Five Ten Guide Tennies Approach Shoes

If your idea of a relaxing weekend is a ten-mile approach to a thousand-foot forth-class ridge climb, then the Five Ten Guide Tennie is definitely the approach shoe for you. This low-profile, lightweight shoe has a Stealth C4 sole–the same ultra-sticky rubber that's found on Five Ten climbing shoes. This shoe's incredible friction will make the approach slabs to Half Dome or a few pitches of 5.6 a walk in the park. Whether you're making a quick run up another North Cascades ridge climb or slacklining in Camp 4, your feet will be happy in the Guide Tennie.

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Great approach, light hiking shoes
Stealth Rubber makes a huge difference in traction for approaches and even steeper hiking. While it does not bite into the dirt as well as a trail-running shoe, you can walk up a 50-degree rock slab with no problems. They offer enough performance for easy 5th class climbing and are awesome on long 4th class routes. I have very wide feet and I sized up a ½ size with good results.

Guide Tennies tough to fit
I wear a 9.5-10 US men’s shoe. 9.5-10 Guide Tennies were too small. Purchased 10.5 and they are comfortable. Comfortable however does not mean they are fit for performance such as edging. Certainly foot shapes are different and your mileage will vary. I wish I kept the size 10 a bit longer cuz I think this soft shoe might have stretched. Anyway, try them on at home for a few days if at all possible. Dang, I wish Garmont still made the Sticky Weekend.

Great shoe for an adventure outdoors
These fit nice and work well for light hiking and biking as well as climbing. They look cool, too.

Training Tips

You can increase your maximum oxygen consumption by approximately 15% when you work out three times a week for at least 30 minutes at 70% of your maximum heart rate.

Low weight, high rep circuit training combines the best of both worlds: aerobic and anaerobic training. Keeping the rest time in between high repeats low excercises like bench press, leg presses, inclined sit-ups, and upright rows is the key to maximum benefits.

As a long distance runner, a gradual increase in distance each week will allow you to build a solid areobic base. Distance increase should be no more than 10% of the previous week's distance.

When buying a new pair of running shoes, bring your old ones with you. You will get a better fit if you know if you supinate or pronate.