I bought these shoes after seeing a runner in a 5K and thought they looked really cool and after having good luck with Asics in the past, I thought I would give them a try.  The colors do stick out so you will get noticed by everybody you walk or run passed.  Even had a guy running in a Marathon run past me and say "Cool shoes."  They are comfortable, however, I did not like the thing that you can put your shoestrings through so that you don't have to tie your shoes.  I used this in my first Marathon and after several miles, it started to really bother the top of my foot, which left a mark and stayed sore for several days.  So I have since took it off and now have no issues.