, dear of me. That is well done. That is nuts today. In terms of the shoes, absolutely spot on. We were talking about the ankle guard. Yeah, yeah. Did you feel that at all? It's, I think visually, isn't it? It's the most noticeable feature when you first see it and you think, like it looks like a bit of a boot. Yeah. I have totally forgotten that it's there. Yeah, I'd say my made like I didn't like it to begin with. And in performance wise, because I was really unsure about it when I first, because I thought, well, it's not close enough to keep mud out. There's gaps in it. Yeah, it's not like a gaiter. Yeah, not as tight as a gaiter, but, but... Might have actually nailed it, yeah. Yeah, no. So it's only been my third time wearing these shoes, but I guess you've done a few more miles than than me. Yeah, I've done quite a few training runs in them when I first got them. And then I did the Pinnacle Ridge Extreme Race, which is up in the Lake District, a sky race. And I absolutely loved them. They were they've performed really well on, you know, a variety of all surfaces and the technical rocky trails. And then it's got a really good bit of just like almost like a vertical grass section. Going down there, they were just all the sideways grass, but there was also it would be like that for a couple of yards. And then it had changed the scree and it had been shale. And then it had been boulders and rocks and bits of everything. So it was so interchangeable. It was like you wasn't on one kind of terrain for very long. One of the other noticeable features is it's got a new lace lock. And I think I covered in the intro that was still sort of not sure about it. But Howard, because he's had them for a little while, he's he's he's got the technique for getting them right. And I think I think that's that'll solve any issues that anybody might have. Grab the list at the top, middle finger, push it down, pull on tight, two outer fingers, click. Wrap it in your little finger, stuff it up in the tongue. And there you go. To be honest, with the record being so fast, I absolutely had no thought at all get anywhere near it. We actually think there could be a chance of getting the CR. You were going to give me on, weren't you? Yeah, I think you've done it. You think you think I say I'm not so sure. I've got every so we're just going to look now. And I think this is the right run. Second place, so I didn't I didn't get the 36 seconds. That's actually quite a lot really in it. Although to be honest, I thought I'd do well getting anywhere near four minutes. But I don't know, I must have had a good breakfast this morning, or maybe it was the shoes you beat your personal record. And at the start, you did say all you wanted to do was beat your own personal record. Yeah, which was which I thought was quite quick, but actually was quite maybe quite slow, like five minutes.