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[QUOTE="AlwynWellington, post: 1115118, member: 13479"] [USER=99665]@RevGreg[/USER], I can see you've had a large number of replies Like many others before me I have war stories to tell. And better than most. I knew about wide feet from my father and was prepared mentally for some issues when I started training in early 2012. After well over a year of a little toe banging against the side of shoe after shoe, and blisters, I sought medical advice (I already had podiatry advice for pronation and an insert to assist with that). The result was surgery to straighten the hammer toe and relieve suspected osteo-arthritis in that little toe. In the recovery room the surgeon advised I would soon need surgery for the next two!! A few months later the podiatrist and a shoe shop focused on sports shoes advised the make and model I have used these past nine years. I use a shoe that is: [LIST] [*]length: 2 to 3 sizes longer than my day shoes [*]width: widest of three in their collection [*]upper is flexible to adapt itself to my foot shape [*]open weave so I can wade through streams and be touch dry in well under 200 metres of walking [*]copes with my two sox per foot arrangement that I and !Robo prefer [/LIST] For me I have definitely found that length as the main factor in show selection is just misleading. Since 2014, for my chosen model and size I have purchased a total of 8 and walked over 9,000 km. This model has one drawback for me: it is designed a shoe for runners. This means the turn up at the front shows little wear, while the back corner of the heel wears quite quickly Since surgery and finding "my shoe" just on nine years ago, I have had no foot issues have walked more than 9,000 km at home and abroad. As to supplier, I am extremely lucky. My home has a population of about 400,000 in an square area about 60 km each side comprising three main valleys. Even so, there is at least one sports shoe shop in each valley and each of the major retail outdoor pursuits chains has at least one outlet and most have three or more. [USER=99665]@RevGreg[/USER], I give you that recital to suggest you look for some part of your US home country that has a focus on outdoor pursuits with more than one retail shoe chain represented. Then take a week off work and visit them. Visit more than once in that week before committing to a purchase. And your future return postage savings will go towards your travel and accommodation. And so I say to you kia kaha, kia māia, kia mana'wa'nui (take care, be strong, confident and patient) and I hope to read of your (trouble free) achievements in due course. [/QUOTE]
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