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How to Use Altra Running Promo Codes to Save More?

Table of Contents

1. How to Get Altra Running Coupon Codes?

2. What’s Altra Running Shipping Policy?

3. What is Altra Running’s Return and Refund Policy?

4. What Payment Terms Does Altra Running Accept?

5. What Can You Get If You Become Altra Running Member?

Welcome to visit Altra Running. Every Altra Running shoe is built on a Balanced Cushioning platform that positions the heel and forefoots an equal distance from the ground. This natural foundation aids in optimal alignment cultivate better form and encourage a low-impact landing. And their foot shape toe box allows the toes to relax and spread out naturally and the big toe to remain in a straight position for maximum stability and power. Although Altra Running shoes will give you your money’s worth, don’t worry about the price. Because we have prepared some discounts for you, they can help you use Altra Running promo codes to save more.

1. How to Get Altra Running Coupon Codes?

Altra Running has not only manufactured shoes with hot blood and enthusiasm but also has been organized with a variety of activities to convey their ideas with such a positive image. Through these meaningful activities, they often give out coupons to help their consumers save more. If you want to get Altra Running coupons and turn them into real benefits, first you can go to the Altra website to choose your favorite shoes, then you’re supposed to have a look at couponawk.com where you can get the coupon code and copy it. Next, check out and view the shopping cart to apply the coupon code, and then, provide size details, shipping details, review orders, and provide payment details to get the pass. It can help you save a lot of money on your shopping and it is not difficult to get. It has to say that couponawk.com is your first choice to acquire coupon codes. 

2. What’s Altra Running Shipping Policy?

Altra Running offers three different kinds of shipments to deliver what you want to buy. Generally, they provide free shipping on all purchases which deliver in 3-4 business days. But if you need them in a hurry, they’ll give you the quickest support to deliver in 2-3 business days or the next business day. Accordingly, it needs you to pay a little. No matter which shipment, they’ll try to get the item on your hands as fast as they can be because they know that when you buy something, you’ll be eager to get it. By the way, they only ship orders on business days. “Business days” are Monday through Friday, and exclude federal holidays within the United States. More details about the holidays you can find on their website. 

3. What is Altra Running’s Return and Refund Policy?

Altra Running is dedicated to meet all consumers’ needs and produce superior running shoes. At Altra Running, they want to ensure you have not only the best running experience but also the best online purchasing experience. That’s why they promise a 30-day satisfaction guarantee on their products. If for any reason, you are not satisfied with your altrarunning.com purchase within the first 30 days, they will support your return for a full refund. Notably, refunds can only be posted to the original form of payment. Due to the time often required for shipping and bank processing, it may take up to three weeks to process. So please wait patiently if you are not going to receive your refund immediately. 

4. What Payment Terms Does Altra Running Accept?

Because Altra Running’s business is all over the world, to facilitate customers around the world, they accept Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express credit or debit cards that have a United States billing address. Also, they accept PayPal through their online order process. These are common payment methods. If you think they still can’t meet your needs, you can check their official website. They introduced more types of payment methods in more detail there. What you are supposed to do is to choose the most appropriate payment method to pay the order when you complete the selection and checkout.

5. What Can You Get If You Become Altra Running Member?

There is no doubt that you will benefit from being an Altra Running member. If you become a member of them, you will be secretly informed of their discounts, exclusive codes, and many other Altra Running discount codes. They will email these discounts to your account, and then you just need to click on the email link for the details of the latest news (usually new product offers and some event vacation offers). You can find their preferential products and then use the coupon code to wait for the order. You can not only know new products for the first time but also enjoy new products at very low prices. Don’t hesitate anymore, join their member family now and start your money-saving journey. In addition, with the number of members increases, they may do more preferential activities for the increasing members in the future. They will not let their customers down. 

