Beej, another thing to keep in mind when shoe shopping for running/walking shoes is that the size that fits for that may not resemble in the slightest your street shoe size. I wear a 6 wide in street shoes, and my running shoes are a 7.5.
Heh. My feet are so wide that, in terms of dress shoes, I generally buy a 9 or 9 1/2. But because running shoes come in wide wide wide, my real size is a 7 1/2 or 8.
my feet are wide as hell, I have high-ish arches, and I'm on the upper end of overweight.
Steph, that sounds like the perfect solution for me. Do you know the model name of your shoe?
It's the 767: [link]
Cindy, I had the same thought.
Cake? What cake?
That, or it's some weird tiny-cannibal fixation.
...which isn't outside the realm of possibility. Still...
Cindy, I had the same thought. Cake? What cake?
That's three of us. Isn't there some omen about Three Bitches, or am I just thinking about the Fates?
Beej, another thing to keep in mind when shoe shopping for running/walking shoes is that the size that fits for that may not resemble in the slightest your street shoe size. I wear a 6 wide in street shoes, and my running shoes are a 7.5.
My running shoes are 10s, everything else 8.5 or 9. And my feet are narrow.
But on that topic, it's important to go shoe shopping (for runners/walking shoes) at the end of the day if you can manage it, because your feet will tend to expand a bit over the day as you walk/stand, and it can throw off the fit.
But on that topic, it's important to go shoe shopping (for runners/walking shoes) at the end of the day if you can manage it, because your feet will tend to expand a bit over the day as you walk/stand, and it can throw off the fit.
And I can't say enough the difference a professional (as in, walking/running store, not the mall variety) fitting makes. It's like bras, in a way.
Speaking of shoes, I need to dig mine up and start using them again.
::blinks::
There's cake?
New Balance shoes do rock for wide feet, indeed. Ben has my feet (nearly square they're so wide) and a kids' shoe store owner pointed us to New Balance for him a while back. I have a pair I love.
Not that I actually run in them, or anything, but still.
And sizing is akin to that of bridesmaid dresses. Ignore the size on the label, and buy what fits, because nobody but you is going to know the label, anyhow.
