I'm going to review these even though I've only worn them for a couple runs. That's because, even if they don't work out for me, it will be because I'm not naturally supposed to run barefoot/minimal, which is no fault of the shoes.

But I hope I am, because I like it much better. After having two runs in these new shoes, it automatically forced me to stop heel striking and to land approximately mid-foot to front-foot. I say "forced," but it really seems more like that's how I naturally would be inclined to run without any nudging from higher heeled shoes. Already my calves are aching, and I'm definitely going to take this slowly, but running feels vastly better, looser, more efficient. Today I ran in my other "current traditional" running shoes (NB M860s) which have a much larger drop, probably like 12mm versus the 4mm of these, and running felt endlessly clunkier, like that is not the way I'm supposed to be running. Only time will tell if my legs can stand it and if this is really true, but I hope it is.

As other reviewers said, order half a size larger--or at least it worked for me. I've worn New Balance forever and 10.5 has always worked for me so I was hesitant to heed the other reviewers, but with these the 11 seems the perfect fit. It feels like a 10.5 would be too tight and an 11.5 a little too large.

Also, get the freakin' orange, it's awesome. Or the bright blue, that looks pretty sweet as well. It sounds silly but I love that I have a colorful choice of running shoes.