for the feet

I'm not a shoe/slipper person. It goes without saying that I don't have a lot of footwear simply because I'd rather walk without any. Socks will do. Inside the house I'm almost always wearing nothing on my feet, much to the chagrin of my special gurl who'd soon notice that the soles of my feet are like the peasant's already because I'd been walking around barefooted again.

Hooowever, if we're talking of rubber shoes, then that's the only exemption. I have a closet touchy-feely romance with a new pair of rubber shoes that really look good on my feet.

I grew up with Reebok, Adidas, K-Swiss, Nike, LA Spirit, Grosby, Vans, Tretorn, Sketchers and Hi-Tec.

Last week I retired my Reebok. So I headed over to the Sports Central to browse over stocks.

I'm not totally brand conscious and may go for anything. The thing is that it only takes one single look at a pair to know that, "You're the one for me!"

My special gurl once said, "You just look around, browse, scan the display, and ayun na! You know it when you see it. If there's nothing of interest, you move on to the next store. You're decisive and don't like to window shop. Mabilis ka pumili."

There has to be love-at-first sight. I don't need a second look at all. There has to be an initial impact that makes your heartbeat go fast.

Right.

Anyway, I bought my first Umbro. It has a streak of hot red wrapped around each shoe. It weighs light, perfect for legging the inclined treadmill. Umbro is a known sponsor of the Manchester soccer sport.

My Reebok pair did a good job. Now let's see how athletic Umbro is.

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kids should know that...

Reebok was founded in 1895, in Bolton, Lancashire, by Joseph William Foster under a company called J.W. Foster and Sons Limited. The family-owned business proudly made the running shoes worn in the 1924 Summer Olympics by the athletes Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell celebrated in the film Chariots of Fire. In 1958, two of the founder's grandsons Jeffrey and Joseph left the family business and started a rival company that came to be known as Reebok. The name is the Afrikaans/Dutch spelling of the word rhebok, a type of African antelope or gazelle. The company, founded in 1895, was originally called Mercury Sports, but was renamed as Reebok in 1960. (wikipedia)