Nike Wildhorse 7 'Dark Sulfur'
Colorway: Dark Sulfur/Off Noir/Laser Blue/Pure Platinum · Style code: CZ1856-700 · Release date: March 18, 2021 · Price: $211 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Nike Wildhorse 7 'Black Bright Crimson' (CZ1856-001) · Nike Wildhorse 7 'Black Anthracite' (CZ1856-002) · Nike Wildhorse 7 'Smoke Grey Laser Blue' (CZ1856-003) · Nike Wildhorse 7 'Light Iron Ore Volt' (CZ1856-004) · Nike Wildhorse 7 'Light Bone Cobblestone' (CZ1856-005)
Nike's trail line is small next to its road range, and the Wildhorse is the model that has kept it going, a moderate-terrain trail runner updated steadily rather than reinvented. The seventh version sits on a tall React foam midsole, tall enough that reviewers described the ride as plush rather than precise, with a segmented plate between the foam and the outsole to blunt sharp rock. Testers of the previous generation questioned how much protection that plate actually delivers. The mesh upper was reopened for airflow, and traction holds well on dry ground and less well on wet stone. This colourway is the loud one: a dark sulfur yellow across the upper with off-black, laser blue and platinum through the sole and trim. It arrived in the spring of 2021. Bright uppers are practical on trail as much as decorative, since a runner a long way from a road is easier to find in one.