Out of all the shoes I have ever purchased to run in these are one of the best. I'm a big guy and since I have started running in theses shoes I no longer suffer with the sore and painful knee and ankle problems that I had with other brands. Just so you know I have read reviews from other Big runners who have not been happy with these shoes but there seem to be an even larger number who love them to death including me, in fact I'm so happy I just placed and order for 2 more pair because NB is phasing them out and they are being replaced with the 1012, which is almost the same but different Color(Blue).