text: Purchased size 4 1/2 Wide, but these run narrow. My 8 year old son has worn wide asics a few years ago and they were fine.  He has worn wide New Balance the past year or two and they look wider when I paired them beside the asics shoe.  The New Balance toe box is much more wider than these asics.  There is black ink specks on the white soles as other reviews stated, that wasn't a concern to me though.  Maybe these reasons is why these shoes were on sale, too bad.