Pair of asymmetrical footwear articles

1. A pair of shoes comprising:

a left shoe having a left-shoe upper with a left-shoe collar, a left-shoe forefoot portion, and a left-shoe throat extending from the left-shoe collar towards the left-shoe forefoot portion, wherein a left-shoe-throat midline reference plane bisecting the left-shoe throat disproportionately divides the left-shoe upper into a medial-side portion that is larger than a lateral-side portion the medial-side portion of the left shoe extending from a left-shoe throat medial edge to a left-shoe biteline, the lateral-side portion of the left shoe extending from a left-shoe-throat lateral edge to the left-shoe biteline; and

a right shoe having a right-shoe upper with a right-shoe collar, a right-shoe forefoot portion, and a right-shoe throat extending from the right-shoe collar towards the right-shoe forefoot portion, wherein a right-shoe-throat midline reference plane bisecting the right-shoe throat disproportionately divides the right-shoe upper into a lateral-side portion that is larger than a medial-side portion, the medial-side portion of the right shoe extending from a right-shoe-throat medial edge to a right-shoe biteline, the lateral-side portion of the right shoe extending from a right-shoe-throat lateral edge to the right-shoe biteline.

2. The pair of shoes of claim 1 , wherein the left-shoe throat includes a left-shoe throat base positioned on an end of the left-shoe throat opposite the left-shoe collar, wherein the left-shoe throat base includes a midpoint aligned with the left-shoe-throat midline reference plane, and wherein the midpoint of the left-shoe throat base is offset from a left-shoe midline reference plane towards a lateral side of the left shoe wherein a left-shoe midline reference plane generally bisects the left-shoe upper into the lateral side and a medial side.

3. The pair of shoes of claim 2 , wherein the right-shoe throat includes a right-shoe throat base positioned on an end of the right-shoe throat opposite the right-shoe collar, wherein the right-shoe throat base includes a midpoint aligned with the right-shoe-throat midline reference plane, and wherein the midpoint of the right-shoe throat base is offset from a right-shoe midline reference plane towards a medial side of the right shoe wherein a right-shoe midline reference plane generally bisects the right-shoe upper into a lateral side and the medial side.

4. The pair of shoes of claim 3 , wherein the midpoint of the right-shoe throat base is offset by a first amount and the midpoint of the left-shoe throat base is offset by a second amount, and wherein the first amount is greater than the second amount.

5. The pair of shoes of claim 1 , wherein the left shoe further comprises a left-shoe heel counter having a lateral heel-counter portion and a medial heel-counter portion, the medial heel-counter portion of the left shoe being larger than the lateral heel-counter portion of the left shoe, and wherein the right shoe further comprises a right-shoe heel counter having a lateral heel-counter portion and a medial heel-counter portion, the lateral heel-counter portion of the right shoe being larger than the medial heel-counter portion of the right shoe.

6. A pair of shoes comprising:

a left shoe having a left-shoe upper, which includes a lateral side and a medial side,

wherein the left-shoe upper includes a left-shoe collar, a left-shoe forefoot portion, and a left-shoe throat extending from the left-shoe collar towards the left-shoe forefoot portion and including a left-shoe-throat medial edge, a left-shoe-throat lateral edge, and a left-shoe-throat base extending between and connecting the left-shoe-throat medial edge and the left-shoe-throat lateral edge, wherein a left-shoe midline reference plane generally bisects the left-shoe upper into the lateral side and the medial side, and

wherein a midpoint of the left-shoe-throat base is offset towards the lateral side of the left-shoe upper; and

a right shoe having a right-shoe upper, which includes a lateral side and a medial side,

wherein the right-shoe upper includes a right-shoe collar, a right-shoe forefoot portion, and a right-shoe throat extending from the right-shoe collar towards the right-shoe forefoot portion and including a right-shoe-throat medial edge, a right-shoe-throat lateral edge, and a right-shoe-throat base extending between and connecting the right-shoe-throat medial edge and the right-shoe-throat lateral edge, wherein a right-shoe midline reference plane generally bisects the right-shoe upper into the lateral side and the medial side, and

wherein a midpoint of the right-shoe-throat base is offset towards the medial side of the right-shoe upper wherein a transition of the right-shoe-throat lateral edge to the right-shoe collar is positioned on the medial side of the right-shoe upper.