Altra Running products reflect the pursuit of comforts and details from their style and design. Their footwear pursues the preciseness and perfect of hand-made, melting with the design style of comfortable and wearable, and pay attention to the details of perfect and charm, which makes them maintain a specific fashion of both steady and relaxed. In a word, Altra has been adsorbing in running shoes since it established, so it has accumulated enough experience in making professional running shoes. If you need a pair of running shoes now, why not try Altra Running? Don’t forget to get the Altra Running promo codes from their website and couponawk.com before you placed an order. Because it can help you save more.

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One Photo A Day | Day 26 | Shoes Plus Cat

One Photo A Day | Day 26 | Shoes Plus Cat

One photo a day challenge: Day 26. For today’s photos I wanted to return to the idea of photographing something I had available in my house. I’ve had a pair of new shoes sitting in their box that I haven’t opened yet. I decided to see if I could create some interesting photographs using those. Lens Choice I wasn’t sure if I wanted to use my 60mm macro lens to get up close or use my 50mm f1.8…

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Marathon Prep: We're Halfway There

Marathon Prep: We're Halfway There #marathon #training #running #26.2 @tunnelmarathons

Well, summer is about to blastoff, and already it’s pretty stinking busy. Anytime the 4th of July rolls around, I almost feel the need to begin talking about college football and holiday schedules. Yikes. It’s all downhill and jam-packed from here through December!

With about three months until my marathon, it’s time to get serious on those running miles. I’ve ticked off 452.9 miles so far in…

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24 Weeks And Counting

24 Weeks And Counting - Race season is right around the corner, and that marathon is looming #running #lookfastbefast #gohardlookfierce #epixgear @epix @huma #humabeings #marathon #26.2

Good morning, Reno!

The first remnants of spring have cracked through the wintery haze that has buried this side of the state for the past four months. I spent Sunday afternoon outside biking, playing catching, and walking my favorite, furry companion. I even got a slight tan in the process. Baseball has started, March Madness is wrapping up, and The Great Thawis coming – warmth is nearly upon…

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Surviving Life and Conquering the Grail Of Trail

The Story

Firstly, it’s taken me nearly 3 weeks to pen my thoughts down on what happened at the 10th edition of probably SA’s most iconic trail race, the Otter African Trail Run that took place on October 20th. Partly because life continued, and partly because I didn’t want the euphoria to end.

Ever since I read an article in Runner’s World, back in 2009, written by my good friend & trail mentor, Patrick Cruywagen, on his experience at the Otter, the Otter has been a bucket list event and in the back of my mind.

In fact, it was this article that got me into trail running in the first place.

Dubbed the Grail of Trail, The Forbidden Run, this iconic trail in the Tsitsikamma Section of the Garden Route National Park is only allowed to be run during the event week, as running it during any other time of the year is not only illegal, but could also see you banned from the trail.

Ironically, it was due to the illegal running of brothers John & Mark Collins that the idea of the trail race was born. Back in the day they use to run the route after first dropping off their bicycles in Nature’s Valley, driving back to the start of the trail, running it, and then cycling back to Storms River Mouth camp site to pick up their cars again.

With over 7000 steps varying in height and distance apart & almost 2400m vertical ascent to negotiate, various river mouths & streams to cross, and the continual undulating technical terrain, makes for possibly the most difficult/challenging trail run in SA. No easy feat, as this 42km stretch of trail requires 100% at all times.

The Otter is divided in a Run (8 hour cut-off) and the Challenge (11 hour cut-off), and alternates each year with the Retto (Otter in reverse) running from Nature’s Valley side back to Storms River Mouth compared to the traditional East to West running on this iconic 5 day hiking trail!

My Otter History

In 2013 I got offered the opportunity (4 days notice) to run the Challenge, and with very little training or idea what I was getting myself into accepted the offer immidediately.

That day I was handed a good old trail spanking, devoured by the trail and spat out on the other side just under 6h30 later. I recall moments where I wanted to crawl into the foetal position, and call my mom to come and get me! But once the Otter bug has bitten, that trail flows through your veins and you will be back time & time again.

