I bought these for many reasons.

First I want to make my foot over all stronger.  The color is perfect for the long hours on my feet at work and pretty much anywhere else I want to wear them.

I'm slowly starting to run in them.  It's great. Of course I've done my research on how you need to run and it helped so much.  Instead of me being it pain from running injuries I feel sore from a great work out.

for me the black color is to hot for the summer runs.  It's very versatile with everything else. If I was only using this for running I would get a different color for sure.