"These are the second pair of Adidas sneakers I have purchased where one shoe (right) is shorter than the other. You may say, "maybe one foot is slightly bigger" but that is not the case. I have owned many pairs of Asics and Nike sneakers where I had no issues. To test my theory, I walked to a DSW in my area, tried on another pair of size 9 Adidas in the same Marathon style and Thrasher and had the same issue-the right was tighter than the left!"