Omg this is the most awful shoe. Within about an hour, the ball of my foot and all the way through my arch felt like stabbing explosive pain on the INSIDE of my foot, like within the bones and cartilage, which Ive never experienced before. I could not walk without almost crying. Yes the shoes have zero arch support (incidentally, most of my shoes don't have arch support and they feel fine) and are hard and the soles hurt, nothing a gal cant live with.. but its not just because there is no cushioning of any kind that these were so painful, Im actually not sure the phenomenon here. In addition to being super hard soles and uncomfortable, the pain inside my foot, I assume from a very narrow toe box crushing my metatarsals, was an additional gift from Bandolino House of Pain. It would feel better to walk on concrete than in these shoes. I hobbled to my car and changed into the spare shoes I bring along while breaking in a new pair. Definitely returning.