I immediately fell in love with the plushy springy feel of the shoe as soon as I put them on and the fit seems perfect. They were nice and roomy, and I had no trouble fitting my orthotics inside. Once I took them home and put them on for a run, however at first they felt amazing but within minutes, there was a very painful chasing at the back of my heel.. it got worse to the point that I could not even walk with them because my heel was slipping up and down inside the shoe! I even put on a double layer of socks and some mole skin to see if that would help because I just loved the feeling of the shoe otherwise but no such luck. I wondered if it was all in my head so this morning, I tried measuring the inside of the shoe compared with my other Brooks styles and even took out the insoles and measured the width of the heel for these versus the glycerin. I discovered that on the size 10 that I wear the heel is 1/4 inch wider than my other pairs. I really wanted to love this shoe. It’s very well-made. Has a nice roomie fit and an amazing springy plush feel on the bottom, but the heel area is just too wide for me resulting in a poor fit.
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