King MT: Don’t quote me but I seem to remember the original name was going to be FKT (Fastest Known Time) before landing on King MT (King of the Mountain). Originally the Velcro strap going across the mid foot was to stop your toes hitting the end of your shoes while running down hill. For example, during a race, you could crank the Velcro tighter while at the top of a mountain/hill. Run down to the bottom of the hill and loosen the Velcro. This is/was a huge timesaver. The fact that the King MT was light weight, fast draining and had the Velcro strap, made it a great OCR, shoe. The ability to tighten/loosen the straps just before you go thigh high in to the mud pit, almost guaranteed you’d make it out the other side with both shoes on your feet. Another great feature this shoe had was the Cat’s Tongue in the heel cup (7th image). If you were to put you finger on the top of the heel cup and run your fingers down the inside of the shoe, it would feel smooth. But run you fingers in the opposite direction, and it felt rough…like a cat’s tongue. This was to keep your sock and heel in place while in motion. I really liked this shoe for a number of reasons. It was light, fast, adjustable and worked well as a MTB shoe. But alas. the King MT was taken from us too soon. Gone but not forgotten. R.I.P King MT 🪦 #run #running #kingmt #throwbackthursday #altra #altrarunning #altrarunningfans #footshapedshoes (at Mount Dora, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmejvPTrQpt/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=