Originally purchased this shoe because of Montrail's reputation -- later found out that the company had been sold to Columbia. Nevertheless, the Sabino Trail is a solidly made trail shoe -- I use it, not to run, but as an all-around walking shoe able to withstand variety of surfaces and weather conditions. Note that it appears to run true to size. With running shoes with narrow forefooting, I normally size up a whole size to also account for foot swelling during running, but I found that unnecessary with the Sabino -- it has a very generous forefoot. Overall, good value for price.