Nike's are
NOT all garbage. I am an overpronator:
Overpronation Running
and after being fed up with having shin split after shin splint, I consulted with a sports medicine doctor who video taped me running on a treadmill and was able to determine that. He told me that I needed to run only on shoes that provide the adequate support for the mechanics of my feet.
I then looked up and went to my local
Running Company and they introduced me to the Nike
Bowerman Series running shoes.
Today I run half-marathons on my
Nike Air Structure Triax+ 11, Bowerman Series with no sign of shin spints or any other injuries.
People can recommend running shoes all day long, but with so many variables involved, everyone's feet are different, and so their selection for shoes should be too.
Just my 2 cents.....
ETA: Oh, and my Triax+ are Nike+ ready, but I don't bother to use it. For marathons, I wear a wrist GPS that keeps accurate track of speed, distance, etc.