I was looking for a shoe that I can use for 50km road running with good cushion and after searching the web, I've found the Altra brand. It impressed me because of its "zero" drop concept and I'm always using barefoot type of shoes. After sending them an email, I've got a word from them that there is a sale in one of the malls here and immediately went there. My first preference actually is the model "The One" but unfortunately there were no stocks left. The Torin was the one that was offered to me and after testing it, (excluding running in treadmill) I bought it.
I tried it for initial run around 3km and I like the cushion but what I've noticed was the heel part is slipping. I've tried to use the last eyelet but the upper part of my feet are getting irritated. I decided to still continue using it on my other training runs but unfortunately stopped using it due to the following:
1. Heel Slippage - It's always slipping; I've already used the last eyelet and other lacing techniques but unfortunately it doesn't work.
2. My left biggest toe developed calluses - I don't know, but my left toe keeps on bumping on the right side of my left shoe; there is this feeling that it's like its preventing me to run freely or rather my foot freely (or is it my running form?) I haven't got like this using other brand of shoes. I don't understand why they are using that material (the black one) , if it's for road running I think it should be removed or replaced.
3. The shoe has a wide toe box and that's great but it seems that it doesn't "hug" the whole foot especially on the ankle side. Or maybe this shoe was developed for really wide foot people?
I think this is a good shoe for other people. Right now I've bought the model Instinct 1.5 (because the "The One" doesn't fit me well, it is hurting the top of my toes) and that is what I'm using right now. Still, there is this "feeling" that it doesn't hug my feet but I like the wide toe box. I will still continue to use this model up until I can find another brand with a wide toe box (and also because of my budget, I still need to have a budget to buy a new one)
