Oh, I was so sad these shoes didn't work.  I desperately wanted to love them.<br /><br />I loved the idea of the Boa Laces rather than regular tie laces, because I've always wanted my shoes to be equally tight across the entire length of the shoe.  That part definitely worked, but that's pretty much the extent of my pros.<br /><br />I ordered a wide width and received what appeared to be a regular width, but the tag on the shoe said that Inov-8's &#34;regular&#34; width is extra wide compared to other shoes.  So I'm not sure what size I got, but it was much too narrow.<br /><br />Strangely, the box toe part of the shoe was also very, very tight.  The laces didn't go down that far, so there was nothing I could do too loosen it.  They were so tight, I had to leave Zumba after 45 minutes because I had gone from being in pain to not being able to feel my toes.<br /><br />I like the idea of the lifted heel.  I know that's for lifting purposes, but I like that in shoes no matter what I'm doing in them.  Unfortunately, the material those lifts are made of are absolutely solid hard plastic.  I expected there to be a little bit of bounce, spring, or cushion in them.  There was not.  Worse than that, the insoles were so, so, so thin, my heel hitting the ground with just those solid pillars between my foot & the floor was so jarring, it shook my jaw.  Since the shoes were so narrow & tight to begin with, even when I took out the paper thin insole & put my own in, it was too tight to fit.