IN the road running scene, carbon plates and other advanced technologies have transformed the shoes we wear considerably over the past couple of years. Some new enhancements have been controversial, but there is no doubt that the athletes equipped with them are performing faster and longer than ever before. It was only a matter of time before these technologies started appearing in trail running shoes.
The North Face is one of the first manufacturers to embrace carbon fibre and composite plate technologies in its new line up of high-performance shoes, the VECTIV™ series. If you want to read about David Byrne’s experience of smashing out a brutal FKT with these shoes, then
