What do you think about neon pink, orange, green running shoes?

After thousands of miles on these old dogs, my boys deserve support, comfort, and anything that will keep my spine from shooting out through my 4th point of contact. I hope the best show isn't neon hot yellow, but I'd be willing to paint them whatever color that was required. TAKE CARE OF YOUR FEET! Cause the foot bone is directly connected to the leg bone and the back bone.

It would be nice to maintain uniformity of the APFU all the way to the shoes, but comfort and functionality comes first in today's' Army. Unless DOD aligns with Nike/Reebok/New Balance et al to design, standardize and field a superior cross-training set of shoes(highly unlikely), Pvt Snuffy has to use what works best for him or her in-spite of the colors. Don't forget, PT used to be combat boots, fatigues and T-shirt...:)

There is and will always be two sides to this issue. I am an avid runner with distances ranging from 2 to 40 miles. I select my shoes based on performance first and appearance second. I have different shoes based on terrain and function. Some shoes have the added benefit of reflective qualities thereby adding an additional safety measure. I believe that having all Soldiers wear a limited number of shoes colors would not be met well by industry or performance standards. Soldiers that choose to be competitive recreational runners would end up having Army shoes and then get shoes that actually work. My only issue would be with those that only buy these things as a fashion statement, but that would be a difficult thing to sort out who only buys them for looks. This is a great topic and one that had come up in discussions before. I don't think this is one that can be fairly answered for either side.

Since all soldiers have different feet, way they walk/run, weight. All shoes don't fit this category. I try to be as conservative as possible, but at size 16, there aren't any options as a majority of the populace (country) has a median size of 8 to 12 ( sole based on the last 10 years of trying to find shoes in stores across America that are a 16) not many models are made in these sizes and I don't know what it is but the larger they get the odder the colors seem to be. I've had to get a pair that were neon green/FloOrange/purple (very similar to image posted).... I caught flak from the entire chain for months. But I was stuck, I have to online order shoes and they never seem to last long. I understand the uniformity that is harped on, but this also applies to civilian PPE work when riding a motorcycle or bicycle.

I think it doesn't really matter that much. You have a mix of different running abilities and body types in your formations, not to mention Soldiers who are either too cheap or too financially impaired to purchase quality running shoes. Some will go for the $35.00 pair because they cost $35.00, some will buy the medium priced running shoes and others will buy the $100.00 pairs. Which most are not the type of shoe that they need. The issue is a majority of Soldiers do not know how to properly fit a pair of running shoes to their particular body type or running style or replace their shoes frequently enough. Which causes injuries and lessens performance.

I got no problem with it, I mean everything we wear in military is one color or another so who cares what color our running shoes are. THEY ARE SHOES and at some point they will wear out and you'll have to get new once so...whatever they are it don't matter.

I could care less what others wear. 

So long as those shoes are the best fit for the Soldier, and provide them the best support, stability and ergonomics, I could care less what color they are. In some things, practicality has to overrule OCD, and this is one of them.

I'm still in AIT and maybe someone has already answered this in another comment but I was issued hot pink running shoes in BCT reception. I didn't get to pick the color and they made us wear them. No joke. So you might be seeing those...all of us got pink, green, blue, etc it depended on ur shoe size for what color u got