I ran the London marathon in 2009, and when I went to get some running trabs to start training in I bought a pair of Adidas, they were shite, I couldn't run in them after about 2 weeks so I went and got another pair and the lad in the shop recommended me some new balance pair, I bought them and they were great - trained in them for 4 months and ran a half and then the full marathon in them - really good shoes. They havent been out the cupboard since mind, fuck running after all that.