I ran last night with the Asics, amazing. Imagine a really blubbery fat guy drenched in vasoline running fullspeed and diving onto a slip and slide that ends in a mound of pudding. Yes thats how these shoes feel to run in. As for the Salomons I am going to use them friday for my 2 mile run I am getting graded on. I have been walking around in them and jogging a bit to get them a bit broke in, but I want to save that new shoe speed for the test.