Is getting fitted for running shoes worth it?

Think fitting is free if you buy shoes.

Overall probably worth it, but I’d try to go somewhere that has the foot scan machine - more useful than someone filming you and saying you overpronate.

Yes. 100%.

Yes. Even if you are walking distances.

It made a huge difference for me.

My right foot is smaller than my left.

Its absolutely worth it. You'd likely be fine with some brooks ghosts off the shelf, but its better to rule out needing something specific.

I’ll try to give my opinion without sounding like an a-hole.

It’s a good practice, but only if you use the feedback to fix your issues. There is no “individual” running form - there is correct human mechanics and incorrect human mechanics, with only modest acceptable variation.

Too many people come out of a gait analysis with a special snowflake prescription they wear as an identity forever.

There is a ton of value in the intelligence gained, but that intel should be used to fix yourself.

If you learn that you’re an overpronating, arch collapsing, hip dominant runner, go ahead and get the stability/motion control shoe they recommend. But understand you are running wrong and that shoe is a crutch and your form is wrong. Start fixing the issues causing the bad mechanics.

Then get another fitting as you improve your form and fix issues (like tight hips, weak feet, weak hamstrings.)

Found out my chord going around me heel is outrageously tight, puts too much strain on my achiles and lower calf, feels like a reverse shin splint, even with custom inserts.

I double stack the basic heel inserts under my customs to keep it raised and prevent my foot from going flat.