I coach track and I love them for standing on the track. I cannot imagine wearing them to run in though...they are stiff and the bottom can be quite slippery. But for the hours and hours that I stand on a track, they are very comfortable. I don't like to let my athletes wear them, but if that is what their parents buy, what can you do? I also get kids who wear their basketball shoes, or their skateboard shoes, or some other type of shoe that is just for fashion. Go to a running store if you can't figure out what type of shoe to wear, that is what we do.....it saves us alot of grief from parents.