Altra Women's Intuition II Running Shoe

I absolutely love this shoe and will most definitely be buying an additional pair. I'm a nurse and I'm on my feet running around the whole time I'm working, unless I manage to take a quick break to eat or go to the bathroom. I've been searching high and low for a pair of shoes that I could comfortably wear through my shift and have no foot pain at the end of the day. Spent a week researching the best maximalist shoes available before committing to buy this one. I love the plushness of the ankle and tongue area. My heel and ball of my foot feels very supported. The foot support is perfect. Cushiony, but not overly so. I have roomy space for my toes in the toe box that is not too loose feeling. I also love that the heel and front of the toe box has an extra protective rubber bumper. I kick things with my foot often at work (locking and unlocking bed wheels, use my foot to brace walkers of not so steady patients, etc). This added bumper will serve me well as I've ruined shoes from my kicking. At some point it would snag something and I would end up with a hole (what happened to my Brooks Pure Flow which is why I needed a new pair and the Brooks doesn't have the foot support I nee . My feet would ache halfway through the shift. Even after I changed out the insole. My first love of plush shoes was the ASICS Kayano. Very comfy, ultra cushiony shoe. But I could buy 3 of these for the price of one Kayano. These Altra Intuition 2 are perfect. I ordered a pink 8.5us (m) (I didnt go a size up like some recommended) they fit as expected. I love this pink! Bottom line, the bottom of my feet no longer hurt after a shift in the hospital. Yeay!!

I mistakenly purchased these when my friend's husband recommended Altra's. I was suppose to be looking for the Olympus but I didn't realize there were different 'models' of Altras. I saw the sale price for these and immediately purchased them. I do love the larger toe box! I love my Birkenstocks but I just moved to a different state where it rains and snows alot - not good for Birkenstock cork shoes... so I was looking for an alternative as well as a sneaker type shoe. It does fit a bit smaller than expected. I usually wear a 8.5/9 size shoe with any pair of socks. I did order the size 9 but have to wear them with a more thin sock. My thicker socks make it a little uncomfortable for long hours in the shoe. I will order more Altras, but next time probably go a 1/2 size up. They are comfortable in the toe and heel area. I do wish there was a bit more support in the arch. It feels like I'm walking flat on the ground - barefoot, which is nice because I don't like wearing shoes. The shoe laces are very short! I'm not able to tie the shoe because of this, so I just tie a double loose double knot. Next time I go to the store, I'll probably purchase some longer shoe strings.

I think I finally found the most comfortable lightweight running shoes ever! I have one very wide foot (between 2E and 4E) and have been trying everything to lessen the numbness and pain from Morton's Neuroma, metatarsalgia capusulitis, a newly formed hammertoe, and a mild plantar plate tear. Needless to say, I do have alot of issues, but I continue running and avoiding the doctor at all costs. This shoe is normal width, but it spreads to accommodate my width with comfort and I also wear different toe thingies to wrap the hammertoe, plus I insert a metatarsal pad. I am absolutely comfortable and forget I'm wearing these sneakers when I'm finished working out. It is a different kind of feel with a zero drop. I never had to "get used" to it. It felt fantastic. I was wearing the Hoka One One Bondi 3, which is very very cushioned, but my big toe started to feel a slight burn after a while. I also purchased the Altra Paradigm 1.5, just as comfortable and I am now addicted to Altra!

At size 10 these were way too wide in the heel. The toe was wide and boxy, but there was too much height and the laces made the shoe pucker at the bottom lace at the toe. 9.5 has been my size, except in crocs which are 10. I ordered the 9.5 but it was too short so my toe was hitting on the top of the shoe when I walked around the living room. It claims to be a medium, but the box says 10d (u.s.) I only tried one shoe from each size, so they are going back. I search and search for the boxy toe, but have not found many. I have one in an old 11 year pair of Asics. When I tried to get more of the same, no go so far. There are styles I have yet to try on in Asics. They may sell this Altra in narrower sizes in other countries, the reason the box says "d". I wanted the pink pair, so undepressing, and less money. Could have worked for tennis, biking, hiking but too wide in most of the shoe.

I normally wear size 8.5 in walking shoes but bought these in size 9 because of several reviews. The fit is good. The look of the shoe is that of a little kid's sneaker. I love little kid sneakers but its not all that cute in adult size 9. But who cares about looks if the shoe delivers comfort. I like how it feels on my 2 - 4 mile walks but they don't feel quite as good as Earth Glides. Unfortunately Earth doesn't offer the Glide anymore so I am glad to be able to buy this brand in no-leather styles. Update - I had to give up on these shoes. My big toes were killing me and I finally figured out why. The Earth Glides and the other shoes I walk in, the Vivobarefoot Stealth, are extremely flexible. This Altra is too stiff for my feet. I loved the cushioning but I have way less discomfort in the Stealth which has zero cushioning than in the Altra. The Earth Glides were both flexible and cushioned so they were perfect. What I've done is buy a new pair of Stealths in a half size larger to allow room for the insole from these Altras. The insoles add enough cush to the Stealth to make them almost perfect.