My first Otter back in 2013! Image by Jacques Marais

In 2015 I entered the Otter for a second go, taking my good friend & training partner Will Saaiman along! That day I got spanked even harder as a combination of tricky underfoot conditions & soaring heat took its toll on me. Will narrowly missed out on the 8 hour cut-off. That night was probably the lowest point in my trail running career and something that broke me. Seeing Will’s face at prize giving as I got up to receive my green Sub-7 medal while he remain seated.

Although a Retto was never on the cards as I prefer the traditional or “Classic” way, I vowed to be back the next year and help him get his medal. But as life would have it, a lower back injury forced me to withdraw months before the race, but thanks to race organisers Magnetic South, I got the opportunity to do some social media work on the route and somehow still be apart of the vibe, so I tagged along to support Will, who managed to run an incredible 7h25 that year.

In 2017 we were back again, a Sub-6 my goal, and for Will, just to get that elusive Otter Classic medal. Although I managed to run a PB of 6h17, and generally had a better day out than the previous 2 occasions, I was disappointed in my result. Will ran another great race, and could now brag with back 2 back medals. I on the other hand started planning for 2019, and give it one more bash on the Classic.

This was also the year that the organisers began an initiative where runners who have done 5 or more Otters received a special medal, and adding 1+ 1, I got to the conclusion that if I did the Retto in 2018, then Otter 2019 will be my 5th (and maybe final) attempt at that elusive Sub-6.

The Goal! Image by Sue Ullyett

As luck would have it, soon after I entered for Retto 2018, Salomon, the title sponsor of the Otter Trail Run, announced the Golden Trail Series, consisting of 5 of the most technical & iconic marathon distance trail races over the world, with the Otter being the grand finale. The top 10 Men & Women after the initial 5 races would then be invited over to the Otter for what would be the most competitive international field ever assembled for a South African trail race.

To run or just see the likes of Kilian Jornet, Marc Lauenstein, Stian Angermund-Vik, Sage Canaday, Ruth Croft, Ida Nilsson and many more mixing it up with local trail stars Kane Reilly, Thabang Madiba, Christiaan Greyling, Johardt van Heerden, Megan Levinson & Robyn Owen in our back yard, would be one for the memory bank!

With Kilian Jornet. Not sure if he asked me to pose for a picture, or I asked him. Image by Alfred Thorpe/Vuurtoring

The Build-up

But life has other ideas, and 2018 has probably been one of the hardest years in my & my family’s lives. At the end of May my wife and I was involved in a terrible head-on collision, which today still has an impact on how we go around our day to day business. Nini took the brunt of the impact, and although I might not have the visible scars, it did have an impact on my lower back and my mental state at the time.

Juggling work, being a father to two incredible kids, trying to be a loving & helping husband and finding the time to train properly has its challenges, and I’m fortunate enough to have a wife that affords me the opportunity to live my passion for trail & supports my goals, especially when it comes to the Otter.

Personally, I don’t think any amount of training will ever result in an easy running of the Otter, although specific Otter training will go a long way in making it easier or more tolerable.

Since the accident, I have not been able to train as I wanted to, as at some point the lower back pain would flair up and cause discomfort, adding to an already weakened mental state! The furthest I ran in the past 5 months was 21km, the longest being just over 3h! What I did focus on was as much climbing as possible on any run, and the stair master in the gym became my new best friend.

I also decided to take the whole family along for the first time, including my in-laws, so they too could be a part of the Otter and Golden Trail Series vibe.

The goal, shared only with a few close friends in the trail fraternity, was a Sub-6, although I knew that that would be a push with the limited training distance wise that I have done in the build up.

The Vibe & Prologue

Although the skies might have been gloomy upon arrival for registration, the atmosphere inside the marque tent was warm and welcoming, as one has become accustomed to with any Magnetic South event. After greeting all the familiar faces who have become part of the Otter family over the years, it was time to get the compulsory kit check done, and head out to do the prologue.

