So today I am wearing my new shoes. My "special shoes". This weekend we were in the mall and my old "special shoes" had gone flat. Usually I buy those Dr.Sholls inserts to keep it going a little bit longer. Then my heels start to get sore and I know I need new shoes. My last pair were basically basketball shoes with velcro. They were very cool and the second I stepped out of the store in Santa Monica some guy looks at them and goes "nice shoes".

These new shoes are definitely special. A year ago a study came out that said there were more ankle injuries since the 1970s than the previous years before. It blamed those new fangled tennis shoes and how they bind and control the feet and ankles. Then in the story there was a comparison to the Kenyan runners who run marathons in their bare feet and how they don't get ankle injuries. So Nike studied this phenomona and then proceeded to make a shoe that mimic'd the bare feet. And thus - Nike Free 5.0 was born.

http://insidenikerunning.nike.com/2009/04/16/nike-free-50-bare-your-feet/

The minute I put on these shoes I knew they were different. They are the lightest shoes I've ever had. To begin with I walk kind of like a duck because of old college basketball injury and these shoes force your feet to walk straight. I heard a snap crackle pop as my feet and legs were forced straight. All of a sudden I had good feet posture and felt more in control of my gait. Then when I walked in them it was like I was wearing slippers. I was able to shift my weight from my heal to the front of my feet, something I could never do in basketball shoes. I actually enjoyed running a little bit. So I am sold on the Nike Free. Can you tell? They should pay me for advertising for them.