I finally made myself go buy new running shoes today. I hate going to get new shoes. There are too many choices and I always worry that I will buy a pair that after only a few outdoor runs will prove themselves to be really uncomfortable and therefore a waste of money. And possibly the worst part… I look at the wall of funky, bright, multi colour shoes, none of which fit me properly. No, every time the ones that seem the best fitting for me are boring old white. Sure they throw on a couple of colourful stripes, but by the time the white turns grey (which usually seems to only take two runs) you don’t even notice the stripes anymore. I am not even sure why they bother to make white shoes anymore since everyone I have talked to wants colour, colour and more colour. Even guys seem to want to break away from the standard looking shoe. In my “real” life I am not a neon person. I own a lot of burgundy and gray clothes. But if I am going to be out there running crazy distances I figure I might as well have some crazy shoes to match.
So here are the shoes that make me smile:
My happy shoes 🙂
Come on, you’re smiling right now, right? That said, my husband’s only response when I showed them off was, “Why?”
LOVE!!!!!
Have a great run on Sunday!!!
Thanks! Keep your fingers crossed for me tomorrow morning!
Flashy shoes make you run faster, right? They’re awesome!
They got me through 32km today – an absolute no no to wear new shoes on a race day/very long run but I did it anyway.
I LOVE colorful running shoes (and regular shoes for that matter)! Super cute. BTW, my local running store lets you return lightly used shoes within 14 days for a store credit so that you can actually run in them a few times. So there’s not that terrifying commitment factor that comes with buying an expensive pair of new running shoes. You know you can go back and pick out another pair if they don’t work. Maybe someone near you has a similar policy?
Our local running room store will give you a few weeks to try them but they have to be used indoors. Works well if you have a treadmill or a gym membership, but I don’t have either. So far though I am loving my neon shoes. And I broke the very important rule and wore them for the race on Sunday. I broke in new running shoes on a 32km run, not smart but they were great.