These shoes are money. Jun wasn't lying.  The Altra Instinct – www.altrarunning.com
Thank you Golden Harper and Brian Beckstead. For creating a shoe that fits a normal foot and doesn’t have a built in heel lift. I mean honestly, how hard would it be for more shoe companies to just make a shoe like this? Its not that hard people. But while its not rocket science, I applaud and appreciate Brian and Golden for taking the risk to start a new shoe company to create footwear that promotes natural running form, since its obviously so hard for all the big companies to do it. Sure they have been coming around slowly over the last number of years, but as I look around I still can’t find a shoe like this anywhere else. Even the new balance minimus shoes still have a slight heel to toe drop and the shape of the shoe still isn’t ideal in my opinion. And it doesn’t have to have a pocket for each toe and require odd looks and stares from all passers by in order to allow the foot to move like it should. Its really quite simple: A – make the shoe conform to the shape of a foot and not a foot to the shape of the shoe. (granted, not all feet are created equal, I get that, so perhaps this is just the shoe that fits my foot best. But I have a hunch a lot of people would like this shoe) B – Make it the same thickness under the forefoot as at the heel. I mean seriously…why rob the body of its natural propulsive power and efficiency by sticking a wedge under the heel? That doesn’t make any sense at all to me. This is the first shoe I have ever worn that truly fits my foot and allows my foot to ‘feel free to move about the cabin’, freely and comfortably. After testing it on an 8.5 mile hour long run this morning, I am definitely digging it. I’m very glad to finally have a shoe that fits and doesn’t have a built in heel lift. Soooo glad. Its quite refreshing and still making my day. The shoes arrived yesterday and though I already had a nice road bike ride up to the top of flagstaff with Nan this morning, I had to get out and break them in afterward. And they did not disappoint.
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