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- Price: $140
- Weight: 7.1 oz. (women’s 8); 8.5 oz. (men’s 9)
- Heel-Toe Offset: 4mm (men’s: 32mm in the heel, 28mm in the forefoot; women’s: 30mm in the heel, 26mm in the forefoot)
I clearly remember the moment I met Golden Harper and Brian Beckstead as they were unveiling their Altra running shoe brand to the world at the Outdoor Retailer trade show in Salt Lake City in February 2010. They immediately started talking about “zero-drop” shoes with a “foot-shaped” interior. These were new terms for the industry. Even though the minimalist movement was gaining steam, the focus to date had been on shoe flexibility and removing cushioning and support. No one before had isolated drop as a significant shoe feature.
They told me that the design of Altras centered these two key elements not found in other popular running shoes, which they believed would minimize…
