So here are my thoughts 25 miles into my Nike Free Run+ shoes. Over all I'm really happy with them. Of course I went from wearing an old pair of Nike Shox to these. My first impression was that these where the most comfortable shoes I'd ever worn. After running 26ish miles in them that still holds true. I'm sure most of you know about the Free line of Nike running shoes. Most of you know about the deep cuts in the soles and how they help with foot flexibility. I had to get these shoes in an 11. I don't know if it's a Nike thing but they were a half size too small compared to other shoes (my Shox are the same way). These shoes are very light. Not the lightest shoe I've ever worn but light all the same. The upper part of the shoes seems to be made entirely out of mesh with everything else overlaying that material. With all of this mesh the shoes breath incredibly well. Before my run today I decided to soak myself with a hose to start off cool and I got some down in my sock. My socks dried out really quickly and were completely dry at the end of my run. Oh and my socks aren't high tech stay dry socks at all. The soles of these shoes are a little more built up than other Frees I have seen. They are however nothing like the Shox I've racked 200 + miles on. They are also wide coming away from the shoe at an angle to give you a wide base to land on. My assumption on this is to spread the landing area to give you less impact during midfoot strike. And while we're talking about midfoot strike these shoes make it really easy to land this way. Landing like this was nearly impossible in my old shoes but so much easier in these. So far these shoes are great, we'll see how they are at 50 miles. 
(Right)Made for the NIKE+ system. I don't use it but it's nice to have in case I want to.(Below) The bottom of the shoe. The soft foam picks up rocks from time to time but you really don't notice at all. I had to pull some sticker burrs out of them as well.
(Bottom)Hopefully you can see the difference in width. I feel like my toes have more room to spread.
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