Bought these for my husband. He is very happy with them. We bought them half size larger than his usual size (we tried them on in store just to make sure this was the right fit as other reviews mentioned they ran small) and they fit perfect. He broke them in on a 8 mile steep hike this past weekend with no problems at all. He has not tried running in them...kind of get the feeling they may be a bit to stiff for that but so far they have been great for hiking.