Saucony Kilkenny XC5 Flat

As a freshmen, I bought these cross country flats to race in the Footlocker West Regional Cross Country Championships held in 2014. Although I did not break into them prior to the race, I did not experience any injury. These flats had a lot of grip when it came to the hard course of Mt. Sac. It had rained 2 days before the race and it was expected to be muddy and slippery. The Mt. Sac course has these 3 huge steep hills. The switchbacks hills had these slippery sand that many runners had a difficult time running because they had no grip. These flats helped me overcome these hills and gave me the speed and traction that I need. As cross country season came to an end, I used these same flats to race in track & field. I ran the 1600m, 800m, 3200m, and the 4x400m relay in one single track meet. Now as a sophomore, I used these flats primarily for speed workouts on the track or when a friend needs them for races.

1/2 size too small [my last review said true to size]. I'm a 12 so I buy Kilkenny's in 12.5 . Amazing shoes. Extremely light-weight, yet they support in all the right areas. The tread wears pretty quickly and when it's time to replace them, I feel it. Otherwise very comfortable. There's no competition on a sprint start with these on. Better overall than my previous favorite Puma Cell Cerae II..? As far as style, different is nice but Saucony can improve color schemes for men. Onlookers like though. 13.1 mi run soon.

Great shoes! I broke them in on a practice run and they felt great. They're really lightweight and have great traction. Very nice shoes

Perfect pair of shoes for a runner They have a nice style They also last for a ggood while

This shoe is fantastic. I bought the shoe and right when I got the shoe I ran an 800 meter right away. They felt great. The only problem you might not like is ab a thing that is on the inner/side of the shoe but you will get use to it. Anyways fatastic shoe and would recommend shoe to anyone for racing. Enjoy