I wanted so much to like these shoes!  I bought them after seeing them twice in two different running shoe stores.  My feet were killing me while walking through central park, so I decided to get something cushy on the bottom.  Well, I will say that the bottom is cushy to walk on but that is where the comfort ends.  The thong strap is painfully leaning on my second phalange on the left side.  After about 10 min it feels bruised.  The front of the shoe is so wide (probably to accommodate men's wider feet) that I keep tripping on them.  The front of the shoe literally folds under when walking and scrapes the floor.  The top strap is a bit wide which tends to trap sand and dirt.  This is irritating and I find it even worse when they get wet.  I wore them 3 times and the irritation is just not worth it.  Forty dollars wasted.