In less than 10 years, the name Hoka has become practically synonymous with trail running. The brand, which was founded in Annecy and is now headquartered in California, is the title sponsor of the UTMB, the world's biggest trail race. Its shoes are on the feet of some of today's best trail runners, Jim Walmsley and Vincent Bouillard included. And the brand credits its success with one shoe in particular – the Speedgoat 2. So this spring, Hoka has decided to bring it back.
It might seem hard to believe now, but when it was originally released in 2017, the Speedgoat 2 was the first trail running shoe from Hoka that a lot of trail runners actually liked running in. The first Speedgoat had received a resounding thumbs down from the critics, who loved the ride and grip, but couldn't believe how narrow the toe box was.
