I don't know what to say about my new Hoka One One Stinson Evo's - on the face of it they fitted my feet perfectly and were fantastically comfy right from the off. Possibly the most comfortable running shoes ever in fact. I take a size 9 in Walshes, a size 8.5 in Inov8s and these Hoka's are 9's - I tried 8.5's on but they were noticeably too snug.

I was suckered in by their supreme comfort and made the mistake of wearing them straight out of the box for the Lakeland 100..... and they ended up shredding my feet. The fitting may be slightly on the wide side I'm thinking, which seems to have led to my feet moving slightly forward on the downhills and, after 15 miles of the LL100, my toes were suffering, having been pressed against the inside front toebox, which come 75 miles (when I gave up) meant that my feet and toes were in absolute agony - I couldn't walk let alone run.

I'm hoping to be able to resolve this by wearing a couple of pairs of socks for their next outing and maybe replacing the lacing tightener thingies with normal laces.

All the same for specialist and bleeding expensive long distance trail shoes you have to say they haven't got off to the best of starts!