Altra road lineup

Men’s edition · 16 current shoes

Altra's road range is built on a roomy, foot-shaped toe box, and most of it is still zero drop. The Torin is the everyday shoe, the Via Olympus and FWD Via carry the most foam, and the Paradigm is the supported option. The Vanish family is the fast end: the Tempo for workouts and the carbon-plated Vanish Carbon 3 for race day.

EasyiA soft shoe for recovery and easy days

PickVia Olympus 2Also good: Fwd Via 2, Experience Flow 3

DailyiOne shoe for most of my runs

PickTorin 9Also good: Experience Flow 3, Escalante 5, Motiv Flx

StabilityiI need support. What do I run in?

PickParadigm 8Also good: Experience Form, Torin St, Experience Flow St

Long runiSomething for my long runs, protective but not slow

PickFwd Via 2Also good: Via Olympus 2, Torin 9

WorkoutiTempo and intervals

PickVanish Tempo 2Also good: Vanish Pulse, Escalante Racer 2

Short race5K–10Ki5K to 10K race day

PickVanish Carbon 3Also good: Escalante Racer 2, Vanish Pulse

Long raceHalf + marathoniHalf marathon and marathon race day

PickVanish Carbon 3

Every Altra road shoe

Every current Altra road shoe

Via Olympus 2$165

Pick for EasyAlso good for Long run

323 g33 mm heel0 mm drop

Torin 9$160

Pick for DailyAlso good for Long run

269 g28 mm heel0 mm drop

Torin 9 GTX$180

GTX version of Torin 9

298 g28 mm heel0 mm drop

Paradigm 8$170

Pick for Stability

308 g30 mm heel0 mm dropstability

Fwd Via 2$165

Pick for Long runAlso good for Easy

301 g37 mm heel4 mm drop

Vanish Tempo 2$200

Pick for Workout

243 g34 mm heel4 mm drop

Vanish Carbon 3$240

Pick for Short race and Long race

220 g40 mm heel4 mm dropcarbon plate

Experience Flow 3$145

Also good for Easy and Daily

255 g32 mm heel4 mm drop

Experience Flow 3 GTX$165

GTX version of Experience Flow 3

274 g32 mm heel4 mm drop

Escalante 5$140

Also good for Daily

275 g24 mm heel0 mm drop

Motiv Flx$125

Also good for Daily

302 g28 mm heel4 mm drop

Experience Flow St$145

Also good for Stability

301 g32 mm heel4 mm dropstability

Experience Form$145

Also good for Stability

272 g32 mm heel4 mm dropstability

Torin St$160

Also good for Stability

294 g28 mm heel0 mm dropstability

Escalante Racer 2$145

Also good for Workout and Short race

249 g22 mm heel0 mm drop

Vanish Pulse$150

Also good for Workout and Short race

238 g22 mm heel0 mm drop