My first impressions of these shoes, provided to me by ECCO, a Danish shoemaker with almost five decades of experience, are very positive in terms of comfort and feel, and I am looking forward to putting more miles on them.
According to ECCO, this model is part of their so-called Natural Motion products.
"The BIOM Trail shoe translates ECCO's advanced Natural Motion system for the needs of offroad running, featuring more support, tougher construction and aggressive mult-terrain action. The shoe strengthens the feet and lower legs and increases running efficiency.
"The basis of BIOM Natural Motion is to provide anatomical cushioning while guiding the body to move naturally and to strengthen," according to ECCO, which has been offering running shoes since 2009.
I didn't know ECCO made running shoes and have to say that so far I'm quite liking these. I don't know about the above claims and don't necessarily care; my running shoes are a big deal to me and the proof is always in the pudding.
How much wear they get is how good I consider them to be for my feet and the type of running I'm doing. I'm not a hardcore trailrunner but cover plenty of trails in my training.
Since I reviewed a pair of New Balance REVlite 890s (for IMPACT Magazine) about a year ago, I have fallen absolutely in love with them and am onto my third pair now. These are road shoes, of course, but I wear them on the trails I cover here too.
Like I had with the REVlites, I felt love at first fit with these BIOM ECCO Trail shoes. Let's see if this romance turns into a long-term relationship. I'll keep you posted.
2 comments:
Have you a further update on these trail shoes? I'm considering them, but so far there's not many full reviews on the web, so I'm interested to know how you have been getting on since your initial 2 days of running? Thanks.
Hi there,
The pair that were sent to me are a size smaller than I usually wear. That means this size is fine for runs up to 20K or so, as they fit like a glove on my feet.
So I am using them for 'shorter' runs mainly. At the moment I am running on simple trails, i.e. no technical stuff required.
For the past 18 months I have been a huge fan of the New Balance REVlite 890s (a road shoe), I absolutely l o v e the fit and feel of this shoe.
With that in mind, I can say that I like these ECCO BIOMs just as much. The fit is absolutely superb. The sole has plenty of support and cushion but feels like a light and low-to-the ground shoe.
I have also used this shoe on the road, again because of getting a size smaller than usual, in 20K runs max as the feet swell a little on the longer runs.
I love the quality of the materials used - they seem built to last.
Hope this helps - any other questions, please let me know.
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