I've been running for 25 years, but age, weight gain and flat feet compromised my exercise routine with arch pain radiating to the balls of the feet, reaching a point where I had to run and even walk more than half a mile. The effect of these shoes was almost magical. My leg pain lessened within the first week and then disappeared. I started running two miles a day, then three, and a month later I started running again - painlessly. Now, six months later, they are wearing well and I no longer…