My wife is a full time swim coach who also walks three miles a day with our dog. That's a lot of time standing on a concrete pool deck. If it's a champs meet weekend, she might pull two 12 hour days mostly standing with a lot of walking back and forth. Over the years, her feet were breaking down. Her MD suggested Hokas, and they have made a dramatic change in her ability to do her job. Also, my neighbor, Mike Wardian, wears Hokas. His feet have held up. Check out the linky below. I bought a pair of Hokas for our Italy trip where we averaged 12 miles a day in Rome and Florence (distance is more limited in Cinque Terre and Venice though we hiked some crazy trails between the 5 terre). Unlike my wife, I have a higher arch, so I didn't like them as much as my good old Adidas Terren hiking shoes. I don't run anymore due to not having cartilage in my right hip, but I do hike a lot, and the Adidas are perfect for me. I lift mostly barefoot and swim a fair amount, also barefoot. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Wardian