I've low volume foot but Timp 2 fits me pretty good (Olympus 4 is not avaiable in Czech Republice yet.

The Altra isn't sloppy like other Altras have been in the past, but its platform is wider, and the ensuing fit is just a little bit looser than the Hoka. Unlike the Timp 4, which uses a looser, lighter-weight knit upper, the mesh Altra settles on for the Olympus 5’s is noticeably thicker and, in my experience, doesn’t breathe as well. I had to relace the shoe to eliminate one crossover low on the foot to free up some extra lace so the shoe could be double knotted and they’d stay tied.

When the Olympus 4 debuted, their EgoMax midsole didn’t exist, at least not publicly, but after running in that upgraded midsole their standard compression molded EVA feels perfectly fine, but kind of a let down. For me, thru-hiking the Pacific Crest Trail in 2018 served as one of those great timeshifts, an incalculable event that shed the familiar skin of everything I had experienced before it. With the all-new Olympus 5, Altra faces the paradox any successful footwear maker is eventually faced with: always and forever compelled to produce the “new,” how does a brand update / reinvent a winning model — in this case the Olympus 4 — to a degree that doesn’t completely ruin its design but does enough to warrant its update in the first place? The cushion it offers is much like itś earlier iterations and offers the runner a forgiving platform for lower impact running.

My pair of Olympus’s made it nearly 700 miles without major issue, and they could have gone further.A lower drop (0mm - 5mm) promotes running on mid-foot and fore-foot, while higher drops (8mm - 12mm) are more traditional and meant to support a heel-striking gait. While that may read like a backhanded compliment, so many great shoes ship with bad laces, and in this case, they’re perfectly solid.