Comments: A little narrower and shorter than the first generation. I wear a size 9 in both PureGrit and PureGrit 2, but the cuff hit too high on version 2 and will rub too hard on my Achilles' tendon. The original PureGrit cuff had heavier duty or denser fabric, which wore VERY well. I noticed Brooks seems to do some strange scaling across sizes because the original shoe's tread was much closer together the smaller the shoe size, even size 9 versus 8.5. The original hurt my first metatarsal head because it dipped in- between the tread. PureGrit 2 tread is much closer together and lower profile and would seem to remedy that. Would have kept this shoe like the first if only it did not rub my Achilles' tendon.
From: Heather, Fort Collins, Co USA

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