It's very hard to run if you are ectoplasm.
Yesterday I even got a pair of Pearl Izumi shoes to test and review*, and I just kind of looked at them wistfully before launching into another round of coughing.
Oh, here's a tip for you: if you want antibiotics and your doctor asks if your phlegm is yellow or green, always go with green. Green gets you drugs. Yellow gets you crap. Ectoplasm? Green. In fact, I should have told the doctor my phlegm is black. I bet I could get some good stuff for black.
I'd try to run if not for the fever. I can handle a run with a stuffy nose and a cough, but the fever just makes it impossible. Plus it's hard to garner sympathetic child care from my husband so I can lie in bed doing crossword puzzles if I just put in a little 5k around the neighborhood. A wife must play these things very carefully.
Since I can't test out the shoes yet, we have to operate on first impressions, and I would like your honest opinion of how these shoes look. I know we're supposed to go with function over form because we're serious runners who take running very seriously and can't be distracted by non-serious things like aesthetics. But let's be honest, people. The shoes need to make you look like a serious runner and not an aerobics instructor from 1988**.
So let me know what you think of the look of these shoes. I'm kind of on the fence.
Thinking maybe they'd look better in green. They'll be perfect for the couch-to-5k program I'm going to have to join when I finally feel better.
*I'm selfish and inconsiderate, so I didn't think to give them away like Vanilla. No wonder people don't like me.
**Not that there's anything wrong with 1980s aerobics instructors. I idolized you in the 1988.
Posts
23 comments:
I think they look like basketball shoes. I don't know why.
Hope you feel better soon!
My grandma would say they look shnazzy. I have a pair of PIs and I like them. They're black and phelgm green, though.
If only they were just a bit higher over the ankle, eh? I hope these aren't the start of "super bad looking running shoes" era.
Did they come with the Olivia Newton-John headband??!
i just posted about the Pearl Izumi's yesterday. wasn't completely sold on the look, but i do like the feel of the shoes, and bought a few extra pair... feel better soon!
I was thinking the same thing as Xenia. Those suckas look big to me. I think you need to model them before I can give a true opinion. But straight out the box? Yeah those babies need leg warmers to match :P
Get better soon chica! Milk that husband help for all it's worth. You KNOW that as soon as he gets sick it's going to be 100 times whatever you got. (Men are SUCH babies when it comes to sickness LOL)
Seeing the picture you included next to your suggestion to "always go with green," I couldn't help but think of the classic advice from the original Ghostbusters: "When someone asks you if you're a god, you say 'YES'!"
I like them. You can barely tell from the picture but they have cool snarling teeth on the back.
your poor thing :( it just wont go away!! hang in there.
hmmm i dont know, i dont think i am a fan :)
The shoes confuse me. They are **either** designed to appear 1980-something retro, and require leg warmers in order to properly accessorize, OR, they could be a tribute to the 1990-something Fila shoes that were worn by every wanna-be alive.
So, I think that they will be fine...just choose an appropriately-matched fake gold emblem necklace, or a sweatband (preferably fuchsia).
I think they are very white and don't look much like running shoes. And after my current testing experience I would hesitate. My feet and ankle are very mad at me for trying something new.
I agree with Robinn in that they don't really look like running shoes. an important feature as far as I am concerned. I really enjoyed your reference to being an ecoplasm..love it and I am totally going to use it. :) not to mention, your verification word gave me a giggle.. bospit - sort of funny don't you think?? :)
ugh, I hate sneakers with thick white soles. In college, I only wore trail running shoes so I wouldn't have that feature.
Feel better soon, and enjoy some of the rest!
Blobbish? Ectoplasm? Welcome to my world! ;)
And the shoes...? Yeah. Um, go with the green. (I've never been a huge fan of white).
I LOVE pearl izumi. In fact, when they discontinued my "Shines," I found a place that had them in stock and bought 4 pairs so I wouldn't be without them for a while.
hope you feel better by the way.
Those shoes look mighty clunky! Maybe they're more attractive on your feet?
Wow. Those are ugly shoes and look like they belong in an old Jazzercise VHS workout video. No offense to Jazzercise, Inc... they rock... er, jazz(?).
Maybe we'll be running in spandex and leg warmers soon, too! Ahhh... good times. Well, I'm off to buy a can of Aqua Net. Gotta make sure my big hair stays put when I run.
Oh, and feel better soon!! But for now, milk as much of the special treatment you can.
It'd be REALLY GROOVY if they also lit up every time you took a step. My son had shoes like that when he was three and they just ROCKED. I bet they'd make ya go faster too!
I like 'em!
Beware the wear-test!!
Our track team tested a tech fabric shirt that Reebok developed a few years ago that was made with silver threads which were supposed to eliminate the wretched smell that the tech fabrics get. The shirts gave all of us a horrible rash! Free shoes aren't worth risking injury, blisters or the brain power to write a review -- plus those are so friggin ugly that they are also not worth the humiliation!! :D
Feel better soon!
Look pretty sweet to me. Although I'm not a fan of the Carolina blue... a maroon/dark-red color?
Always great for short runs, or as you said - couch to 5k program.
I agree, they totally look like basketball shoes. But I like the blue and silver accents!
Feel better soon, ectoplasm! :)
The ONLY time a doctor has ever called me back inside of 8 hours was when I left a message saying that I was blowing guacamole out my nose. He called back laughing saying that was the single most disgusting message he’d ever gotten. Perhaps so – but he called back J
Post a Comment