7. The pair of shoes of claim 6 further comprising,

a left-shoe-throat midline reference plane that passes through the midpoint of the left-shoe-throat base and generally bisects the left-shoe throat, wherein the left-shoe-throat midline reference plane intersects the left-shoe midline reference plane at a first angle.

8. The pair of shoes of claim 7 , wherein a transition of the left-shoe-throat medial edge to the left-shoe collar is positioned on the medial side of the left-shoe upper.

9. The pair of shoes of claim 7 , wherein a transition of the left-shoe-throat medial edge to the left-shoe collar is positioned on the lateral side of the left-shoe upper.

10. The pair of shoes of claim 7 , wherein the left-shoe-throat lateral edge and the left-shoe-throat medial edge gradually taper towards one another as the left-shoe throat extends towards the left-shoe forefoot portion.

11. The pair of shoes of claim 7 further comprising,

a right-shoe-throat midline reference plane that passes through the midpoint of the right-shoe-throat base and generally bisects the right-shoe throat, wherein the right-shoe-throat midline reference plane intersects the right-shoe midline reference plane at a second angle.

12. The pair of shoes of claim 11 , wherein the first angle is less than the second angle.

13. The pair of shoes of claim 11 , wherein the right-shoe-throat lateral edge and the right-shoe-throat medial edge gradually taper towards one another as the right-shoe throat extends towards the right-shoe forefoot portion.

14. The pair of shoes of claim 6 , wherein the left shoe further comprises a left-shoe heel counter having a lateral heel-counter portion and medial heel-counter portion, the medial heel-counter portion of the left shoe being larger than the lateral heel-counter portion of the left shoe, and wherein the right shoe further comprises a right-shoe heel counter having a lateral heel-counter portion and a medial heel-counter portion, the lateral heel-counter portion of the right shoe being larger than the medial heel-counter portion of the right shoe.

15. A pair of shoes comprising:

a left shoe having a left-shoe upper, which includes a lateral side, a medial side, a heel portion, a midfoot portion, and a forefoot portion,

wherein the left-shoe upper includes a left-shoe heel counter that is constructed into the heel portion of the left-shoe upper and that includes a lateral heel-counter portion providing a first amount of support on the lateral side of the left-shoe upper and a medial heel-counter portion providing a second amount of support on the medial side of the left-shoe upper, and

wherein the second amount of support is greater than the first amount of support; and

a right shoe having a right-shoe upper, which includes a lateral side, a medial side, a heel portion, a midfoot portion, and a forefoot portion,

wherein the right-shoe upper includes a right-shoe heel counter that is constructed into the heel portion of the right-shoe upper and that includes a lateral heel-counter portion providing a third amount of support on the lateral side of the right-shoe upper and a medial heel-counter portion providing a fourth amount of support on the medial side of the right-shoe upper, and

wherein the third amount of support is greater than the fourth amount of support.

16. The pair of shoes of claim 15 , wherein the medial heel-counter portion of the left-shoe upper is larger than the lateral heel-counter portion of the left-shoe upper, and wherein the lateral heel-counter portion of the right-shoe upper is larger than the medial heel-counter portion of the right-shoe upper.

17. The pair of shoes of claim 16 ,

wherein the medial heel-counter portion of the left-shoe upper includes a first leading edge oriented towards the forefoot portion of the left-shoe upper, the lateral heel-counter portion of the left-shoe upper includes a second leading edge oriented towards the forefoot portion of the left-shoe upper, and the first leading edge is closer to the forefoot portion than the second leading edge, and

wherein the medial heel-counter portion of the right-shoe upper includes a third leading edge oriented towards the forefoot portion of the right-shoe upper, the lateral heel-counter portion of the right-shoe upper includes a fourth leading edge oriented towards the forefoot portion of the right-shoe upper, and the fourth leading edge is closer to the forefoot portion than the third leading edge.

18. The pair of shoes of claim 15 , wherein the medial heel-counter portion of the left-shoe upper is thicker than the lateral heel-counter portion of the left-shoe upper, and wherein the lateral heel-counter portion of the right-shoe upper is thicker than the medial heel-counter portion of the right-shoe upper.