I've been wearing New Balance for 25 years now. Love her! But these shoes actually hurt my feet. This is the first time I've felt the need to return a shoe. The size is approximate, I wear men's shoes because of the width. But they hurt on top of my foot, which is a weird place. There was plenty of space, not too crowded but still my feet really hurt. I saw some reviews talking about this and thought maybe this isn't the norm. Unfortunately I agree with the bad reviews. So I would say choose another shoe, this one has a bad design.