Runometry Index
50/100
No. 24 of 31
Value for money: Poor
- Cushioning30 mm
- +34.4 pts
- Lightness308 g
- +16.0 pts
- Foam
Shoe profile
Measurements
- Weight
- 308 g
- Reference size not stated by the source
- HeavyHeavier than 63% of them
- Heel stack
- 30 mm
- Very lowLower than 90% of them
- Forefoot stack
- 30 mm
- HighHigher than 62% of them
Construction
- Midsole foam
- Altra EGO MAX
- Outsole
- FootPod
Who and what for
- Use
- Daily training,Long runs
- Category
- Stability shoes
- Versions
- Unisex
What’s new since the Altra Paradigm 7
Same line, new version: here’s what moved, from the published values. Weights are only compared in the same size.
| Criterion | Paradigm 8 (2025)This version | Paradigm 7 (2023) | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weight | 308 g | 293 g | Sizes differ or aren’t stated: no gap given |
| Drop | 0 mm | 0 mm | Unchanged |
| Heel stack | 30 mm | 30 mm | Unchanged |
| Forefoot stack | 30 mm | 30 mm | Unchanged |
| Midsole foam | Altra EGO MAX | Altra EGO MAX | Unchanged |
| Catalogue price | USD 170 | USD 170 | Unchanged |
| Runometry Index | 50/100 | 57/100 | −7 pts |
Model history
2025 This version
Altra
Paradigm 8
- Weight 308 g
- Drop 0 mm
2023
Altra
Paradigm 7
- Weight 293 g
- Drop 0 mm
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