Mountain Racer

District Vision makes tools for mindful runners — Japanese-cut optics, Air-Wear, a quiet NYC-to-LA line. The Mountain Racer, sometimes called Chadwick, is the first time that eye went into a last. Years with Salomon S/Lab. Not QuickLace. Conventional eyelets, like an approach shoe. Kevlar at the toe. Water-resistant woven upper. Contagrip for wet loam. A firmer, narrower Speedcross cousin that still works on city pavement.

Two unisex colorways: white with blue overlays and red at the heel; navy with orange, black, and a red tongue. District Vision on the toe tape and the eye patch. Salomon down the tongue and at the heel S.

13 December 2018, $230, on districtvision.com and a short list — SSENSE, Totokaelo, Extra Butter, Browns. A later 2019 restock (the “Mountain Raver” pack) pushed some pairs to $250. The first Chadwick is the one Field Mag still files as the unisex mountain runner that looked as serious as it ran.