I've been team Brooks glycerin for years, but I just got a pair of Topo Spectres and they feel great. Plenty of room in the toe box, makes my feet a little happier.
Topo has a whole line of wide toebox shoes. The Atmos is great for easy, long miles, the Phamtom is the daily trainer, the Cyclone for speed work and the Specter for longer speed efforts
They actually narrowed the toe box in the Bondi this year so you may have to go with a wide width. It’s a lot firmer than I remember, but that may make it feel more nimble while running, enabling to go at different paces. I second the Topo recommendation. They have the Phantom for daily training, the Cyclone for speed work, the Atmos for recovery runs and the Specter for longer marathon training runs.
The TYR Maverick is a daily trainer that can do most paces, not a race day shoe. It’s not soft and mushy, but has a good amount of stack height while not feeling bulky. The toebox is quite accommodating as well. The Topo Specter, anatomical toebox, race foam that can be used for daily miles & uptempo work. The Maverick is only $150 but they have sales on all of their stuff regularly and the Specter is discounted since the 3 is coming out in several months
Agree, also generally wear a women’s D width and the Specter and Cyclone has been very enjoyable to me. For OP, if you want something with a little more stability, the Topo Ultrafly might be a shoe you can look into, but for trails, you could try the Vista specifically comes in wide width, though you might not actually need a wide in Topo. I got my dad into the Vistas and I haven’t seen him take them off since he got them, he’s on the trails a lot for a 72 year old and he just loves them.
Most of the shoes recommended are 5mm drops so should be fine. The Specter has a lot of extra foam extended from the heel that gives some added protection for heel strikers without having to increase the drop. I didn’t really notice a difference when I went from 8mm to 5mm. You can use the Topo website to try to find a dealer near you. There is only one running specific store that stocks them in my city and then some outdoorsy chain stores that have a small variety of shoes, mostly trail, and I only live in a mid-size market in Canada so I’m optimistic that the website will be able to direct you somewhere local that has them.
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