The North Face Altamesa 500 v2 arrived on my doorstep unexpectedly the week before I was due to travel to north Portugal for a family vacation, and the timing could not have been better, because they were the only running shoes I took on holiday and proved perfect for the task.
I knew I was going to be near some trails on the trip, but didn’t know what the terrain was going to be like, so I needed a versatile trail shoe that could also handle road runs and be comfortable for walking and traveling.
