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Is the Nike Free really the right shoe to simulate barefoot running? Come on guys this is Nike! They are the ones that shoved that freakin heel in the shoe anyway and completely destroyed the appropriate biomechanics of the human body. We no longer have a running barefoot style with that obnoxious heel! They have not gotten away from it with the Nike Free. All they did was add a ton of cush and supposedly a great degree of flex (I don't feel it). We completely concur with those items as well the need for more flex and a better overall barefoot feel. Nike has been doing the heel thing for 30 years and has every running shoe on the shelf with a heel (some much bigger than others  see the Nike Air Nike Shox  they need somewhere to put all that crap). There is no evidence out there to back the claims of heel cushioning and overall support. We haven't found them. We see everything the other way around. The Nike Free does not appear to offer us that natural feel, but does what Bowerman and everyone since has tried to do and constantly screw up our running so that they can just continue to make money. If you have read Born to Run or ran barefoot you know what it has done to your training. We have experienced a great increase of endurance, comfort, and decreased injury. We want to assist as many people as we can to run better and longer.