text: I love Asiics shoes.  However over time their quality and size are shrinking.  The leather is replaced with a vinyl plastic, I have to go up to near 1 to 1.5 sizes larger to get a good fit and then at times they are still tight.  Cushion and support are great.  I have since started looking for another running shoe that can give me what Asics used to do.  But I am sorry to see a good product go bad.  These shoes I think are more costly than they really should be.  I will know in the future I will have to shop for them in a store, but they are basically unreliable in size and quality over the net.