It looks like a real running shoe, but if you have a big instep, you can't get it on easily because you cannot loosen it up by undoing the laces, which seem to be there just for show. NB is usually good for a wide foot, but the 4E is more like what they used to call a D. There is width inflation in shoe sizes these days. Sorry folks, that's it. Shoes are not a laughing matter.