I love these! I previously had the New Balance Minimus running shoes and loved them, but I don't really do much running and have been doing a lot of classes at the gym (weight lifting, aerobics, cardio kickbox, etc). These are perfect. They are very light, almost to the point of feeling flimsy before you put them on. They almost feel like water shoes or something - as they have a lot of breathability in the back (the green parts are almost mesh-like). My last minimus's started to give me blisters because they didn't have quite enough support/padding on the bottom when I was doing jumping jacks, etc. These shoes retain the "minimus" feel - very little padding, but still give your foot necessary support for bouncing around. The colors aren't like the picture - I recommend looking up the shoe on New Balance's website. It's more blue and neon pink. I like the color much better in person than it portrays on Amazon's website. No purple. Definitely recommend!