First, let me say that I am a woman and these are men's shoes. I own 2 other pairs of women's Asics speed star shoes and LOVE them. I really liked the neon green color of these though, so I decided to buy them. The conversion from mens to womens shoes is to subtract 1.5 sizes from the womens size to come to the correct mens size. The other 2 pairs of womens shoes I own in this same style are 10.5, so I ordered these in a size 9.

These arrived yesterday and I took them out for a couple mile run to test them out. First, I thought they were a bit narrow to start with, which is odd because the standard width for mens shoes is wider than womens shoes. I don't think there is enough room in the toe box either. They seem to be a bit narrow there as well. I also noticed that the back of the shoe seems to fit a bit lower on my heel, which made me self-conscious of my heel slipping out of the back while I run. Once I got a mile into my run, I forgot about worry of heel slippage and carried on.

Just like my womens speed star shoes, these have great arch support and add a great spring to my step and are feather light. All the reasons why I love the speed star line from Asics. Still, I am disappointed with the overall fit. I am going to loosen the laces a little on my next run and hope they just need a little breaking in. Still, just not a consistent fit with the rest of the speed star line.