Believe the hype, the cushioning is great, had a sports massage a few days after L100 and the lad that did it said my leg muscles were in good nick. Considering I've never covered 100 miles before I was impressed with them. Get the right size though, my feet were wrecked. Ran the first half in mafates, second half in bondi b's, considering the bondi's are road shoes, I found the grip adequate, even on the last downhill into Coniston. Same as owt else really, it's down to personal experience, I'd even wear em in the pub. Then again, I never did have any dress sense, or sense at all really:wink: