The Runners Saga

Oops, I forgot to tell you how the runners saga ended. Last time I posted, I said I had bought a new pair of runners to replace my old pair, which had started hurting my feet. Unfortunately I have a wide foot, and so have a hard time finding good shoes. But the place I went to had Saucony runners with wide width, and so that's what I ended up buying. When I tried them on in the store, they felt fine. Unfortunately on my first walk, they were hurting my feet (it felt like my little toe was being jammed into the shoe, which is not where I was expecting them to hurt). So I ended up taking them back.

My go-to shoes for the last many years have been wide-width New Balance Runners. So that's specifically what I went looking for. Unfortunately this store didn't have any in stock (I have bought wide-width New Balance from them before). But they had a wide-width New Balance walking shoe instead.

I wasn't fond of the colour (I live in my runners year round, so that white will get dirty fast) but since it was my only choice at that store I decided to take them. But this time just wearing them around the house a bit I found I had the same problem as with the Sauconys. These shoes don't have mesh around the toes (the entire shoe is made of a harder material), and so they were rubbing against my baby toe. I've actually worn shoes out in that spot before; I never realised it was a quirk of the way my feet are shaped. So back these shoes went. I ended up getting a replacement pair of Go Walks, which, while great because my old Go Walks also needed replacing, did not help me with my runner quest.

So at that point I went to a different store. While a bit more expensive than the first store, this one had a bunch of wide-width New Balance runners. I fell in love with the first pair I tried on.

I've been basically living in them since. :)