I can walk a mile in these Comfortable asics running shoes (Asics Gel Cumulus)

Member Name: mumsymary

Product:	Asics Gel Cumulus
Date:	29/05/09 (111 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: comfort

Disadvantages: price

Here's one foot, here are two,
Each one wearing a brand new shoe,
So skip and dance all around the floor,
That's what these new shoes are for.

My new shoes are Asics gel cumulus 10 . Asics is a Japanese company making sports wear.

You may or may not be aware that I suffer from a tendon injury Plantar Fasciitis. I am doing physio every day and have had an operation on it. I was advised by my pysio that trainers with a gel heel would ease some of the pain when walking I found that Asics make a trainer Asics Gel Cumulus that seem to be the most comfortable. I recently bought a new pair.

I have been wearing ladies but recently due to the operation I think my foot size has increased. I also have a wide foot the men's fitting have wider feet. Wearing innersoles also takes up ½ a size.
I believe Asics cumulus ladies are not available in my size I am ½ a size to big so I had a men's size shoe. I had not realized before men's sizes are not the same as ladies, they are bigger.
* cost
These running trainer shoes are the most comfortable shoes I have found.
Sadly they can cost a fortune £85 in some shops, but luckily for me I found them at sports direct for £55.00 there is a local sports direct for me but they are also on line at http://www.sportsdirect.com . So much as I prefer the staff and service from our small local sports shop I bought mine a lot cheaper from Sports direct.

* About these shoes.
They are a trainer really designed for running. I am a bit disappointed to find the men's only comes in a white trainer with a bright blue flash I do not really like the colour for my everyday purposes. I suppose for sports its fine. The ladies design comes in a slightly better design, white with muted coloured stripe not the Day-Glo blue toes and side flash as on the men's .

However I am not proud I would rather be comfortable. These Asics cumulus 10 have a textile and synthetic upper a textile inner .An air mesh upper for breathability. They are a good shape with a moulded sole and a padded ankle for support.
The most important factor for me is the soles. These Asics trainers have AHAR® Heel Plug for maximum shock absorption. They have both rear foot and forefoot gel. If I was using these shoes running at night they have 3M reflective strips for low light visibility .

I do wear innersoles molded by the hospital these make a big difference to the comfort of any shoe I wear. Burt if I were to compare wearing other shoes and my Asics trainers both wearing the innersoles I would defiantly say my Asics were by far the best I have worn the Asics without the innersoles and found them fairly comfortable .

Summary: gel soles and heel running shoes