I have been running with New Balance from the start.  This series is the best for me.  I am 5'8" and 180 pounds and the shoes absorb any pounding I give them.  Recently I purchased a different brand to see how they were.  After a couple of runs I developed arch problems. I do not know what makes them so good but I always come back to them.

A bonus to this shoe is that it is still made in the US.  Keep Americans working.