Best La Sportiva Men's Vertical K Trail Running Shoe Deals

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I have purchased La Sportiva Vertical K for my wife, son and myself. We all have extensive experience running with these shoes.

My wife and myself put few hundred miles on the shoes in the mountains of North Carolina, Southern Virginia. The terrain is varied from sharp rocky, rootsy trails to slickrock. There was consensus between my wife and me that these shoes feel like slippers and that they are unique. They have good grip on the rock thanks to the sticky proprietary rubber that La Sporiva is known for. They feel " tall" with higher centre of gravity. That makes it tough to run when tired. They get tangled over the trail scree easily. Great on smooth gravel and hardpack. They feel unstable on the slanted terrain. The toe protection is not great as with other La Sportiva trail running shoes. Missing rock plate is occasionally needed especially when sharp rock pokes trough the soft sole between the ribs of the rubber.

They run 1/2-1 size smaller. My son raced TransRockies run (120 miles in 6 days) with the shoes new out of box. He liked them very much.

Conclusion: Fast "minimalist" trail shoe for shorter runs ( less than 20 miles), good for racing. Not recommended on technical trails with lot of trail scree especially sharp rocks. Cannot wait for the new version with rock plate!

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I can't say enough good things about the grip on these shoes. Sometimes I swear I am running straight up the side of cliffs (ok...very big rocks, but let me dream a little). They are very light weight, yet pack a smooth ride. Definitely go a full size up (or more) over your regular shoes. I did that and still had to remove the insole. Without the insole I have pretty good ground feel, not as good as my NB 010 or 110, but still pretty good for the comfort they give me.

I'm hoping La Sportiva will get rid of the insole and go more in a 'one piece' design direction. That said, these shoes are a superb choice for anyone tearing into rocky single track. I run a lot of miles on the Appalachian Trail here in PA and these shoes have made it into the rotation with my NB110s, and that's saying alot!

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Got these for the husband, and the sizing was way off. Once we tried a couple more, we found that the sizing runs WAY smaller than his normal running shoe size. So his 10 size average is an 11.5 in these, but they are worth the hassle, he loves them for trail races, ran a very mountainous trail marathon in these and came in second!