Who's tried Brooks Pure Cadence?

Full disclosure, I am a novice runner/triathlete. I bought a pair right before the holidays, just because I was interested in a minimalist shoe and my LRS recommened them.  I also currently train in a pair of Mizuno Wave Rider 12s and also have used Saucony Pro Grid Triumph 7.  I have a heavy footstirke and thought the Brooks would help me onto my midfoot.

Bottom line for me, I love them.  They are so much lighter than the other shoes and fit my foot well.  They did warn me to go slow breaking them in by doing only a mile, then 1.5 up to 3 or 4 miles as there is some concern about stressing your achilles and calf.  I have done up to 5, but these are mostly used for my tempo runs of 4 miles or less.  I feel faster in them and my running feels more efficient and turnover quicker.  I aslo am training for a HM on 3/18 so my run fitness may have something to do with it.  When I go to the store to pick up my HM packet, I am going to ask if I can start going longer in them, say up to 6 miles.  Not sure I am ready for the true "barefoot" type shoes yet.  

Yeah.  That's where I purchased mine.  I'm familiar with the tongue issue.  Every pair of shoes I've had from Brooks do that.  Annoying, but everything else [usually] worked well...  I'm going to give my current new pair one more shot on the treadmill today...

they are not 'minimalist' shoes.  they have a nice little bit of support.  so, if you're in the Guide's, probably enough for you.  They also have some fine forefoot cushion and good flexibility.  But, they're a very low drop shoe.  4mm I think.  So, your body will need to adapt to them.

If you're willing to go through the process- go for it.  They feel pretty cool.

I have Adrenalins in size 14 and in size 15.

So I am not sure if I can fit comfortable in Pure Cadence as they only go up to size 14

I use these and the Adrenalines interchangeably.  Love the shoes.  Great race day shoes - just did a HM in my pair with no issues (other than my own lack of fitness). 

Highly recommended.

Wow.  Just wow.

Just purchased, thanks to your glowing recommendations to my question.  Had a long run in my asics yesterday-- I'm a little sore today.

Just rode for 1 hour in the basement and thought I'd go for a quick run afterwards in the new PC.  Toes are happy, feet are smiling. 

Wow. 

Thanks for your input!!!!!

Word on the street is that the PureFlows are wider in the forefoot than that Pure Cadence. 

I have wide feet.  I am a woman and wear a D-width (wide for women or a regular men's) shoe, so I chose to buy men's PureFlows and they fit me fine in the forefoot.  In fact, I could argue that they are slightly longer and wider than the D-width Brooks Ghosts (which do have a lace holder to keep the tongue from moving).  The PureFlows even have a nice bunion window if that is an issue for you (it is for me). 

If you want more info on the PureFlows or other Brooks shoes, please feel free to PM me.  I am a neutral runner, so my experience goes that way, but I can point you in the control direction if necessary.

Hi All - I picked up a pair at the end of March and as recommended I cut my mileage down for a bout a week just to get used to what I think they call the "drop".  Apparently there is a significant difference in drop between the Brooks Ravenna 2 I was accustomed to wearing.

Since I've run an "official half-marathon" in them and many other longer distances runs totaling about 150 miles to date.  I love them, I did recently notice that they might not handle well on wet surfaces when I lost traction when running on the Golden Gate in SF.  

I was a Ravenna "fan boy" I loved them, but after they moved to 3rd series I decided it might be time to try something a little different.  Glad I did... I am not sure I would consider them minimalist in comparison to vibrams or others out there, but they are definitely super light.

My two cents...