Summer of Success for inov-8

This weekend has seen the final races take place at the Mountain and Ultra Distance Commonwealth Championships in Keswick. inov-8 shoes dominated the line up in the mountain races, with the first five athletes in the men’s ‘Up and Down’ race all wearing X-Talon 212 shoes: Wilson K Chemweno (KEN), Adam Grice (ENG), Billy Burns (ENG), Simon Bailey (ENG) and James Coubrough (NZL).


The Kenyan athlete Wilson K Chemweno completed a remarkable double by taking the Gold in both the ‘Uphill’ and ‘Up and Down’ mountain races. England runners Katie Ingram and Sarah Turnstall won the Commonwealth Gold and Silver respectively in the women’s ‘Up and Down’ mountain race; both of them also chose to wear the X-Talon 212.


Earlier this month, Geoffrey Kusuro from Uganda won the World Mountain Running Championships and yes, you guessed it, he was wearing a pair of X-Talon 212’s – but this time they had come straight out of the box!


In August, the X-Talon 212 was the shoe of choice at the World Orienteering Championships with all but one of the Gold, Silver and Bronze medal winners in both the Men’s and Women’s Sprint Race choosing the X-Talon 212. You could be tempted to think that this concludes a summer of fantastic results for inov-8, but with the British Fell Running Relay Championship next month… watch this space!



photos from Dave & Eileen Woodhead