Nope. Folks, be very careful when purchasing running shoes from online retailers other than direct from the running company that makes them.

I have been running in Asics for over 15 years, and was in need of two new pairs to replace my old 2000 4s. These were supposed to be exactly the same model. This is what I found: I ordered my first pair - size 8 normal width, what I usually wear in running shoes. I am a 7.5 size regular shoe, but you always should size up 1/2 size from your normal size in athletic shoes to allow for the swelling of the feet during exercise.

Got my first pair of these. They looked legit, so I ordered another pair to have on the way. I had not tested these out yet. My mistake. I compared them, size wise, to my shot 2000 4s, and found that they areexactly the same width/length as my old 2000 4s. Pics are attached. My shot orange shoes are on the left, the new gray/blue on the right. Same size. So if you are wondering if these run small. No they do not, if you are replacing the same model. If you are comparing them to old/newer models, there probably are discrepancies. Asics is known to changing things every year.

However, thats not what went wrong for me. I only had these for not even a week, and tried about 3 runs/walks in my new pair. Every single time, post run, my right foot was in such bad pain that I'd have to completely stay off my foot for the next day. Even walking hurt. Then, I'd try again. Every time, I'd take my right shoe off, and my foot was so messed up. The only way I can describe it is that it was like the right shoe was off kilter and it felt like I had been running at an angle on that foot for the duration where my foot wanted to step down on the outer edge of my foot. It was completely messing up my gait, and my whole foot would be in such pain that I couldn't even walk flat footed on that right foot for the rest of the day.

I got my second pair that I ordered--- same exact shoe -- and pulled out the right shoe from the new box and put it next to the new right shoe I had been trying to run in with such problems. Pic is included. After taking pics and staring at both right shoes, I noticed that the one that was giving me issues was noticably shorter; the grey band that came around the back was lower than the other new rt foot pair, and the heel part (rbber) didn't come up as high as the other shoe. The new right shoe is on the left, the bad right one that was giving me such issues is on the right. If you look closely, you will see across how the left sits higher and the patterns don't match across. I knew that something in the shoe I was wearing hadnt been right, and now I could see it. Either the heel drop was lower, uneven, or something. But I wasn't imagining it.

I wrapped up both new pairs, and returnedthem straight back to Amazon. I purchased them on Amazon via shoecity. They should be identical, but they were not. The pain from the bad shoe was enough that I almost thought I was getting a running injury. I will not buy running shoes from unknown vendors anymore, please stick with direct purchases from Asics/Brooks etc... so that you know you aregetting an authentic shoe or you can contact the company and they can assist since they know their own running shoes. Never again.