New Balance Leadville (MT1210) Preview
August 23, 2012 by Bryon Powell · 20 Comments
Last weekend at the Leadville 100, we caught up with Bryan Gothie, Senior Product Manager at New Balance, and got him to give us a preview of the New Balance Leadville (MT1210), which is due out in January 2013 for $125. You can learn more about the NB MT1210 in our best trail shoes of summer OR ’12 article.
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New Balance Leadville (MT1210) Preview Transcript
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Bryon Powell is the Editor-in-Chief of iRunFar.com, which he founded five years ago. Also the author of Relentless Forward Progress: A Guide to Running Ultramarathons and a contributing editor at Trail Runner magazine, he's quickly approaching 10 years as an ultrarunner and 20 years as a trail runner. These days he calls Park City, Utah and its trails home.
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Finally we are back to engineering shoes for the long trail! Do we know the heel/forefoot stack height for these kicks?
The vid says 8mm drop, so by the look of them I’d guess about 14/22mm?
Running Warehouse lists them at 30/22 mm. Makes sense that there’d be more cushion for a shoe that’s designed for an ultra. Reminds me of the Asics Gel Scout.
Sounds like a wonderful shoe! will it have wide sizes?
Liza Howard wore them this time around for this years Leadville, and we saw how good she faired, awesome shoe!
I love that NB seems to be doubling down with regard to producing ultra distance trail shoes. Every few months I see a new shoe announced here. I generally like their shoes and I hope that more offerings turns up some magic shoe that will make it so I don’t get tired.
NB does an awesome job for ultrarunning. A magic shoe that keeps me from getting tired? No way. That is where the fun begins! :)
weight?
10.3 ounces as per the linked article. ;-)
Ha! Thanks man. I went straight to the video, didn’t see the article.
No prob… just had to razz you a bit about it. ;-)
I want that!
Has anyone picked these up yet?
I pre-ordered a pair from running warehouse and they are supposed to be here tomorrow. I can’t wait to try them out, and I’ll report back as to what I think.
great, I just noticed they had my size in stock. I think I may try them. I have a 60 in March, a 50 in April and a 100m in June. The Hoka’s just dont seem right. I really liked my SC3, but an Ultra Specific shoe sounds interesting. :)
stick a fork in my, its done, I just ordered a pair.
Bought a pair of these babies this week. Ran them in with a quick 6km on some technical single track near home and felt sure-footed and confident. Then 30km run on weekend covering a variety of trails and terrain. Very comfortable shoe, big improvement on their previous models. I may well be in love
I am glad to see that they do come in wide sizes!!
I bet that would tear up the Highlands Sky course too Tony! :)
Finally found and bought a pair. Took them out on a 13 mile tour of some timberoads and muddly fire lanes. Very confortable, dried very quick. extra cushion returned alot of energy. Clay and mud shed pretty very well. Enjoyed so much, I ordered another pair in the alternate colorway so I could rotate as we move to a more rainy period here in Eastern NC.