There’s nothing fairly like a run in nature: bushes round you, a contemporary breeze within the air, dust at your toes, and possibly even a stream burbling within the distance. However moving into path operating can really feel intimidating—particularly for those who don’t have the appropriate gear to get began.
Enter: The Lululemon Blissfeel Path, the model’s first off-road shoe that was designed to assist ease runners onto these peaceable paths. As a part of SELF’s 2023 Sneaker Awards, I examined out a pair to see simply how effectively it handles trickier terrain.
Who it’s for
The Blissfeel Path is an on a regular basis path operating shoe, or extra precisely, a “street to path” sneaker, as the corporate describes it. That signifies that it’s rugged sufficient to guard your toes on uneven floor, however not so cumbersome that it could possibly’t go on the pavement too. To me, the shoe is for runners who need to give trails a strive, however in all probability aren’t going to leap into actually intense ones proper off the bat.
Christa Sgobba
Out of the field
The “street to path” side was robust when unboxing these: Apart from the lugged outsole on the underside (which helps present traction) and little extra hardiness alongside the higher, the sneakers look lots like a daily operating shoe—there’s no excessive ankle help or laceless fastening that you just see with some trail-specific fashions. I’ve tried path sneakers with each these options prior to now, they usually carry form of an…intense really feel to them that I believe may be a bit of off-putting to these dipping their toes into a brand new form of run.
Match and really feel
Like all Lululemon sneakers, the Blissfeel Path was designed particularly for a girl’s foot, and which may be why I used to be in a position to put on my common avenue shoe dimension as an alternative of going up a half dimension, like I usually do with trainers.
Once I tried these on, the shoe actually hugged the curves of my foot, giving it extra of a streamlined look than I anticipated with a path shoe. My foot felt cradled and supported, and though I wouldn’t name it cushiony, it positively felt comfy. To me, it was a welcome aid from some path sneakers, which might simply really feel like lots as quickly as you slip them on.