UPDATE: JANUARY, 11,2014

I've worn and recommended these once great shoes, for 9 years now. No longer. The quality has deteriorated the past year. They no longer support the ankle or foot, as they once did. The price was raised and the quality was sacrificed. I have to look for another  brand of shoe, that can even come close to how these shoes used to be. What a sad demise of a once great, superior shoe, of which I have tried the best, in brands. If I stayed with this shoe, I would have to buy a new pair every month or two. That is how long they are effectively supportive.

Nothing has changed with my foot or weight or life. It is the shoe, that has changed. I am woefully disappointed.