Inner lacing shoes

Abstract: A shoe, including: g) an upper, having an inside and an outside, and including a toe box, a heel part, the heel part having a top section and a bottom section, and a split throat, the split throat having two flaps one on either side of the split throat; h) a sole, having an arch position; i) two tightening levers, one tightening lever on either flap of the split throat; j) a first tube entering the top section of the heel part on a first side of the shoe, proceeding downward and forward along the inside of the upper to about the arch position, and crossing the shoe to a second side of the shoe; k) a second tube entering the top section of the heel part on the second side of the shoe, proceeding downward and forward along the inside of the upper to about the arch position, proceeding below the insole and crossing the shoe to the first side of the shoe; l) a shoe lace attached at a first end to the tightening lever on the first side of the shoe, proceeding through the first tube and out of the shoe to form a loop outside of the heel part, entering the second tube and proceeding out of the second tube with a second end of the shoe lace attached to the tightening lever on the second side of the shoe; and g) a plurality of hooks attached to outside of the heel part, whereby the shoes may be tightened by hooking the loop onto one of the plurality of hooks and thereby pulling the two flaps together.