Altra escalante running shoes are very popular recently. Altra's running shoes are very comfortable, of very good quality and very soft, which is very suitable for running and wearing. How about I tell you about altra escalante? What do you think of altra running shoes?

Altra running shoes evaluation

Appearance 6.5/ 10 points

Personally, I am not interested in Altra-style running shoes, for one thing, it does not conform to the traditional aesthetics of the public, and for another, it belongs to the discussion category of the minority. So on the first day of trying on Escalante, I felt resistance to its strange toes, but it is undeniable that the rate of turning back after wearing Escalante has been greatly improved. Escalante's shape design continues the traditional style of Altra, which is the biggest design difference between Altra and other running shoes. So most people's first comment after seeing escalante is: These shoes ... are so strange. In fact, Altra put a lot of thought into Escalante. For example, the design of the vamp is inspired by the spectacular canyon landscape in escalante, Utah, USA. For example, the contrast design of the upper makes Escalante look less monotonous. Of course, Altra has never been a brand that judges people by their appearances, and neither has Escalante.

Buffer 8.9/ 10 point

Altra's newly developed Ego midsole has better performance than the commonly used A-Bound material in the past. More importantly, the Ego midsole can still bring better cushioning effect on the premise of reducing the midsole. This is one of the reasons why the midsole thickness of this pair of Escalante is much thinner than that of the previous Altra running shoes. Ego material is a mixture of buffer compounds, which is simply similar to BOOST material of Adidas or Everun material of Sokoni. There is little difference between the three, and the biggest * * * is the excellent rebound effect. Golden Harper, the founder of Altra, commented on Ego material that it basically realized Altra's original idea. Feet are soft and comfortable enough to support the requirements of cushioning and rebound during running.

Support 5.5/ 10 point

Escalante's support performance is a bit difficult, whether it is upper support or midsole support, both of them are a bit unsatisfactory. Escalante, which is designed with a woven upper, does not use any supporting materials on the upper, which requires that the upper material itself has sufficient support and protection ability. However, it is obviously not enough to cope with the changes in the feet during running. This kind of performance is especially obvious when running. For example, in the straight road section, the front foot is prone to push the toes. In the curved road section, the vamps on both sides simply can't wrap their feet, which leads to the separation of soles and is easy to cause sprained feet. The last time I experienced this kind of zero package on running shoes was ASICs dynafly.

Actual 7.9/ 10 point

If you don't talk about the specific performance of Escalante, its upper foot performance is quite comfortable. In particular, the design of woven uppers and wide shoe last provides a very comfortable environment for the feet, which is what most runners have been pursuing. Escalante's woven upper is very elastic, soft to the touch, feet can move freely in the shoe compartment, there is no obvious oppression, and the air permeability is good. The wide-top midsole also gives zero pressure to the feet, which is the key to a comfortable experience.

Durability 8.9/ 10 point

Escalante's outsole is paved with a lot of wear rubber according to the distribution of foot bones, so the overall durability is quite reliable. At present, in the test of nearly one month, there is no large-scale wear of the outsole rubber in escalante. Therefore, we set the endurance of Escalante at 8-9 full marathons, or 650km+ total road running.

Altra brand introduction

ALTRA is a new brand of running shoes from America. Its running shoes have a high reputation in the United States, and the reputation of cross-country running shoes is undoubtedly the most prominent. In less than seven years, the brand has become one of the top ten running shoes market in North America. This year, ISPO BBEIJING 20 16, ALTRA unexpectedly appeared at the exhibition site, but it has not yet been distributed, and its full line of products will be sold in China in the next few months. In addition, friends who like great value can also choose to buy the products of this brand on Amazon, RUNNINGWAREHOUSE and other websites in the United States.

As the top brand of running shoes, its product technology is often the focus of runners' attention. ALTRA's design concept Zero Drop advocates the most natural running, and this concept is also implemented in all its shoes. In addition, the reason why ALTRA's shoes don't look so beautiful is largely due to the "somewhat wonderful" toe cap. The toe cap of ALTRA running shoes is designed with FOOTSHAPE, which is characterized by the consistent arrangement of toe cap and toe, freeing toes to the greatest extent, and allowing runners to exert greater strength during running. The midsole is made of ultra-light A-Bound cushioning material, and the unique INNERFLEX+STABILIPOD design ensures excellent cushioning performance, gives consideration to the flexibility in sports, and prevents the arch from collapsing or over-pronating. The outsole adopts footpad technology and follows the structural design of human feet, so that the sole has high flexibility and feedback effect on complex roads. The vamp is made of ultra-light breathable material, but the brand chose POLARTEC NEOSHELL waterproof material for some shoes last year to ensure the comfort of shoes in wet environment.

How to choose running shoes

Most jogging shoes fall into three categories: cushioning, stability and motion control. This classification is based on the degree of pro-ethnicity (rather than the level of arch, people with flat feet can have completely normal pro-ethnicity). Internal rotation can be divided into three categories: insufficient internal rotation (internal rotation, neutral, excessive internal rotation (internal rotation. Buffer system is aimed at subversion and neutrality, and stability system and control system are aimed at different degrees of subversion.

Everyone should have heard that jogging shoes are divided into different grades. Some people use "entry-level, practical, top-level, super-top" to describe it, while others use such technical terms as "lowest, medium and highest". But in general, everyone is saying one thing: the grade of running shoes is divided according to different cushioning strength. The higher the cushioning strength, the greater the weight it can bear, but relatively speaking, the heavier the shoes are. Many people say that "too light to step on wedge shoes" is actually a misunderstanding. Top shoes have higher shock absorption capacity, but it doesn't mean that top shoes must be harder than intermediate shoes. For example, among several major running shoe manufacturers, Brooks is the most obvious in this respect. Trance, Brooks' top stability model, is much softer than adrenaline GTS, their practical stability model. No matter what weight you step on, you will feel this way. This is the gap caused by different design concepts: GTS pursues the rebound when running, while Trance pursues the top protection and comfort. Nevertheless, it is important to choose the shoes that suit you according to your weight, instead of blindly pursuing top models.

To sum up, running shoes are divided into three categories according to weight grade and pronation type, forming a nine-square grid. If you want to know your position in this nine-square grid, you can go to Mizuno's website to do a test. It is very safe for beginners to choose running shoes that suit them according to this test result.