The original Brooks Cascadia defined a new generation of ultra trail shoes. It was designed for one of the ultra trail pioneers Scott Jurek, famous for many of his FKTs and long distance records, in addition to his heavy feature in the book, Born to Run. The Cascadia Elite brings the shoe into the modern era of Ultra Trail racing, leveling up just about every part with cutting edge features. Kevlar reinforced bootie upper with polyurethane coating, MegaGrip outsole, supercritical foam midsole. It also has a carbon infused Pebax plate.