Up next in 10
Brooks Cascadia Elite Details & First Run Impresions
Aug 27, 2025
Brooks Cascadia Elite Details & First Run Impresions
Show More Show Less View Video Transcript
0:00
Hi everybody, Sam from Road Trail Run.
0:02
We've got the Cascadia Elite here which
0:04
is coming in March 2026.
0:08
So 4034
0:11
stack height of DNA Gold Pea foam. Uh
0:15
it's got a matrix matrix upper and
0:19
they're a bit dirty cuz I'm going to
0:20
tell you how they ran. It's got a Vbram
0:23
Mega Grip Elite with traction lug
0:26
outsole.
0:29
So the first brand that had it was in
0:31
the Nord O5 and now Brooks has it. Uh we
0:35
ran up above Shamani 2 and a half miles
0:38
rocky trail as well as some road and
0:41
they are fantastic. The um the ride is
0:44
actually quite uh flexible. Um here's a
0:48
picture of the plate. You can see it's
0:51
sort of a a U long u shape. It's
0:55
actually carbon infused PEA plastic and
0:58
it's really flexible. So, let's try to
1:00
flex the shoe without spilling the
1:03
coffee, but not flexible per se um to
1:08
the bending, but it just um that loop in
1:12
the front really kind of drives you on
1:13
the uphills. Uh it's not overly overly
1:17
springy as some plated trail shoes are.
1:20
Uh, this is the sample that I tried.
1:23
US8, so it's a half size smaller than my
1:25
normal. It fit just fine with uh not
1:28
particularly thick socks. So, they may
1:31
run they may run a bit um a bit big, but
1:35
uh for an Ultra, you'll want you you'll
1:37
want that. We have a nice knit collar to
1:41
keep the debris out. You can see the
1:45
support from the Matrix uh Kevlar
1:48
Elements is really good here. Um so it's
1:51
going to be uh Brooks's Elite Trail
1:54
Shoe. Um I believe um Chris Meyers ran
2:00
this at um Western States for second
2:03
place. I think that's the case. Um, so
2:06
it's really they're this year we have a
2:09
lot of new um trail super shoes that are
2:12
actually
2:14
highly stacked and kind of friendly. So
2:17
um looking forward to more miles on this
2:20
one. Hey.