{"id":144438,"date":"2025-08-07T10:00:57","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T14:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/?p=144438"},"modified":"2025-08-06T16:23:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T20:23:51","slug":"altra-co-founder-brian-beckstead-on-shaking-up-the-running-shoe-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/shakeout-podcast\/altra-co-founder-brian-beckstead-on-shaking-up-the-running-shoe-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Altra co-founder Brian Beckstead on shaking up the running shoe industry"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week on The Shakeout Podcast, <\/i>we bring you a conversation between Brian Beckstead<\/strong>, co-founder of pioneering zero-drop and low-drop running shoe brand Altra<\/a>, <\/i>and Canadian Running<\/em> staff writer Marley Dickinson.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Beckstead joins the show for a conversation about his journey in the sport, recapping how his years-long struggle with recurring injuries and a decade-plus of experience in the run specialty retail world combined to form the kernel of Altra\u2019s innovative approach to shoe design.<\/p>\n

From their origins creating a shoe that emphasized natural movement through their signature low-drop, natural toe-box fit to the continuing innovation at the heart of the company today, tune in to hear how Beckstead and his team are on a mission to help athletes of all abilities run faster, farther and more naturally by using their feet the way nature intended.<\/p>\n