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It's the End of Civilisation As We Know It

January 08, 2005

What is the world coming to, eh? I ask you. Dear, oh dear, oh dear, as the late Tony Hancock would lament. Last month (you probably had to read the Sun to know this), BBC staff in Birmingham were given intructions on how to use a revolving door.

A couple of days ago, I bought a new pair of trainers. They came with a manual. I repeat, a manual! They’re shoes. Step 1. If you are wearing shoes, remove them. Step 2 Take the vaguely feet shaped things out of the box …

Seriously, I ignored what it said on the manual — not very much, it turned out, as it was in eight languages like IKEA instructions, though without the ‘attach the flange panel with the 28 shearing screws (pneumatic drill not provided)’ — it mostly says wear them about the house or work for a couple of days. Nah, I wore them to circuits last night. Ian Derrick saw them. He called them “a bit bright.” They were great. A wooden floor has more give than pavement, so I don’t know what they’d be like for road running or on the very hard outside track at UWIC, but indoors they’re the best thing ever. (Shoewise that is, obviously there are better things in the broader sense, iPods for example, or a nice tart after an early morning run.)

Barefoot is cool. I used to trot over to Bute Park and run several short sprints barefoot. But I am, I suppose, a bit bonkers. And I do know that Adidas had a similar line nearly a decade ago, and I never tried those. Really, these are totally cool.

And I feel fine.

Posted by Dave at January 8, 2005 10:12 AM

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