Simplified shoe construction with midsole having overmolded insert

A method of constructing a shoe comprising:

• providing a shoe midsole mold with a mold bottom surface shaped to mold a midsole bottom surface and with a mold top surface shaped to mold a midsole top surface;
• providing plate locator projections on the mold bottom surface with the projections extending outwardly from the mold bottom surface;
• positioning a rigid plate on the plate locator projections with the projections supporting the plate above the mold bottom surface;
• providing midsole material into the mold on the mold bottom surface and beneath and over the rigid plate;
• closing the mold top surface over the mold bottom surface with the midsole material and the plate in the mold;
• and,
• molding the midsole material between the mold bottom surface and the mold top surface into a midsole having the plate at a position in the midsole that is spaced from a top surface of the midsole and a bottom surface of the midsole.