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Wide fit running shoes: read this first
We would rather be useful than sell you the wrong shoe. Here is exactly what these four styles do if you run, and when you should buy something else instead.
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The honest answer
These are extra wide adjustable trainers built for walking, standing and daily wear. They are not running shoes. If you run regularly — anything above the occasional light jog — you want a purpose-built running shoe in a wide fitting, and several running brands do make genuine wide and extra-wide versions of their road models.
What we can do is help you get the fit right, whoever you buy from. That is what the rest of this page is for.
What we do offer runners
If you run occasionally, walk-run, or are returning to activity after time off, DW-013 Mesh Wide Fit Trainer will handle it. It is the most trainer-like shoe in the range, the mesh forefoot panel copes with the heat, and the strap resets in a second when your feet swell mid-session. What it lacks is the responsive foam, the lower weight and the outsole pattern that a dedicated running shoe brings to repeated impact.
Fitting a running shoe when your feet are wide
| Style | Opens to | Choose it if |
|---|---|---|
| DW-006 Twin-Strap Wide Fit Trainer | 34 mm | Standard trainers feel tight across the ball of the foot but you can still get them on, and you want the most structured, most shoe-like option |
| DW-013 Mesh Wide Fit Trainer | 46 mm | Feet run hot, damp or sore across the forefoot, and you want the most breathable shoe and the easiest step across from an ordinary trainer |
| DW-015 Extra Wide Wrap Trainer | 58 mm | Bunions, hammer toes or a forefoot that has spread, or an orthotic that needs vertical room as well as girth |
| DW-019 Full-Wrap Extra Wide Trainer | 72 mm | Oedema, lymphoedema, bandaging, a dressing, or feet whose volume changes markedly between morning and evening |
There is no width fitting to choose. Every style comes in one extra-wide adjustable fitting per size, UK 3–12 (EU 36–46), whole sizes only, £49.99 on every style and every size. You choose the size, then set the width on your foot with the strap. "Opens to" is the gap the shoe makes across the instep with the strap fully released — the number that decides whether a foot, a dressing or a bandage can actually get in.
Two rules that apply whatever brand you end up in. First, feet swell substantially during a run — allow a full thumb's width of toe room and expect to need more room across the forefoot than in a walking shoe. Second, do not fix a room problem with length. A longer shoe moves your foot back off the flex point of the sole, which causes its own problems. Measure your girth and buy to that.
If you have a condition as well as wide feet
Running with diabetic neuropathy, an active bunion or a prescribed orthotic needs individual advice rather than a product page. A podiatrist with a running interest is worth the appointment fee. In the meantime, the neuropathy fitting guide and the orthotics guide both apply to running shoes as much as to ours.
Common questions
Can I run in these?
Do you plan to make a running shoe?
What do I need in a running shoe if my feet are wide?
Are wide fit running shoes worth it?
Where to go next
Not sure which style?
The style finder asks three questions about how shoes currently fail you and names the style to start with. If it gets it wrong, exchanges are free for sixty days.