These are honestly, the most painful shoes I have ever worn:

1. The toe is stiff so it is downright painful to bend your foot.
2. The tongue is sewn into the shoe on the sides and the stitches are directly under the eyelets - pulling the shoestrings taught grinds the stitch line and the eyelets into your instep.
3. The back of the collar of the shoe is off-center and every step mushes it into your Achilles tendon.
4. The tread is not angled to your natural gait, instead it is perpendicular to the line of the shoe so every time you drop your heel onto the ground it feels like your stepping on a rock.

In order to wear these shoes comfortably, I had to double my socks and thread the shoestrings up so that they bypassed all the eyelets in the middle of the shoe (so they basically were only connected to the eyelets closest to the toes and the eyelets closest to ankle). For the price these things are going for, I'd expect to at least be able to WALK comfortably. Running is out of the question.

If I'm not mistaken, this is the *only* item I've ever returned to Amazon.