This is nothing! I donated two 3foot cubed boxes to a shelter a few years ago. If you live in So Cal, look fro bums with modified track shoes and rece flats beggin for change!I found a pair that had the spft outsole on it. This one was really nice for the roads. It's a thick blown rubber that feels super soft like running on a soft trail. Wore down fast but you could easliy get 500 or so out of a pair. IM/Marathon/long run shoes for sure. You can see here how thick the rubber is.No, I'm not a POSE runner or a forefoot striker. If you run in these your foot has no chice but to do what is most efficent. I've found that 300 miles into the switch to flat shoes (not race flats) your legs are ready for some real training. Kinda still on the forefoot, but then at about 1200 mile you'll switch back to a heel landing. Thats whan you're fully adapted to running.I chose not to think about my footfall. All I can do is get in the way. The bottoms of your feet have a ton of feel and will land just how they should on their own, depending on the speed, surface, accelleration, incline or whatever.Just run natural and get shoes that dont get in the way of your natural gait.