I love New Balance sneakers and have been wearing them for years. The fit of these in particular was as expected for length and width, but the heel has a tremendous amount of padding at the back of the ankle and it gives me blisters. Also, my last 2 pairs of New Balance wore out much more quickly than expected, and the fabric even tore to reveal my socks at the toes. Seems like their quality has gone down over the last few years.