Wide Trail Runners

Highly recommend Altras.  I don’t necessarily have a wide foot, but I always have my Lone Peaks waiting for me on the back half of 100 milers when my feet are tired and have expanded and they couldn’t be happier.  I will say that if you’re not used to zero drop shoes, ease into them.  I usually rotate them into my shoe lineup 2-3 days per week, but the key is that your achilles will be working more with zero drops, so don’t just go hammer a bunch of uphill after putting them on.  Downhill, however, will feel like a whole different game since you can land on your forefoot and really control foot placement and speed.

Have a wide forefoot and narrow heel. For me the Saucony Excursion TR12’s work great, half size up. The heel has a good stiffness and what is great for my wide forefoot is that the toebox material is quite flexible / stretches. In addition, it has a super comfy midsole. Haven’t tried the new TR13 (https://www.saucony.com/en/excursion-tr13/39116M.html), but they look the same.

NB do sell 4E widths and state the widths. Many other brands only sell a D or E and don’t state the widths.

Do NOT mutilate your feet: you only get one pair.

Cheers

Plus 1 on the Gel Venture. A warning though. I bought a pair in two different colours and one pair, in blue, was considerably narrower, probably a 2E. Sent them back and bought another of the other grey and orange and it was the correct width. Go figure!

I too have big feet.  I wear 15 4E’s and my feet seem to be high volume.  I tried some Altra’s, but they were tight in the toe box, and way too narrow across the arch and heel.

The New Balance Leadville’s were great shoes, and like many, I was sorry to see them drop these from their lineup.  I have been using the New Balance Summit KOM’s lately.  I like the more supportive upper on the KOM, but I prefer the wider toebox on the Leadville, and I think the Leadville was far more breathable as well.

I have been considering getting the Fresh Foam Arishi Trail, but I have my doubts that this will be a suitable replacement.

One thing to note, if NB does not list a size on their website, it doesn’t necessarily mean you won’t be able to find that size elsewhere.  NB website only lists what they have for sale at the time.  But I took a quick look at Amazon and Zappos and didn’t see the KOM’s available in 4E there either.

Before I buy new shoes, I always check Joe’s New Balance Outlet and do a quick search for my size.  I have bought some pretty cheap and awesome shoes from there.  As one who hasn’t bought shoes from a brick and mortar store in over a decade, it is pretty nice to find deals on shoes that fit my monster feet.