I cannot say enough good things about these shoes. I used to supinate A LOT due to my extremely high arches, and after years of orthotics and stride-correcting shoes with little reprieve from pain, I gave up and went for the barefoot shoes. As great as the paper-thin shoes were for forcing me to run naturally on the soft trails, I did a 7-mile race in them on pavement and was in tremendous pain for weeks; the hardness of the road just caused too much of impact on my hips and knees. Knowing I did not want to sacrifice the improvement in my stride from the zero-drop, barefoot shoes I had grown to love-hate, my dad got my first pair of these babies! They allow your foot to hit the ground naturally, spreading out in the toes etc.etc., but the super light weight, padded base kept the concrete from brutalizing my hips and knees; the impact was greatly softened without me becoming dependent on any arch-cushioning, supination-neutralizing puff-crap I had in my old shoes. Regardless of whether you have funky-shaped feet like I do, these shoes are awesome and look cool. This sky blue pair trimmed with the canary yellow is my second set (I also have them in neon green!), and I make excuses to wear them casually. It may be the product of being a 90's kid, but the Intuition 2's kind of remind me of Vans (which I find appealing), yet still retain all the qualities of a great running shoe. I've had my green pair for a year and half and they still feel great, a little of the base has been worn away, but not much-- I just got these to leave a pair at work and a pair at home! Overly-long review made short: get these shoes! They are super inexpensive, look awesome, and work great.

about shoes: they are not for wide feet. order a size up. they are breathable. meaning they have little holes all around. i looovvvee that! they are more square looking on the toe part. which is a good thing because your toes have more room. my story: so im 7 months pregnant. my feet pain was intolerable. it felt like sharp rocks were being hammered into my feet. huh the pain. then i saw a commercial on these zero drop shoes. you can call it a coincidence but i thought it was a message from above lol lol. because i never again saw that commercial! anyways i searched online and Amazon had the best price. of course. so i ordered and tried them on as soon as i got them. started walking in them and my lower back felt different. i didnt know if it was a good thing and was scared to keep going. the reason for my fear was because i tend to get extremely bad lower back pain to the point that if im laying down i need help to even roll over to my side. or i need my hubby to literally lift me up. but i kept going and nothing happened to my back. i kept using them for days. untill they got wet in some puddles i had to hand wash them and put them out in the sun to let them dry. i guess i could of put them in washer and dryer but i dont want them to tear up anytime soon. so the first day i didnt wear them i noticed a pressure like feeling on my lower back. the next day i my lower back started to hurt. but my shoes weren't dry yet. so kept using my normal shoes. then my feet started hurting. then the pain started to get more intense throughout the day. untill i ended up helpless in bed. im ordering another pair so i wont go thru that again. hope this helps.

I wanted to love these shoes, I truly did. The price was fantastic, and I’d been looking for the specific combination of a zero-drop platform, wide toe box, and substantial cushioning to enter the rotation with my Skora Fit. But when I put the Intuition 2.0 on, I couldn’t wait to kick them off. Not because of the pillowy cushioning underfoot -- that was the best thing about the shoe. In fact, I imagined myself floating (swiftly!) down the road on my long runs, the occasional pain of plantar fasciitis no match for the Intuition’s cush. And the toe box was a decent width that let my toes spread out. But the fantasy of actually using these shoes came to a crashing halt at the first few steps. For one thing, the shoe is short. For my size 9 - 9.5 foot, I ordered a 10.5, a half size bigger than my typical running shoe sizing. In the 10.5, my toes on both feet hit the front of the shoes. I imagined significant toenail loss within a couple weeks. Second, the shoe is wide. I mean, wide! If a shoe can feel baggy, this one did. The excess mesh was out of control. When I looked at the box’s label, there was a “D” on it, even though I ordered a B, the only option available. Did this mean that the shoe was a wide width? Nowhere did it say “wide,” but there was a D (I quote, “W[omen’])10.5D”), and there was no B. I actually reordered the shoe in a size 11, hoping that the added length would ease the toe crunch, and that the “D” was a wrong shipment. No luck. The next box also indicated “D.” I am confused to this day if I was sent a wide width shoe or not, but my desire for these shoes to work for me was dead on arrival of the 11’s. Finally, the Intuition is... ugly. I may not notice them as being especially ugly if another woman ran by in them, but when I looked down, I saw a wide shoe with baggy sides, and an unattractive rubbery-clunk sole that was just too dang short and put pressure on my toes. Had they fit, I might be wearing them with a certain affectionate pride and calling them “so ugly they’re cute”; but they didn’t fit, so I’ll just call them ugly. The all-around disappointment that the Intuition 2.0 induced in my runner's soul was enough that I may never try another pair of Altra shoes. Short, fat, and ugly, with a soft inside -- it's really a matter of preference, I guess.

I must confess I bought them with trepidation as some reviewers say they look weird and too wide. I don't agree, I think they're cute.. They look like kids shoes but I'm happy with them and so are my feet. My usual shoe size is 5, I got a 5.5. My big toe is touching the shoe, but not uncomfortable so, I still have room to wiggle my toes. Anyway, I'd recommend getting them at least half size bigger or a full size. A great shoe, right padding and great zero drop. Also, I highly recommend Northern Runner with its excellent customer service and fast delivery.

Extremely comfortable! They are unlike any shoe I've ever worn before. They are very cushioned and feel very natural to run in. You don't notice them like you do other shoes.

These are wonderful shoes, still have life in them Post marathon!They are brilliant and comfortable for those with Morton’s neuroma and I did not lose a single toenail on race day! Fun colour, I will always buy these from now on!

Love these as I have very wide fit. I usually purchased a size 4. I read the other reviews and purchased a size 5 which fitted very well.

Fantastic for gym and daily use one of the best