With a slight drizzle, interrupted every now and then by a slightly heavier downpour, I decided to rather go out sooner rather than later, as the underfoot conditions would only deteriorate towards the latter stage of the day. (Apparently the elites didn’t get that message, as some ridiculous fast times were posted, lead by SA’s own Kane Reilly & Toni McCann!

On every of my previous 3 attempts I have managed to make the Abangeni (The Challengers), the top 24 runners based on their prologue times, contesting for the Grail. With the arrival of the Golden Trail Series superstars, that was basically out of the question, although I felt my speed leading into the event was better than previous years, so I would give it a bash anyway and see how close I could get.

We were warned at the prologue briefing that conditions were really slippery underfoot, especially when stepping on any exposed logs, the moss covered roots & the wooden bridges found on the trail. I sped off like a house on fire, but within the first 300m found myself on all fours having slipped in a muddy bend. On we went, and with the second, slightly more worrying slide that looked something like a drunk ice skater, I decided to pull the handbrake a bit and rather coast it in more cautiously! No one has ever won the Otter by just running the prologue, but some have ended their journey before even setting foot on the Grail Of Trail.

Prologue action. Image by Jacques Marais

Prologue done and dusted! Image Karien Ham

Race briefing that evening was a mixture of ooh’s & aah’s seeing all the international athletes being introduced. I had a great sit down and chat to Marc Lauenstein,(the current Otter & Retto* record holder and only man to run a Sub-4 in both directions) who even signed a shoe for me. My friends close trail friends know I’m a bit of a trail shoe geek and major fan of runners who can run technical trails at ridiculous speeds. That signed shoe (which also boasts Kilian’s signature on the other side) is now the centre piece in my trail memory display behind my bar!

*Polish athlete Bartlomiej Przedwojewski won this year’s Retto in an incredible time of 3:40;48

The usual cheers went up as resident Otter Meteorologist, Derek Van Dam, announced a Weather Alert Level 1 from the CNN International weather studio in Atlanta. After that, a few more hi’s & bye’s and it was time to head to bed.

It Has Arrived

It was an early night, although the usual tossing & turning started from about 3am. My father in-law was so kind as to take me to the start, partly because he wanted his daughter to look after her own kids (as he had all four his grandchildren in his car the previous day) and to make sure I actually start and not get a lift back via any of the Collins clan.

Nervous chatter, a light jog, a few snapshots of the beauty that is Nature’s Valley beach as the sun started to peak through the clouds, and the sound of cow bells started the day as the Abangeni trotted off on the initial 800m or so “neutral zone” before dibbing in at the first official timing check point, and speeding off into the distance never to be seen again by the mere mortals left on the beach.

I started in the sixth batch of 4 runners, at 07:12:30, a group that included my fellow Altra team mate Pieter Calitz, and GU’s Rohan Kennedy. The conversation with these 2 lasted all but 800m, and I said my goodbye’s as they too sped off towards the cliff face in the distance.

Our little group sets off! Image by Peter Kirk

A little later down the beach I caught up with Kyle Herring,  and we chatted and coasted along hitting the time checks I wanted to achieve, including getting to Andrè Hut (+/-5km) and seeing Kilian Jornet cheering the runners on, having pulled out due to injury at this point. Kyle decided to up his pace just before the famous Bloukrans crossing (+/- 12km) as he had a faster goal time in mind, and that was the last I would see of him. My swim across Bloukrans was nothing that would make the likes of Michael Phelps or Chad Le Clos sit up and take notice, but it did suffice in getting me across while race photographers Jacques Marais & Jeff Ayliffe had a good laugh.

The swim at Bloukrans! Images by Jeff Ayliffe

Coming out the other side! Still smiling! Image by Alfred Thorpe/Vuurtoring

All went according to plan, working hard enough on the climbs without burning out, and smashing the downs as fast as possible. I was hitting my desired time goals at the various checkpoints with a few minutes to spare each time, including a quick stop at the GU munchie point at Oakhurst Hut (21km) to refill my soft flasks with water & Tailwind, and munch down a few baby potatoes.

