I was excited when I first took these out of the box.  They were light and had great ventilation.  I put them on to walk around the house.  As soon as I tied them up I felt the top of the shoe rubbing my ankle bone.  They did have good heel cushioning though and I really wanted these shoes to work so I kept them on.  I kept getting more and more uncomfortable and took them off after about 30 min.  When I looked closer it looks like the laces are reinforced(?) so the top of the shoe near the front is pretty rigid.  I even ordered a smaller size thinking I originally got them too big, but had the same issues.  I've never had this problem before.  I also bought a pair of Saucony's for my husband and tried those on.  I did not have the same problem with his shoes so I think it's just this model.