Barry Rice

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Discovery Workout Shoes

In Discovery Season 1, episode 6 (Lethe), we saw Burnham and Tilly going for a run on one of the rings on the ship. And of course, they were wearing strange footgear....



Happily, we got a close look at them....



Internet sources pretty quickly identified them as Nike "Sock Dart" shoes. The color scheme, in case you're really looking for details, was listed as "Binary blue/black-dark grey".

As I write this in 2022, they are still available in some sizes on Amazon, listed as "midnight navy/medium grey/white." I think for a while they were getting gobbled up by Disco freaks...I certainly recall seeing a lot of them being worn at STLV that first year!

The shoes appeared on-screen completely unmodified, except that the Nike symbol was removed (too bad they couldn't replace it with a delta shield!).




I can't be sure of their longevity as functional footwear...I recall hearing some folks saying that the transparent ankle closure yellows or becomes brittle on extended exposure to sunlight. Sounds like they were designed in the mirror universe, perhaps.

Here they are, being worn by a cadet during her daily workout...









Shirt from StarTrek.com, pants from a local athletics supply.


 

2022