{"id":12843,"date":"2017-06-08T15:06:04","date_gmt":"2017-06-08T19:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/?p=12843"},"modified":"2017-06-08T15:06:04","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T19:06:04","slug":"shoe-money-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/?p=12843","title":{"rendered":"Shoe Money Tonight…"},"content":{"rendered":"

The last of my stash. When I find a shoe that fits, I often buy a couple of extra pairs and leave them in my closet, ready to go when I need a new pair.<\/p>\n

This was the last of my Asics Gel Evolution 4 bronze shoes. After one run in them, I noticed a weird whiff-puff sound that I attributed to splashing through a few of the standing puddles. After two runs in them, I noticed this:<\/p>\n

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I don’t know if it was the humidity over time that took a toll while they were in storage or if they were just a one-off misfit that got through quality control. It’s been years — probably 3 or 4 and maybe as many as 8 since I bought them. I found them in the back of the closet, the last of their kind. So I don’t think I can legitimately contact Asics and say, “Hey! I don’t know what child laborer put this shoe together but you should dock their pay!”<\/p>\n

I feel sick even typing that supposed joke.<\/p>\n

Albeit I feel sick because I am, ya know, sick with a head cold.<\/p>\n

But I digress.\u00a0 When I “retire” a pair of shoes, be they with thousands of miles on their soles or, as in this case, less than a marathon’s worth, I always think of this moment from Who Framed Roger Rabbit?<\/em> (1988):<\/p>\n

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So on top of the “I” plane ticket incident, the head cold, and the general malaise of the world, I need to find a new pair of running shoes.\u00a0 I’m fine with my older pair for the upcoming Madagascar race, but I was looking to break in some shoes for when I get back.\u00a0 Now I have to head to the store and find a new pair that works for my ridiculous overpronation.\u00a0 When I go to a massive shoe store, the walls lined with enough shoes to make an army of arachnids happy, there’s usually only one or two that fit my condition… which I guess is helpful to limit the choices but still it always feels like:<\/p>\n

ME pointing to a shoe on the opposite wall: “But what about that one?”<\/p>\n

SALESPERSON: “Oh, that’s not for you.\u00a0 You can’t have that.”<\/p>\n

ME: “But I want it.”<\/p>\n

SALESPERSON: “But it’s not good for you.”<\/p>\n

ME: “Does that often work?\u00a0 Telling people that it’s bad for them?\u00a0 Or does that just make the person want the thing even more, a forbidden fruit scenario?”<\/p>\n

SALESPERSON: “I’m just a shoe salesperson, sir.\u00a0 Do you want Option A or Option B?”<\/p>\n

And inevitably the salesperson steers me to THE MOST EXPENSIVE SHOE in the store.<\/p>\n

Sigh.\u00a0 Hashtag Runner Problems.<\/p>\n

ASIDE: Say, somebody asked me recently why I don’t use the “#” when I make my silly twitter hashtag jokes.\u00a0 As I explained to her in a typical Kevin rambling email:<\/p>\n

Oh and the reason I don’t usually remember to use the number sign for “hashtag” is that I’m an American. \u00a0To me, # is a number sign or the “pound” sign on a phone. I’ve only heard it called the hash sign (at least previously before it became a Twitter thing) whilst working in the UK and I therefore try and resist using it as my own quixotic tilt at windmills resistance.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Her hilarious reply?<\/p>\n

#dontevenknowhowtorespondtothis<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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