From Deseret News archives:
New Nikes almost like running barefoot
The $85 shoe, dubbed Nike Free 5.0, has been in limited distribution since last year, selling mostly in specialty running shops. The Free 5.0 and four other Free shoe styles now are moving into department stores and mainstream shoe and sporting-goods chains, backed by a big Nike marketing campaign. The philosophy behind the Free is that running barefoot strengthens tiny muscles in the foot that typically atrophy inside more protective running shoes. The increased effort acts much the way a weight workout does for the biceps, say Nike designers, ultimately making feet stronger, faster and less prone to injury. Nike is marketing the shoe as a "training tool."
Getting runners to adopt such a counterintuitive shoe is challenging, however. Nike includes with the shoe a training guide that includes drills and programs for the Free. It suggests wearing the shoes "around the house" for the first two weeks. Runners are then advised to start 3-to-5-mile runs in the third or fourth week. Nike recently advised on its Web site, "You can't just put these on and run."
Comments
- Hopi hotel showcases Arizona tribe 10:51 p.m.
- Cache County grants permit 10:50 p.m.
- Photos of the week, Nov. 29 10:50 p.m.
- NHL roundup: Defensemen lead Ducks 10:49 p.m.
- Overton's late heroics lead Huskies 10:45 p.m.
- Kings top Hornets 112-96 10:44 p.m.
- Historic U.S. artifacts visited Uta 10:42 p.m.
- Weber may close Justice Court 10:41 p.m.
- Body of missing woman found 10:35 p.m.
- Coyotes beat Ducks in OT 10:32 p.m.
- Hall mouths off about hate of Utah
- BYU is champion of the state
- Cougars beat Utes in overtime
- Credit Coug defense for win
- Field goals, penalties doomed Utes
- Cougar defense rose to occasion
- Marriage definitions vary widely
- Banged up Jazz get best of Blazers
- Jones' joy for life remembered
- Fantasy is reality for BYU professor
- Hall mouths off about hate of Utah
858 - Cougars beat Utes in overtime
473 - BYU is champion of the state
136 - Thunder rolls by Jazz
136 - Man trapped in Nutty Putty cave dies
117 - Cave to be sealed with body inside
116 - Editorial: Poor welcome for Palin
113 - Max Hall issues apology
108 - Rivalry Week is highly profane
90 - Hall's legacy measured today
79
I was on the plane. We were definitely on the runway, ergo, it was a runway...
The apology was perfect. He explained that his rants were really reflected...
or justification?
That is because Kyle Beckerman is amazing.
The National championship in college football doesn't always produce a true...
I find it extremely narrow-minded that you classify other peoples comments as...
As a BYU fan, I am truely sorry for the unsportsman like performance of not...
This is the balm that the hated, and hateful, Ute fans needed to ease the...
Nice to see Coach say something positive about Fesenko. It's tough for AK and...
Why won't you restore some class to Ute fans and accept Hall's apology?...


You can be the first to comment on this story.