After 20 years of running, Teva had me really tested something new by walking in Sandals in the original Aventrail last year. They have now also released the R2T for Road to Trail and this has led us all to ask many questions, such as why would you run in sandals?It turns out that the answer is surprisingly simple if you ask the professional ultrar runner, Mike Wardian: It’s fun!
Admittedly, he also thinks that some of the wildest most people have ever heard are fun, but I have to agree. So if you’ve been curious about trail running sandals, let’s talk.
Advantages of running sandals
For most of us, the greatest difficulty with sandals is mentally. We feel weird with our top down her that the wind blows, so to speak. Admittedly, I am sold less on the paths where I like that extra toe coverage because I kick everything.
But on the roads:
- Run while dealing with a black toenailhello pain free
- By one broken toehave been there
- Hot days and seriously sweaty feet will breathe better
- Don’t hang on water when you go through a water overhang
- Less laundry if you run Sans Socks
Now the Aventrail Is not like many traditional running sandals that are essentially a way to walk barefoot with some light protection. This is like one Knee On your foot, and then strip the upper away.
In other words, kiss.
I am not in the sandals barefoot style. Although the debate is raging about those bare feet that running is “better for you”, the knowledge says it just isn’t. Cushion is not only protective, but also makes running more fun for many people. We still recommend having a shoe rotation, so you are not only in maximum muted shoes, but you don’t just have to go under the foot.
Although our fear of trail sandals seems valid, you have to remember that there are whole tribes of ultrarunners that they use day in day out! Perhaps because they are used to feet to hit rocks and have become hard, they may have just defeated us mentally, who knows.
Teva Aventrail Sandals
Another nice fact, because you learn so much today, it is pronounced as the VA No Tee-VA. Right?
Like many, I only thought of Teva in the past as water shoes for our kayak and outside adventures. But they indeed have a different line -up for performance. Will it be a daily trainer for everyone? No. But it absolutely has the functions where it could be.
So let’s have some fun and find out more about this line -up.
At the moment, the Aventrail Running -Line -Up consists of:
- Teva Aventrail – The mesh shown above – running sandal with nylon plate
- Teva R2T – A slightly faster ride for road to trail to get pace
- Aventrail -Hard running shoe – depicted below, has a nylon plate and stronger feeling than the Aventrail
All shoes have a last men and women, whom we are happy to help with Fit. We discovered that they all fit in length of the size and are quite accommodating for wider feet thanks to the W -Riem.
Every model also has a sustainability initiative! You will find a 100% recycled mesh on the shoe and the sandal gauze is 100% recycled plastic using traceable, verifiable REPREVE® polyestergars by Unifi®. That gets an extra two thumbs from this reviewer.
Of course you can’t really give an opinion about one of these without putting them to the test, so that’s exactly what we have done.
Aventrail Sandals Fast
- Fantastic pillow that will feel good for miles
- Great for reducing tendency pressure and breathable
- Fast adjustments with W -Velkelenbands to reduce the foot pressure on long runs
- Feels fantastic in the summer on the roads
- Wearing socks with sandals feels funky, but useful for small pebbles
- Foot can slide on the surface when sandals are wet
- Cannot adjust the rear strap to further lock the heel
Being mentally open to your toes that are exposed is perhaps the biggest obstacle.
Ok if you can pass with socks with sandals on the paths. It is very mental because we are not used to being exposed to our feet and some of us tend to hit every rock on our path.
On the positive side, the Aventrail -pass shape is great. I loved the W Riems with which you can call how cozy the sandal feels. I have never had problems with general fit.
Unfortunately you can’t really adjust the rear strap to lock the heel in more. This can be a problem for people with a more narrow foot.
Cushion that we cannot complain about and a drop of 6 mm that is very in line with what we recommend for Daily Trainer. 
You can also see the great wok patterns that felt good on the path, but to be honest we have also placed very comfortably on the roads. The slightly smaller lips on the R2T would be better, but we also prefer the cushion level in the Aventrail … so it’s a shot.
We really think that this is indeed a nice shoe and can walk a lot of you in it and take it on great adventures.
Do you want to test a trail running sandal? Do you have ??
Aventrail Running Shoe overview
Okay, so you’re still not completely sold on the sandal. Do you have to look at the shoe version?
Although we found the shoe really comfortable by taking it on a path with carrots, rocks and lots of water, we discovered something that surprised us. The shoe is fantastic for drainage, but has a terrible grip when it is wet.
You can see from these two photos that the sandal actually has a little more grip coverage.
If they upgrade to a vibram outside sole for the next version, we will strongly recommend this shoe. Otherwise the enormous advantage of breathable and drina seems to be a bit wasted when you are nervous on foot.
That said that Wardian jumped and completely jumped into the shoes without concern. He agreed that they had lost grip, but that didn’t seem to be a problem for him. So for our path confident friends, grab them and go!
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Nice factor, cushion factor that we would give the Aventrail sandal a 100. To be honest, it was a great ride! But it’s just not a shoe for every runner, every day and we are still struggling with the care of rocks and pebbles under the paths, along with no toe protection.
There you have it! The inside of the inside of running with sandals and the Teva Aventrail.
We would like to hear from you. Have you tried to run sandals? Damped, barefoot? With socks, without?
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