Start With Where You Run
The easiest way to choose between Traverse and Glide isn't asking which shoe looks better. It's asking where your feet actually spend their time. Loose ground, roots, gravel, and uneven trail call for one kind of shoe. Steady pavement and a fast, repeatable stride call for another. Everything else follows from that one answer.
How Trax Grip Adapts to Your Terrain
Both models share the same idea underneath, an outsole built to read the ground and grip accordingly. On Traverse, Trax Grip goes deep, cutting lugs designed to bite into loose dirt and uneven trail surfaces so your foot doesn't slide out from under you. On Glide, the same tread flattens out, trading depth for consistent contact on pavement so every stride lands with the same confidence, mile after mile.
Built the Same Underneath
Trail or street, both shoes start from the same foundation. Fiber 360 runs through the textile upper on every model, wood fiber woven into something durable enough to take the miles and breathable enough that your foot never feels trapped inside it. Fiber Core sits below, wood fiber built into the sole itself, adding the kind of durability that holds up run after run.
Traverse: Built for the Trail
Traverse takes everything above and points it at rough ground. Deeper Trax Grip lugs, a build tuned for uneven footing, and cushioning that absorbs the kind of impact loose trail throws at you without warning. If your usual run involves dirt, roots, or anything that isn't flat, this is the model doing the thinking for you.
Glide: Built for the Street
Pace takes the same foundation and tunes it for pavement. A flatter Trax Grip pattern keeps steady contact under a faster, more repeatable stride, and the cushioning is set up for road rhythm rather than trail impact. If your route is mostly street, sidewalk, or track, Glide is built to match it.