Pros: cute/ good stability / heels are nicely padded/Very light weight/affordable Cons: not as comfortable on the top of the foot.  It feels too tight. I have very high arches so maybe it is just me.  I am hoping the break in soon.  I have only worn them twice to work out (general weight lifting).  Update on 9/17:  If you have high arches these aren't the shoes for you.  I would return them but I have kept them too long now (Rec'd them on 8/14).  The elastic criss-crossing  bands on the tongue are painful to me.  It also aggrevates the neuroma that I have on my left foot. I will be ordering something else.  I think ASICS makes wonderful shoes and the shoe itself is totally up to the ASICS standards but it wasn't the right shoe for my kind of feet.