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Brian Beckstead

Co-founder of Altra Running, the Utah-based brand behind the zero-drop, foot-shaped running shoe revolution.

Oct 6, 2026

25:42
I guess, is it a stereotype that people have got? This is where I want you to kind of...
25:47
I do.
25:48
I think the Achilles thing is a scare tactic and a stereotype.
25:53
The element of truth, right? There is a little element of truth there.
25:57
Okay.
25:57
And I'll explain it real quick is particularly for people who have come from 12 millimeter drop or for people who just have low ankle mobility.
26:06
There's a couple other tactics that go in factors that go into there.

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35:07
So what was the reason and change for that? I mean, from
32:44
Yeah.
32:45
And so I'm running on a pair of shoes that essentially.
32:47
Well, it's expensive shoes you never run on.
32:49
This is a very expensive shoe.
32:51
And I'd run Wasatch a couple years earlier and just gotten terrible blisters.
32:55
And literally the balls of my feet came off.
32:58
Like blisters on the balls.

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49:47
So

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