Salomon XT-Wings

Recently, I received a little package from the World of Sports people. Lo and behold, when I open up the package, this is what stares back at me.

All I can do at that moment was to pick up my jaw that has dropped to the floor looking at this bag of goodies. Then the following question came to me, what are those guys thinking? Trying to make me get back into running or more precise cross country running?

These guys at World of Sports lectured the other day about me using the wrong type of shoes as when we first met, I was in my basketball shoes. The first question they asked was, “You do a lot of walking right? Why are you wearing the wrong type of shoes?”, of course I countered with “I love these shoes, they are comfortable! Furthermore, to me a sports shoe is a sport shoe. Does it really matter if it’s a basketball shoe or a running shoe?”. Let’s just say that after talking to the 8 times World Grand Prix Mountain Running Champion, Jonathan Wyatt and a few other avid runners. My perception towards wearing the right type of shoes for the right activity is crucial.

The shoes that I was presented with is the Salomon XT-Wings. It’s Red, has these cool Kevlar® Quickfit™ lacing system that takes just one pull for a precise fit and there’s lace pockets to hide the lacing! It also have reflective detailing that helps increases visibility of the users in low light.

Having used it for the last 3 weeks, I must say that whether you are walking or running in it, the shoe’s very comfortable. It’s also grippy especially when you’re running through patches of slippery concrete areas so your footing remains firm and you don’t feel like you’re going to fall off.

Running through terrains also feels much more comfortable and secure as the bottom part of the shoes provide great cushioning and protective armor. I was running through some patches of loose gravel as well as some rocky area recently and while I could feel the stones trying to poke their way through the shoes, the XT-Wings remains firm and well, I felt much more assured in running through instead of slowing down not wanting any stones to finally break through upon impact.

I’m no shoe expert or a professional runner to write about all the technical stuff. All I can say is my own personal experience with the shoe. So all I can say is, the styling is cool even though I was told by some that it’s too red! Very comfortable, it’s lightweight with Aggressive, forward-tilted weight balance and has a Secure grip and traction on rough and tricky surfaces. Did I mention that you don’t have to tie laces with the shoe? There’s this cool Quickfit system that can be hidden away after you tug on it to ‘lace up’. With that, there’s no worries of the laces coming loose in the middle of a run. Cool right?

The Salomon XT-Wings are available at all World of Sports outlets, just head towards the Salomon section of the outlets. It’s presently retailing at RM529 in Malaysia and SGD229 in Singapore.

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