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    KAPTIVATING PERFORMER

    Dec 09, 2019 3 minutes
    WORDS AND IMAGE: CHRIS ORD

    La Sportiva is best known for bringing the European touch to its trail shoes, providing excellent traction, grip and ground feel for the gnarlier stuff, being born in the Italian mountainscapes. But looking back over La Sportiva’s range, they haven’t seemed to ever be heavily focused on a lightweight racing shoe.

    Enter stage left: the brand new Kaptivas! I actually received these to test the first week I was allowed back to running after several months of being injured. With tendon issues relating to flat feet, my podiatrist highlighted

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