and not all of us wear trail runners. I spend more time in boots than trail runners. too many places I go are off trail and a bit rough. Danners are a good suggestion if your feet like them. I prefer hanwags (German boot) but if you find a place to buy them be careful.. I found mine actually lightened my total load over trail runners because of the incredible mass of cash they removed from my wallet so I didn't need to carry it around..