Does Anyone Run in Altra Shoes?

Not yet, but i did ask my wife for them for Christmas and she said she got them. I have big pancake feet and need some freedom in the tow box. Altra sounds great because i already run in a 4mm drop, so the transition shouldn't be too extreme. Has anyone ever raced in them before and was it about the same as any other flat?

I love Altras. I have probably had 12 pairs in the last 3 years since I switched from Saucony for the reason you describe. I suffer from Morton's neuroma and running in any other shoes was just too painful. Altras have solved this problem and I couldn't be more grateful!

I bought my first pair in 2014, The Intuition 1.5, and was hooked. I don't need a lot of cushioning and tend to be a forefoot striker so these were ideal for me. They were followed up by The Torin, which I also loved and ended up buying two more pairs. After that, I found The One for a great price and decided to branch out. Great shoe, sleek, light, fairly stiff but I like that. They stopped making both The One and The Torin in their original form and so I had to move to The One 2 and 2.5. These new models are loaded with foamy cushioning that I didn't like but they are lightweight and don't aggravate my Morton's Neuroma.

Altra seems to thrive on change and that has really thrown me off. I wish they would stick with a show and make minor tweaks instead of constantly revolutionizing every model. I recently tried the Torin 2.5 and so far, I like it. It is similar in fit to the Torin but has more cushioning under the mid foot. We'll see.

I suggest trying a pair, in a shoe store if possible, because buying on line can be dicey. The models are quite different from one another including in the toe box width. Good luck.

I'm over 80 and do not order often on line unless I call, but this was not too difficult. Orthofeet shoes really have been wonderful support for my husband who has had an ankle fusion. Great shoes with good support. Easy as 1-2-3 your easy to navigate website allows quick search and find and easy ordering. Looking forward to receiving may order to and being blown away with how fast it arrives.

akshayv wrote:

I'm over 80 and do not order often on line unless I call, but this was not too difficult. Orthofeet shoes really have been wonderful support for my husband who has had an ankle fusion. Great shoes with good support. Easy as 1-2-3 your easy to navigate website allows quick search and find and easy ordering. Looking forward to receiving may order to and being blown away with how fast it arrives.

Wow that review sounded totally sincere and not fake at all. 0/10

The Escalante Racer is my favorite do-everything shoe. Light enough for 5k, cushioned enough for half (maybe full), and the TPU midsole is just fantastic.

akshayv wrote:Easy as 1-2-3 your easy to navigate website allows quick search and find and easy ordering. Looking forward to receiving may order to and being blown away with how fast it arrives.

If you're still waiting for your May order, that's not real fast shipping.

"your ... website". Not sure who you're talking to, but it's not my website.

Strong bump of old thread.

have been running in Altras for a few years now. If you have a wide forefoot you will probably find them a good fit. If you have a narrow forefoot, they feel "sloppy" for sure. I have liked some of their shoes better than some of their others. The original instinct, original superiors, and lone peak 1.5 have been my favorites to-date. I have a lot of miles on all those shoes and have done distances from 5ks to 50 milers in them. I am currently running in the instinct 2.0. The jury is still out but I think it is going to be a good shoe. The ones however I did not like so much. That noted I do have a pair of ones squared on the way. I'll let you know what I think of them after a few runs.

I wear the same size in Altras as I do in other brands. But their fit is still a bit different.

In any normal pair of runnng shoes, I tend to be snug (often too snug) against the sides but have a bit of room beyond the end of the toes to the tip of the shoe -- almost enough room that I could wear one half size smaller. But not quite because then my toes would be touching the end of the shoe and they'd be even narrower.

In Altras, my toe is closer to the tip of the shoe and I have just the right amount of room on the sides. At first it seemed like too much room on the sides but I quickly realized it wasn't it just seemed that way from a lifetime of wearing shoes that want to straightjacket you in terms of width.

If your toes are already snug up against the tip of your running shoes, then you might have ordered a size too small. But I doubt it.

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Every pair of the Instincts I've own have had the upper rip less than 200 miles in. Same place, different model. No other shoe I've ran in has done that.

My Torin 2.5's are still good for recovery runs, soft and slipper-like