nylon and a soft padded inner liner for foot comfort current uppers typically have an intermediate layer of a synthetic foam material the layers of the upper 12 may be fastened together by stitching gluing or a combination thereof the sole 14 is formed of a plate 18 which extends along substantially the entire length of the track shoe 10 the sole 14 and plate 18 can be broadly divided into a forefront region 18 a and a rearward region 18 b generally the forefront region 18 a includes the area of track shoe 10 beneath the toe and the ball of the foot of a wearer and the rearward region 18 b includes the portion of the track shoe below the arch and heel of a wearer the plate 18 is preferably formed of a relatively hard light weight material such as polyamide or a polyurethane plastic an example of a suitable polyamide is nylon 12 and an example of a suitable polyurethane plastic is thermoplastic polyurethane tpu the rearward region 18 b of the plate 18 is preferably thinner than the forefront region 18 a for example the rearward region 18 b of plate 18 can have a thickness of approximately 2 mm and the forefront region 18 a of plate 18 can have a thickness of approximately 2 5 mm the plate 18 may be fastened to the bottom of the upper 12 by stitching gluing or a combination thereof the bottom of the rearward region 18 b of the plate 18 may include a rubber layer not shown for added traction as is known in the art a midsole formed of a resilient.