From here it got a little tougher, with extended periods of running alone. By Scott Hut (28km), still within my time check, things started going array. The next stretch of 7km to Ngubu (35km) would be the toughest section both mentally and physically, as for the first time I was starting to fall behind the eight ball, and by the time I hit Ngubu I was 12min adrift of goal pace, knowing that the next 3/4km would be the most continuous technical section of the whole trail. With good friend Stu McConnachie catching up from behind (it also happened in 2017 with about 6km to go) my mental head space took a turn for the worst and self doubt started creeping in. This time though, Stu was struggling too, and as he would drop me on the climbs, I would make up ground again on the downs.

In 2017 Stu & I had time for a selfie. Not this time!

Just before reaching Ngubu I was about to take out my phone, call Nini, and tell her I’m not going to make it, while trying to hang onto Stu and death march it in. A familiar voice beckoned down below on the last decent into Ngubu where the familiar face of Robert le Brun greeted us with some  words of inspiration. That, together with a fellow runner telling me it’s just 4km that needed to be smashed hard was just what I needed. I filled up my softflask with 1 last Tailwind sachet, basically swallowed a Racefood FARbar in 1 go, and decided to give it my all over the next 4km.

At this stage the slightest incline would still bring me to a halt, although I was able to keep a relative good pace, dropping Stu as we hit the rocky coastline. Passing the famous waterfall with about 2.5km to go I started getting the feeling that my Sub 6 was possible. A little further down the trail, trail friend, Ian Little, gave the last few encouraging words needed, and at this point I even started catching a few runners in front of me on the more technical sections! Not long after we were spat out back onto the last piece of forest single track towards the finish.

As I ran up the stairs at the start of the Storms River camp site, my daughter Janke was standing there and she ran the last 200m with me. I still don’t have the words to describe the feeling of running into that finishing chute, dibbing that timing check point one last time, looking at my watch and then seeing Nini’s face smiling at me with tears running down her cheeks!

This moment will stick with me forever! Image by Karien Ham

I managed to complete the route in 5:57, and only later would hear the tails of stress the family had looking at the big time board at the finish line, as minutes and seconds would tick off closer and closer to that 6 hour mark.

To be honest, a piece of my soul still lies on those rocks between Ngubu & Storms River, and the Otter would forever be apart of me. Better than achieving my goal though is the fact that I might have given a piece of me away that day, but I gained so much more! For the first time in over 2 years, since pulling out from a race due to my back, I found some mental toughness again.

Thank You

A few words of thanks need to go out to all that made just journey possible, and support my crazy passion of all things trail.

It would not be possible without the continuous support of friends (you know who you are) and family and some amazing sponsors.

The guys from Altra Running & Ultimate Direction South Africa, especially Roger Zeino &Alex Hawkins, thanks for giving me the opportunity to run in the best gear and with zero limits.

Grant & Mel Markey, from Tailwind Nutrition. You guys are like family, and when all else fails, I know that Tailwind won’t, nor your support & encouragement.

Kate Frost from Racefood. Your continuous support is greatly appreciated.

The gear!

To the Collins clan, Mark, John, Christine & Belen, this event would not be possible without your passion for the sport & the environment. We, as the trail community of SA, salute you, and congratulations on the 10th edition of the Otter African Trail Run.

So it’s time to up the ante, and I will be back in 2019, to once again try to survive, but more so, conquer the Grail Of Trail.

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Santa Cruzin’

Santa Cruzin' - The 2018 race season is complete, and I am so glad. Here's what I took away from the final triathlon... https://russellaaron.wordpress.com/2018/09/21/santa-cruzin

Happy Friday! It’s official – there is nothing summery left in northern Nevada. It was 48 degrees this morning as I was rowing in our garage. Mmm! Delicious!

Race season is over and done. THANK GOODNESS.I just wrapped up a trail run with my wife, which happened to be hosted at one of the most secluded and gorgeous beaches at Tahoe, I might add, although its identity shall remain a secret for its…

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