They are simply fantastic... Cushion is great but not squishy... Very Stable, Comfortable, Light, Feet Stayed Cool, Especially Toes... I have narrow foot, medium arch... Normally I'd wear custom insoles with max cushion created in store that's molded to fit my feet... But the Aurora-BL doesn't seem to need the additional support nor cushion. However, I'm going to have some insoles made just to try & see what they'd feel like in Aurora-BLs... "Custom Insoles that are Perfectly Molded to My Feet " with Max Cushion Make Aurora-BLs feel even better & more magnificent & more fantastic... And additional height ( 2 mm ) didn't cause my feet to cramped or pushing against top of shoe... Shoe feels stable because last ( outsole design ) is mostly straight and outsole is very wide... The Extended Heel and Segmented / Decoupled Heel seems to enhance stabilty... They remind me how my Beast 16s felt & I loved those shoes. Went through 4 pairs, each shoe getting 700 to 750 miles ( I would alternate every other day between two pairs ) until reached 1400 to 1500 miles total... I used to wear Brooks exclusively & Beast 16s were shoes I started with when they first came out because I had sever over-pronation & bad case of Plantar Fasciitis at time: Aug 2016... After going through first two pairs of Beast 16s ( 1500 miles & 18 months later ) went to Runners Shoe Store and they did video of me walking on treadmil with shoes & barefoot & over-pronation was completely gone... Plantar Facilities was completely gone after three months of wearing Beast 16s... I fell in love with Beast 16s. I had never experienced the feeling of : Walking on Air, Walking on Clouds, Walking on Piillows before... Even after 5 to 7 hrs in shoes on all type of terrain ( hills: long descents & inclines, roads, sidewalks, hard dirt packed trails, rocky trails)... The best thing was I didn't even notice my feet... Not tired, Not Hot, Plenty of Wiggle room in toe box... Feet Just Felt Great... I would have stayed with Beast but they said if I did the motion control in the Beast would start me to under-pronate / supinate ( force foot to roll outward ) & there are no running shoes that could correct that... And it's not an easy anomaly to correct. Since there were no brook shoes I liked that I could transfer / transition into from the Beast, I went with Hokas for 2.5 yrs after & bought practically every trail shoe they had & many of their road running shoes too... For past 24 months have been in Hokas... Brooks Aurora-BL remind me of Hoka Bondi ( high stack height : 38 heel, 32 forefoot ), Clifton Edge ( extended heel ) & Rincon 2 ( super light )... I would highly recommend people just try Aurora-BL, that's only way to know how it'll work for them... No amount of reviews from others can ultimately determine if Aurora-BL is or is not for them or will or will not work for them... Took Aurora-BL to gym too and they were great there too... I'm very Proud of Brooks for Creating this Shoe... I've recently purchased Brooks Adrenaline GTS 21 & those should be delivered later today... Also got Glycerin 19, but it looks like the nitro injected foam will first be available in Glycerin 20s... I hope they'll continue to make Aurora-BLs or something very similar... I'd come back to Brooks because of this shoe... Like Aurora-BL looks too, color & style... I could see myself using the Aurora-BLs for next year or more if they continue to make it & outsole rubber last at least 350 miles & nitro injected cushion also last for that duration...
They are simply fantastic...
Cushion is great but not squishy...
Very Stable, Comfortable, Light, Feet Stayed Cool, Especially Toes...
I have narrow foot, medium arch...
Normally I'd wear custom insoles with max cushion created in store that's molded to fit my feet... But the Aurora-BL doesn't seem to need the additional support nor cushion. However, I'm going to have some insoles made just to try & see what they'd feel like in Aurora-BLs...
"Custom Insoles that are Perfectly Molded to My Feet " with Max Cushion Make Aurora-BLs feel even better & more magnificent & more fantastic... And additional height ( 2 mm ) didn't cause my feet to cramped or pushing against top of shoe...
Shoe feels stable because last ( outsole design ) is mostly straight and outsole is very wide... The Extended Heel and Segmented / Decoupled Heel seems to enhance stabilty...
They remind me how my Beast 16s felt & I loved those shoes. Went through 4 pairs, each shoe getting 700 to 750 miles ( I would alternate every other day between two pairs ) until reached 1400 to 1500 miles total...
I used to wear Brooks exclusively & Beast 16s were shoes I started with when they first came out because I had sever over-pronation & bad case of Plantar Fasciitis at time: Aug 2016...
After going through first two pairs of Beast 16s ( 1500 miles & 18 months later ) went to Runners Shoe Store and they did video of me walking on treadmil with shoes & barefoot & over-pronation was completely gone...
Plantar Facilities was completely gone after three months of wearing Beast 16s...
I fell in love with Beast 16s. I had never experienced the feeling of : Walking on Air, Walking on Clouds, Walking on Piillows before... Even after 5 to 7 hrs in shoes on all type of terrain ( hills: long descents & inclines, roads, sidewalks, hard dirt packed trails, rocky trails)... The best thing was I didn't even notice my feet... Not tired, Not Hot, Plenty of Wiggle room in toe box... Feet Just Felt Great...
I would have stayed with Beast but they said if I did the motion control in the Beast would start me to under-pronate / supinate ( force foot to roll outward ) & there are no running shoes that could correct that... And it's not an easy anomaly to correct.
Since there were no brook shoes I liked that I could transfer / transition into from the Beast, I went with Hokas for 2.5 yrs after & bought practically every trail shoe they had & many of their road running shoes too...
For past 24 months have been in Hokas...
Brooks Aurora-BL remind me of Hoka Bondi ( high stack height : 38 heel, 32 forefoot ), Clifton Edge ( extended heel ) & Rincon 2 ( super light )...
I would highly recommend people just try Aurora-BL, that's only way to know how it'll work for them...
No amount of reviews from others can ultimately determine if Aurora-BL is or is not for them or will or will not work for them...
Took Aurora-BL to gym too and they were great there too...
I'm very Proud of Brooks for Creating this Shoe...
I've recently purchased Brooks Adrenaline GTS 21 & those should be delivered later today...
Also got Glycerin 19, but it looks like the nitro injected foam will first be available in Glycerin 20s...
I hope they'll continue to make Aurora-BLs or something very similar...
I'd come back to Brooks because of this shoe...
Like Aurora-BL looks too, color & style...
I could see myself using the Aurora-BLs for next year or more if they continue to make it & outsole rubber last at least 350 miles & nitro injected cushion also last for that duration...
I would love to see Brooks get back into basketball.
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