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Do either of you have pronation issues? That will be much more of a determining factor in what the "right" shoe is than one's coordination. Personally I use the ASICS Foundation, which is a very good stability shoe that also gives decent cushion. I have pretty significant overpronation and that shoe addresses it well and has prevented me injury for a long time (I've used them in two out of my four marathons including training, plus a lot of "just out for a run" stuff in the last few years).

I would find a GOOD running store near you (i.e. NOT Footlocker or someplace with a bunch of high school kids pumping "bling" shoes) where the help knows what pronation is, knows their products and can make sound recommendations. I was steered into mine by the staff of Marathon Sports in Boston years back (they are utterly amazing - they'll put you on a treadmill, watch your stride and form and make recommendations after reviewing that). I'm sure there's probably a similar place near you, but you'll have to look. SERIOUS running stores are rare and you'll have to weed through a lot of overpriced-bling-shoe-pumpin' stores first. Talk to some serious runners in your area for recommendations would be my advice.