"You walk for any distance in them. I can honestly say I have NEVER had worse shin splints in my entire life than I have had with these shoes. I work in the city and need good walking shoes to get from the train to the office (about a mile each way). I have purchased Easy Spirit shoes before so took a chance on these. OUCH! One day I actually thought I wouldn't make it to the train station and would just have to sit down on the curb and recover...that would have been embarrassing LOL!
I do have a tendency toward heel pain so I always wear inserts for that but these shoes are causing killer shin splints. I've worn them so I can't return - guess Goodwill will be getting some barely worn shoes and I'll go back to Rycka."