Altra Women's Torin 9 Running Shoes

I have been wearing the Torin for 10 years and have been thru several changes which were improvements. The changes made to the Torin 9 have left it indistinguishable in the field. It feels narrower and shorter in the toe box and the tongue area is so open and wide that it looks like my feet are swollen. I double checked the size to make sure it was right...8.5 as I always wear. Thought it might be a smaller size. Also the new lacing system is a pain. I'm going to search out the old 8's and stock up on them!

I have been wearing altra shoes now for nearly a decade, appreciate zero drop shoes. I originally picked up the torin 9 half a size larger in women's and hated it. Toes were hitting the sides and toe box leaving me with bruised toes. Decided to try the torin 9 in mens instead and it was amazing. Love love the grippiness of the sole what a difference to not have to engage other stabilizing muscles to not slip ( I run on a Riverwalk with debris sand leaves etc) and the volume was perfect. I take back everything I said about the torin 9 in women's. Perhaps change the sizing model to be high volume vs low volume to help customers get the right size out the gate. Excellent shoe and a viable choice for next marathon. Well done.

I have had the torin 7, 8, and now I bought the 9. Throughout all 3 styles, I needed to order a wide shoe size despite the wide toe box design. I will say, the Torin 9 feels even more narrow throughout the midfoot than the 7 and 8 did. It makes me feel as though my toes can’t take advantage of the wide toe box because the rest of my foot is so restricted. I wore a 7.5 in the previous models, so I ordered that size for this model as well, and I feel as though I should have gone up a half size to be more comfortable. It’s not as if they don’t fit, I just wear thinner socks now to make sure I have a good fit. Overall, I do love the look of these sneakers, but I’m not sure if I will buy them again in the future if they keep making the shoe too narrow. I don’t order wide sizes in any other brand, so this narrow midfoot trend of theirs is interesting to me.

I have been running in the Torin 8's for the last year. My feet started hurting and I came to realize that I had 566 miles on those. First thinking it was a new problem with the Torin model itself, I tried some other models at a local running shoe store. As soon as I put the Torin 9s on they felt great! I have a wider foot and I try to size up to accommodate natural swelling from running. The store fitted me as about a size 6.5 so I got these in a 7.5. I probably could have gone to an 8, but that felt like there would be slippage if I did. I actually like that these have narrowed up some, they look a lot better in appearance with this change, and sizing up works for me. It amazed me how much better my feet felt running in these compared to the 8's with high miles. My pace was actually dwindling and is now picking back up to what it used to be. I do suffer a prior peroneal tendon issue and perhaps some plantar facitis, but getting new shoes has made a huge difference, especially in the aggravated peroneal tendon. Turns out the worn out shoes were re-aggravating it.

These shoes hit my ankle bone. After having to give away my Torin 7 because they hit my ankle bone so bad I was worried about bruising, I though the changes made since then would help. I was wrong. Instead, they still hit my ankle bone and the toe box feels narrower. It seems like the wide toe box, which is the best thing about Altra, just keeps getting smaller and smaller. Disappointed.

I like the concept of the tread they did not sure about the style though I preferably like the torin 8!model better if they can do the vibram tread on them if they come out with the torin 10

I ordered the Torin 9 in Blue/White. I expected the same beautiful Light Blue as shown on the website, and as in past Torin 8. Instead I received kind of a Teal color. Other than the color I love the shoe. Just be careful of the color. I usualy wear these with jeans, but they look a little odd with blue jeans. I will admit the picture makes it look more blue than teal, but trust me, it is not the light blue that it appears on the website.

I have been in altras since 2018.. qualifed and ran Boston in them, all of my ironman and 70.3s and sadly feel like altra has abandoned its core audience. The altra 9 is super narrow and I have been in 9.5 for all my shoes in Altra including the vanish pulse and this shoe insisted up half a size and still hitting toe box. The shoe itself I think could be great but the last is so different