Cascadia vs. Free 5.0

Well, I moved to the country a few weeks ago, and aparently I have a lot to learn about living in the sticks. I have these awesome trails that begin less than 30 feet from my back door, and I run them everyday. With that being said, my very understanding wife would greatly appreciate it if I take my nasty ass shoes off before I come inside. Totally understandable, right? So I do. I leave them out of the way on the front porch. After about one week after moving in and discovering my new playground, I walk out the front door eager to hit the trails, and to my surprise, one of my new Brooks trailrunners is GONE!!!! Once I dfound a few other half eaten items laying in the side yard, I figured that some wild animal had about a 100 dollar snack, on me!! So thiat brings me to my point. For over two years now I've been running the same Brooks and I love them. I had a pair of these Nike free 5.o trail shoes at the house which I used just to wear around the house and stuff. For those of you who don't know, these 5.o's are supposed to simulate barefoot running, so I've been a little hesitant to run in them seeing that I need more support. However, I had no choice so I laced them up and I was off. Let me tell ya something, they were bad ass!!!! I love them. They truly feel like your running without shoes on. I have run about 110 miles in them in the last 2 weeks and I love them. So for anyone who has thought about getting a pair, I highly suggest it. If I had to say anything negative about them, I would say that I wish they had better traction for running when it has rained, and maybe if they could come up a little higher on the ankle. Also, I wouldn't recommend running much more than 20 miles in them and I really would not want to run on a rough, rooty trail you aren't familiar with. Other than that, they rock!!!!!