Salming En Route: R2 720

The name may be brand-new in South Africa, but this Swedish company has been building shoes for court sports such as touch rugby and squash for a long time. Now they’ve turned to creating unstructured, low-to-the-ground, firm and lightweight running shoes – such as the racy Salming Race 5, for PB-chasers.

This new En Route model has a more mainstream form than some of the earlier Salming road shoes, with a soft heel and plastic torsion unit in the midfoot for added structure. The midsole features Salming’s version of a bouncy EVA. For a training and long-distance shoe, it’s lightweight, and the thin upper helps keep the foot cool.

Weight: 255g

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