Comments on: Brooks Catamount Agil Review: Short-Course Speed Demon

By: RyanW

RyanW — Wed, 15 May 2024 16:14:28 +0000

It can handle short sections of pavement just fine, but I would not want to use it as a road-to-trail shoe with extended road sections. I just wore these shoes in a 10k trail race with lots of fast, rocky sections, and they were awesome. If I was doing something longer with mostly mellow trail or extended road sections, I would pick something else though.

By: RyanW

RyanW — Wed, 15 May 2024 16:10:19 +0000

I totally felt the same discomfort in the forefoot due to the branding; however, only when I first put the shoes on and walk around in them. As soon as I start running, the sensation disappears. I do have a more narrow, lower-volume foot, so I could see this being more problematic for someone with a higher-volume foot.

By: Taylor

Taylor — Sun, 17 Mar 2024 23:18:17 +0000

I ran a bunch of gravel and some pavement in this. Handled fine. Certainly could handle a cross country race as it feels like a spike with more foam in some ways.

By: ryan

ryan — Sun, 17 Mar 2024 16:46:44 +0000

I think this shoe can go 50k in the right conditions, and of course, it needs to be on the right runner. Mario Mendoza (Brooks Trail) just set a CR at Siuslaw Dunes 50k yesterday in 4:12 (03/16/24).

By: David Walser

David Walser — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 19:04:36 +0000

How does it handle running on pavement, say if you were running a cross country race with some road sections? Those lugs are pretty deep.

By: Charles

Charles — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 15:48:31 +0000

Great review! I feel like some cons have been missed: the white upper doesn’t stay white very long (one muddy run was enough, despite trying really hard to clean it up afterwards). And the placement of the branding (shoe name on the mesh) creates a portion of the shoe that is slightly harder to bend, this creating some discomfort uphill, since it’s pretty much at the exact spot where the shoe bends when going uphill with front feet strikes (could be fixed by either moving that band a bit, or giving the shoe a slight rocker shape).

By: Ryan W

Ryan W — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 19:12:19 +0000

Just got my pair and I am psyched! The fit feels perfect for my long and narrow feet. I don’t get the fear of ankle rolling described in this review. I have a chronically unstable ankle from years of injury but so far, the Cat Agil feels quite stable for me. Compared to a shoe like the Saucony Peregrine which I have rolled my ankles several times in (also I have found the grip in the Peregines to be terrible when things get wet) the Agil feels much more sold.