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Can anyone tell me if these are available in the US??
Answer is, yes you can...
I purchased my first pair of Nike Free (in very bright green) from Nike Town in San Francisco in September 2004.
going to take them back!
I will look after mine as best I can. I have ordered another pair (custom designed from the Nike website) for work, and am going to start running in my first pair. I have done a couple of runs already and it felt fine. Will do a 4 mile race in them tomorrow night and see how I get on.
Tiggers MRoo - Quite likely that I'm the said Midlands rep.At the expo, we had both purple and blue FREE's, but the blue ones were put on display as they seemed to get a better reaction. As we started to sell out on the Saturday, we had to put out some purple shoes and the reaction was akin to marmite!!! People either loved the colour or hated it.
I'm sorry to hear you (and others)have had problems with the material at the back, clearly this shouldn't be happening.Are you lacing the shoes up every time or just pulling them off your feet? Also, do you use one foot to pull down the heel on the other foot? I only ask because if you do, this certainly doesn't help!!!
Although Nike paid for the expo stand, Sweatshop were the retailer who sold the products.The best advice is phone your nearest Sweatshop or try the mail order number and they should be able to help you?
Incidentally, a darker colour in the womens version will be available in October. See - the designers do listen!!
Running for beer - If you have managed 400 miles in the shoes, then you should be okay to put in the 4.5 insoles. If not, email me and I'll find some insoles for you.
Manx Muppet - Slightly worried that the person you spoke to was wearing orthotics in their FREE's? Does he/she understand the principles behind the shoe?
Low Profile - Some better (less girlie!) colours coming out in the next month or two, especially a rather eye-catching Zoom Elite
I eventually found my bank statement with a £60 payment to Sweatshop, so I figured they must have had the franchise. I then phoned the main Swetshop no. who told me to phone the nearest branch. Phoned them (Dudley) who said they didn't actually stock Free, and said they would get back to me. That was Wed pm.... (I'll phone them again later)
And I don't do any of the nasty things to them that you suggest, though even unaced they need a certain amount of pulling to get them on. (But on the +ve side, i do love them, and my feet already feel a lot stronger, eg I can stand on one foot much more easily)
AND i've lost the recipt! going to have to look at my credit card statement when i get it, annoying or what!
Cotty - i think its www.nikeid.com
need to follow the links to the Free's
now torn alot!
sorry cotty! i thought it would work!
I usually walk around in bare feet at home, so do I need to walk in the frees for a fortnight or can I skip that and go straight to short runs?
I find them quite difficult to put on because there is no additional slack available from loseing the laces since there is no tongue section and it is all one 'sock' kind of thing. Is the little hook at the back of the shoe there to pull it up over your heel? Because I haven't got the hang of that yet!!!
Sensible: Tried to e-mail you, but aparently your details are private so I can't. Can you e-mail me? Would very much appreciate an extra set of 5.0 insoles as have done a couple of 10k's using the 4.5s and have had what feels like blisters threatening to come out. A bit worrying as I'm hoping to do a 32 miler in them soon.
Sensible - I must admit that I was a bit confuddled when the guy told me that he wore orthotics in his. He did say that he was a 400m runner though. Such distances are a different world to us endurance bods!!
For everyone else looking for more choice in free colours, footlocker has one different colour in the womens and about 4/5 different colours in the mens.
Not sure if its fair that men seem to get more choice in running shoes!
Wore them for a walk of about a mile this morning. Amazingly comfortable - didn't realise just how comfortable till I put my ordinary shoes back on.
I WILL try running in the Frees soon - I'm relatively light, and interested to see what effect running without a house-brick on each foot will have on my tendency to supinate quite severely on one side.
Will try them running soon.
That said, I've never run in other racing shoes like H-streets, NB150s, Tiger Paws etc. so I can't really compare them. I missed my 4 mile race the other day so can't report back from a timed run. Am planning to do a 10 miler on Sunday and am undecided as to whether to go with the Frees or not. Will decide last minute.