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Is anyone else suspicious that all these articles about barefoot running started appearing at the same time a bunch of companies came out with specialized "bare

• leej 17y ago
  Nike has Free for 4-5 years. It had even added some cushioning to original Free over the years.
  • Retric 17y ago
    added some cushioning to original Free Is that a joke? Or was there some need to add cushioning?
    • jplewicke 17y ago
      There wasn't any need, but they did it anyway. I'm subscribed to the Ebay feed for the Free 3.0 in the hope that more of the old style will turn up, but the supply's been running low lately. Hopefully they'll see the error of their ways and start making the older style again.
• ErrantX 17y ago
  They've been about for a while now. It all started a couple of years ago when that research into how expensive/fancy trainers were actually not as good for athletes as bog standard "normal" ones. And that progressed into bare footed is even more beneficial / less injury prone. With that said I admit that I also remember seeing ads for a barefoot style "shoe" too. So you could well be right. (as it stands I recall the science and research was pretty solid - especially the stuff about cheap trainers over expensive ones)