Barefoot Running

[OakLeaf]

FWIW (not that any of this really belongs in the barefoot thread ) - with my very short first MTs (both 2nd and 3rd are longer than 1st) and very wide forefeet, I did go with the Nike Zoom Triax Structure 13, for a couple of reasons, #1 being that they just fit so much better than anything else. Surprised the heck out of me, since Nikes used to be so super narrow. I was starting to get a tailors' bunion on one foot from, like, EVERY other pair of shoes I own including my wide Mizunos, and most everything I tried on was even narrower in the forefoot - not good. The Nikes have a VERY square toe box and the heels are plenty narrow for me, even in the Wide width.

After I compared apples to apples - taking out the rock-hard orthotics that I wasn't going to use any more in any case, and using the stock insoles; and comparing that pair against new shoes in other models - I decided that they weren't actually intolerably cushiony, especially not so much as to to offset the fit. Took the better part of 100 miles to get used to them, but they served me just fine for 26.2.

But I'd still buy three pairs of your shoes, Knott, if they fit my duck feet.