Wow, ladies, thank you for the detailed reports.

I actually like my shoes to be dirty.

I think Yellow you make a pretty good case. The trails I run on are not technical in the summer (when they are mostly covered with a soft needle bed) but they get bad in the fall and winter. Two days ago a friend and myself went out in the park and stopped at one point, wondering if we had veered off-trail and started actually running into a stream. (We were still on the trail.) Add some snow and ice in the mix and it's really nasty.

I need to buy a pair of shoes now so I think I'll give it a try. I'm an Asics girl, I'll see what I can find here.

Thanks!