ActiveRunningI tried the ASICS GEL-Trabuco 10 – Superb trail running shoes for extra supportThe ASICS GEL-Trabuco 10 combines soft padding with overpronation support for a stable off-road rideWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.(Image credit: Claire Maxted)T3 VerdictThe Asics GEL-Trabuco 10 is a great-looking, robust trail running shoe designed for those who would like a slightly stiffer, more supportive shoe to help with overpronation. The FlyteFoam midsole provides good padding for longer runs, and the AsicsGrip outsole is great on varied terrain, from mud to rocks.Reasons to buy+Soft cushioning provides excellent rebound+Great traction and grip+Comfy, knitted upper+Durable, high-quality constructionReasons to avoid-A little on the heavy side-Can feel stiff at timesWhy you can trust T3Our expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you.Find out more about how we test.
ActiveRunningI tried the ASICS GEL-Trabuco 10 – Superb trail running shoes for extra supportThe ASICS GEL-Trabuco 10 combines soft padding with overpronation support for a stable off-road rideWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.(Image credit: Claire Maxted)T3 VerdictThe Asics GEL-Trabuco 10 is a great-looking, robust trail running shoe designed for those who would like a slightly stiffer, more supportive shoe to help with overpronation. The FlyteFoam midsole provides good padding for longer runs, and the AsicsGrip outsole is great on varied terrain, from mud to rocks.Reasons to buy+Soft cushioning provides excellent rebound+Great traction and grip+Comfy, knitted upper+Durable, high-quality constructionReasons to avoid-A little on the heavy side-Can feel stiff at timesWhy you can trust T3Our expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you.Find out more about how we test.
The ASICS GEL-Trabuco 10 combines soft padding with overpronation support for a stable off-road ride
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(Image credit: Claire Maxted)T3 VerdictThe Asics GEL-Trabuco 10 is a great-looking, robust trail running shoe designed for those who would like a slightly stiffer, more supportive shoe to help with overpronation. The FlyteFoam midsole provides good padding for longer runs, and the AsicsGrip outsole is great on varied terrain, from mud to rocks.Reasons to buy+Soft cushioning provides excellent rebound+Great traction and grip+Comfy, knitted upper+Durable, high-quality constructionReasons to avoid-A little on the heavy side-Can feel stiff at times
(Image credit: Claire Maxted)
(Image credit: Claire Maxted)
T3 VerdictThe Asics GEL-Trabuco 10 is a great-looking, robust trail running shoe designed for those who would like a slightly stiffer, more supportive shoe to help with overpronation. The FlyteFoam midsole provides good padding for longer runs, and the AsicsGrip outsole is great on varied terrain, from mud to rocks.Reasons to buy+Soft cushioning provides excellent rebound+Great traction and grip+Comfy, knitted upper+Durable, high-quality constructionReasons to avoid-A little on the heavy side-Can feel stiff at times
T3 VerdictThe Asics GEL-Trabuco 10 is a great-looking, robust trail running shoe designed for those who would like a slightly stiffer, more supportive shoe to help with overpronation. The FlyteFoam midsole provides good padding for longer runs, and the AsicsGrip outsole is great on varied terrain, from mud to rocks.
T3 Verdict
The Asics GEL-Trabuco 10 is a great-looking, robust trail running shoe designed for those who would like a slightly stiffer, more supportive shoe to help with overpronation. The FlyteFoam midsole provides good padding for longer runs, and the AsicsGrip outsole is great on varied terrain, from mud to rocks.
Reasons to buy+Soft cushioning provides excellent rebound+Great traction and grip+Comfy, knitted upper+Durable, high-quality constructionReasons to avoid-A little on the heavy side-Can feel stiff at times
Reasons to buy+Soft cushioning provides excellent rebound+Great traction and grip+Comfy, knitted upper+Durable, high-quality construction
Soft cushioning provides excellent rebound
Great traction and grip
Comfy, knitted upper
Durable, high-quality construction
Reasons to avoid-A little on the heavy side-Can feel stiff at times
A little on the heavy side
Can feel stiff at times
Why you can trust T3Our expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you.Find out more about how we test.
Why you can trust T3Our expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you.Find out more about how we test.
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In this Asics GEL-Trabuco 10 review, we’ll be looking at how Asics have managed to include their Duomax support system for overpronation within a grippy trail shoe - something that isn’t at all common in the trail running world. We’ll be looking at what difference that makes on both short fast parkruns and longer trail training runs.
Is it good enough to be included in T3’sbest trail running shoeguide?
Opening the box, the shoe looks perfectly on trend with turquoise knitted uppers combined with a hot pink sole with design accents and laces to match. It’s comfy right away, and I immediately ran a buggy parkrun PB in them despite their weight which is 1.5-2.5 oz (50-70 grams) heavier than the lighter shoes I run in at 19.3 oz/547 grams for the US size 8.5 (UK size 6.5) pair.
The grip was great on an 11-mile trail run over all sorts of terrain, including grass, rocks, road, wooden stiles, stoney tracks and dusty dry-mud fields. I try not to read anything about the shoe until I’ve run in it a couple of times, and when I read that it was designed for overpronation, the stiffness and resulting sole- and knee-ache all made sense. Read on to find out more.
Asics GEL-Trabuco 10 review: Price and availability
The ASICS GEL-Trabuco was announced in Mar 2022 and is available to buy now directly fromASICS US,ASICS UKandASICS AUfor a recommended retail price of $130/£125/AU$200. Third-party retailers such asSportsShoes.comalready sell the shoes at a discounted price (down to £87.49 at the time of writing).
