Thank you all. I usually wear a US 8 (EU 39) in sport shoes (just noticed the US sizing system is a bit confusing - I never knew you had womens and mens sizes). So I can't choose the wider mens models for most shoes.

As far as I can tell, the Merell Pace gloves are the same for EU and US. I think I don't have very wide feet over all, just very "spread" toes that get really unhappy if I squish them togehter The form of most shoes doesn't fit me. From your experience OakLeaf and GLC, maybe if the Merell was too narrow for you both, but you could wear the Minimus, I would do fine with the womens "wide" for the Minimus...

I really like the Altra Intuition and have been looking forward to them for some time, but couldn't get them anywhere sadly. I think they could be perfect. Too bad that yours won't fit me, OakLeaf.