HOKA Tecton X 3

First off, I want to give Skyrun 5 Stars!! My Tectons shipped quick, were in immaculate condition (all the shoe stuffers and everything were in the shoes), and they even left me a personalized, handwritten note which was very thoughtful and appreciated!

Now to the shoes themselves.. I'm a HOKA fan and have done a ton of trail shoe YouTube watching lately. I do Ruck events and was looking for a solid carbon plated trail shoe. The Mafate X's just released and had me torn between them and the Tecton X3's. I'm glad I went with the Tectons. After just putting them on, I immediately rushed to write this review to hopefully help somebody who reads this. THEY FEEL AMAZING and are exactly what I hoped they would be. It almost feels like your foot is inside a soft recovery shoe designed for trails. I'm a taller, slimmer guy, so my foot is pretty regular in width and they are a good snug without over doing it. I would say if you have a wider foot to go with the wide option if available. They are true to size. I wear a 9.5 in every hoka shoe, I have older cliftons, newer mach 6's, and rocket x2's and the fit in a 9.5 in the Tectons is exactly that with a slightly BETTER fit. I was kind of unsure whether to go with the 9.5 or a 10 because the stormy skies colorway on the HOKA website is a female shoe but there are retailers who have men's versions. I'm glad I stayed true to size because the fit is great. If you do trails and wear multiple pairs of thick wool socks, I would say go up a half size if you don't want a super snug fit. I tried these on with a pair of creepers toe socks and I had plenty of comfortable room. I put on a pair of my goruck wool socks over the creepers and the fit was snug but not overbearingly snug. They still felt really great. Now if I was to wear two pairs of wool socks or something like that, I would say to to half size up. I typically wear a toe sock for distances of 5-10 miles and a toe sock with a thicker sock over it for distances of 10+ miles. Both felt really great in my true to size 9.5. I hope this review helps somebody on the fence!

The Tecton X 3 is a superb race/speed shoe. This thing runs FAST. I find that the midsole is supple enough to run comfortably for many miles and still gets loads of energy return all rounded out by the carbon "X" which adds a nice pop to the shoe. While it is a high stack shoe I have found it to be much more stable than other trail shoes with similar stack. As someone with a more narrow foot, I was able to tighten the laces to a comfortable amount and achieved great foot hold even on steep descents.

I found the fit to be medium-high volume with an average sized toe box and fit true to size.