Altra Olympus 1.0

Name: Altra Olympus 1.0
Brand: Altra

Trail shoe · Neutral · Trail

Discontinued — we no longer see this shoe in stock. The Altra Olympus 1.5 replaced it

How it ranks

The Altra Olympus 1.0’s rating is an early estimate. We’ve collected 3 runner reviews so far, with brand history also informing the score.

Current estimate: Below average

Overall

Below average 61

Cushioning

Good 83

Comfort

Decent 77

Durability

Decent 74

Value

Decent 73

Appearance

Bottom-tier 55

Confidence

How settled the rating is against every other rated shoe. A shoe can rate high on confidence with relatively few reviews of its own when its product line has a long record and external ratings from retailer sites agree. Confidence is low when we have few ratings or when runners disagree.

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Confidence

68 Moderate

Moderate 68

Based on

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Prices updated daily. Last checked Oct 22.

Pros

Reviewers report comfortable, well-cushioned running at high weekly mileage, one saying his knees and hips are no longer sore.

Cons

One reviewer says the sole lacks traction for more technical trails.
Appearance draws 3.3 out of 5 across three reviewers, the lowest mark of any dimension.

Olympus 1.0 rates 61. This shoe has moderate confidence. See how we rate shoes.

Better Shoes Rating of prior versions of the Altra Olympus

Each dot is one version of the Olympus, placed by its rating and release year. The gold dot is this shoe.

Rating

40 60 80 100

62 2014 61 2014 64 2018 73 2020 73 2024 81 2022 65 2024 72 2026 61 2017 72 2019

Release year

We use the reviews of past versions to inform this shoe’s rating. See why.

Olympus 3.5

2019 · 2 reviews

72 Decent

73 Confidence
Olympus 2.5

2017 · 1 review

61 Below average

70 Confidence
Olympus 7

2026 · 0 reviews

72 Decent

65 Confidence
Olympus 6

2024 · 2 reviews

65 Below average

57 Confidence
Olympus 5

2022 · 4 reviews

81 Good

61 Confidence
Olympus 4

2024 · 2 reviews

73 Decent

63 Confidence
Olympus 4.0

2020 · 4 reviews

73 Decent

73 Confidence
Olympus 3.0

2018 · 4 reviews

64 Below average

78 Confidence
Olympus 1.0 This shoe

2014 · 3 reviews

61 Below average

68 Confidence
Olympus

2014 · 1 review

62 Below average

64 Confidence

Runner Ratings

3 ratings

5/5 1

4/5 2

3/5 0

2/5 0

1/5 0

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Specs & fit

Sizing and ride details at a glance.

Release: 2014

Runner reviews

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4/5

Overall

Good hybrid shore for use on road and trail. Sole does not have enough traction for more technical trails.

Spokanetrails · Jun 15, 2015

30 mpw training for a half marathon

Comfort: 4/5
Durability: 4/5
Appearance: 3/5
Value: 4/5

5/5

Overall

Extremely good for my running style , my achilles are fine, my knees and hips are not sore any more, and my feet feels fantastic. Great shoe. Love Altra,

Anonymous runner · May 10, 2015

50 mpw training for a half marathon