Welcome Fellow barefooters,

I found something :

http://www.nike.com/speed/index.jsp?l=en_us&ls=0

They have listed a pair of shoes called Nike Free Running 5.0 when running and
Nike Free
Training 5.0 when at the gym or at everyday life.

* This is what the web page says about the Nike Free Training 5.0:
Just because an athlete's at the gym doesn't mean they don't want to go
barefoot--or
have the benefit of being barefoot. With all of Nike Free's articulation to
build strenght in
the feet, the Nike Free Training 5.0 also has a lateral strap to protect the
foot during those
sideways, torque-type moves that training involves. This forefoot design in the
Nike Free
Training 5.0 allows for greater flexion and mobility.

*** Fellow barefooters! The shoe industry just agreed with us " benefit of being
barefoot"***

*This is what the web page says about the Nike Free Running 5.0:
Engineer Tobie Hatfield and designer Eric Avar had been hearing stories from
coaches
about how their athetes who trained barefoot had fewer injuries and ran faster,
so they
wanted to design a barefoot shoe. The NSRL ( Neke Sports Research Lab) tested
runners
without shoes on and found they used more of their muscles. While shoes provided
protection, after a lifetime of wearing them, people were losing the natural
muscle and
biomechanical skill in their feet. Instead, going barefoot, toes and feet flex
and grip,
building muscles that extend up through the legs and hips. This meant fewer
injuries
usually associated with running. The shoe was created with a new last, and now
it has a
grooved outsole to match the foot's natural flexibility. Free vents in the upper
so the
material can give with instead of fighting the foot. The men's and women's shoes
are even
different, too. Because women have naturally more flexible feet than men, the
women's
version allows for greater flexion and extenxion of the toes.

***Fellow barefooters, do we need to say more? It's been proven by the shoe
industry. It is
up to the reader if they want the real thing or the fake one. It's up to the
runner. The ironic
thing is that the rest of the world looked at us funny. It is our turn to do
that to them.***

Have a nice week,

Barefoot Luis