(Image credit: Claire Maxted)
(Image credit: Claire Maxted)
Asics GEL-Trabuco 10 review: Fit and sizing
The fit of the Asics GEL-Trabuco 10 is slightly long, but only slightly. If I were buying in a shop I’d want to try the half size smaller just to check on the sizing, but wearing these size UK 6.5s has been fine on easy trails where you don’t need to strap your foot in like a vice to avoid slippage.
The heel feels fine and comfortable but not especially cupped at this size, but it doesn’t move up and down upon running. The toe box is regular, so not narrow or actively squashing the little toe into its brothers and sisters, but not so roomy that you can splay them out in a totally natural barefoot style. The knitted upper is very forgiving too, so the toes do feel very comfortable in the main.
Asics GEL-Trabuco 10 review: Upper and lacing
The protective rand at the toe is made of horizontal rubbery stripes rather than a full rubber covering as per every single other trail shoe I’ve tested, so this is great for breathability and flexibility too. Finally the laces are great also - flat and with a slight stretch to them but not so much that your foot is going to slip around once laced in place. They’re quite long, so tripple knotting is the order of the day here, unless perhaps you tried a half size smaller and decided they were a better fit.
(Image credit: Claire Maxted)
(Image credit: Claire Maxted)
Asics GEL-Trabuco 10 review: Midsole support (overpronation)
So the midsole is probably the most attention-grabbing feature of this trail running shoe because having overpronation support (Asics’ Duomax in this instance) in a trail shoe is so unusual. Overpronation is when the foot and ankle roll inwards ‘too much’ over the vertical line that they create when standing still upright.
You may have seen this while being videoed running on a treadmill at a running shop - for example my left ankle rolls inwards horribly and I do have issues with the strength of my left foot and ankle after a bad sprain injury. There is a school of thought that believes that overpronation is not the terrible, injury-causing affliction that the shoe marketeers have been selling us but a natural part of our running motion that, should we roll too far, we need to address with strengthening and technique changes.
Over the last decade plus that I’ve been testing trail running shoes, the general design consensus has been that they’re all neutral as there’s no point trying to support your foot in a particular direction when it’s rocking and rolling around on such uneven ground with every single step. Trail shoes also used to be lower to the ground with less cushioning to allow your foot foot to feel and respond quickly to the uneven ground, so there was minimal room in the midsole for added support.
(Image credit: Claire Maxted)
(Image credit: Claire Maxted)
However, not everyone is heading straight for the mountains and on to extreme rocky, boggy terrain. There are a lot of urban, parkland and low level trails that are more like gravelled, gritty tracks, and in summer without rain there are grassy trails and farm paths that feel more like roads underfoot they’re so hard. So these days you can get both highly cushioned and less cushioned trail shoes, and now add to that - an overpronation trail shoe.
So the Asics GEL-Trabuco 10 overpronation shoes did feel very comfortable and I after a fast parkrun and long run within 3 days of each other I have noticed that the pull up the back of my left calf muscle is noticeably reduced. However, despite the bouncy Flytefoam midsole they do also feel much stiffer than the majority of the trail shoes I’m used to wearing and after my 11 mile run in them my soles felt tired - more battered and bruised than usual at that distance and my knees felt fragile going up and downstairs when they are never usually like that.
Perhaps overpronation shoes just push my instability problem further up the chain? It could just be a case of breaking them in a bit more with this, but I am pleased about the feeling in my ankle so it’s definitely a shoe to keep wearing maybe just on shorter runs to see how it compares…
(Image credit: Claire Maxted)
(Image credit: Claire Maxted)
Asics GEL-Trabuco 10 review: Grip and traction
The outsole is Asics’ own imaginatively named AsicsGrip which has the very popular 4mm depth lugs. It performs well on all surfaces and I was pleased with the grip on the uphills and downhills too. Some of the lugs are not very widely spaced so I did get a few little stones caught in them, this doesn’t tend to happen with a wider lug pattern, so this could be something for the Gel-Trabuco 11 perhaps.
Asics GEL-Trabuco 10 review: Aesthetics
So for some strange reason men get a choice of five colours while women get four… and the men get some lumo lime and orange action while the ladies get the standard turquoise and light blues which seem to have become the new pink in the 2020s. I’m not complaining, I bloomin’ love turquoise, it goes a lot better with my red hair than pink ever did.
(Image credit: Claire Maxted)
(Image credit: Claire Maxted)
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Asics GEL-Trabuco 10 review: Verdict
So my feeling is that if you currently benefit from a shoe designed for overpronation and you’re looking to get into trail running, the Asics GEL-Trabuco 10 is a very exciting prospect for you. However, if you are already into trail running and not having any problems in that direction, they may be a tad on the stiff, heavier side for you.
Recommended for: multi-terrain trail runners with overpronation issues
Asics GEL-Trabuco 10 review: Also consider
TheSaucony Peregrine 12offers a durable, versatile trail shoe which performs well in all weather, and on all terrain. They will protect your feet for longer and cope better in slippery conditions than value footwear. Plus, the Peregrine is much lighter than the GEL-Trabuco 10, although it also offers less support.
TheHoka Speedgoat 5is a fantastic, slightly lighter upgrade to the Speedgoat 4 with a new, sock-like mesh upper made from recycled materials, excellent midsole rebound, great traction and grip from the Vibram Megagrip sole with Traction Lugs and a secure, snug fit for multi-terrain use and more muddy and technical (rocky, uneven) trails.
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