Nike Cesium anyone???

Not a woman, and not knowing anyone who has tried them, BUT, I predict problems with the Cesium -- it may be better to either wait and see how people find them after a few months. I would also suggest that you go to the store warmed up and when they put you on the treadmill insist on doing a couple of minutes at race or fast training pace to see if they still act like a stability shoe at speed.

My reasoning is this: what Nike seem to have done is to take out all the motion control gizmos from inside the shoe in a worthy attempt to save weight, and have substituted with anti-pronation pads on the outside of the shoe -- on the heels. What this means to my admittedly simple mind is that as you wear down the tread, you will lose the motion control.

In similar simplistic mode, I also wonder what happens to the control when you run at speed, as many people become more forefoot-orientated at speed.

Finally, Mizunogirl, I'm like you -- I have more of a problem on one foot/leg than the other, so I wouldn't really want to be wearing TWO shoes that both act like custom orthotics.

Interesting shoe idea though, isn';t it? Let us know if you try/buy.

I've been considering the Cesiums as well. I've been running in Asic GT-2110's for a couple of years and have been having chronic knee problems. I went to Road Runner Sports and they put me in a neutral shoe. Very disappointed with them by the way. And then I went to Forward Motion and the guy said I pronate severely. I had no idea, I thought I had an average arch. He put me in Brooks Beasts, and I immediately felt the extra weight. I ran twice in them, and then did a marathon, and I didn't have any issues with my joints. But they are still very heavy. The shoe guy said no Nike shoe would offer me enough support, but the Cesiums are different in that they don't try to support the shoe, they modify the heel bed to correct your foot angle. I tried a pair on and they're really quite foreign feeling, but not too bad. I'm betting the negative reviews are from people who won't give it a chance. I don't think wearing down the heels will lesson the orthotic nature, since you're more likely to now strike with the outside of your heel, resulting in more of an angular footbed. Anyways, I may try 'em as a racing shoe. It sounds like you may have hacked your insole away to take material off on the outside? If so, the Cesiums will probably not feel too strange. Buy it from a place that lets you return it used in 30 days and give it a whirl!

Well, I finally decided toget new shoes. trainer was getting ancy about my old ones.

Pearl Izumi. Syncroguide.
Lovely
nice ride.

nice lacing.

taking it for the long run tomorro. Bit worried.

i AM ON MY SECOND PAIR. I LOVE THEM. HAVE NOT HAD ANY HIP PAIN SINCE I SWITCHED TO THEM AND THEY TOOK MY ORTHODICS WELL. i AM NOT A LD RUNNER UP TO 3 MI MAX BUT ABSOLUTELY LOVE HE SHOE.