and i run, i run so far away
Friday, August 7th, 2009
Speaking of gravity: it has come to my attention–in the form of my mother grabbing my flip-flopped foot and saying, “won’t it be sad when you fall over on that baby?”–that heavily pregnant women should be wearing some form of arch support. You know, for the inevitable wobbling and imbalancing and falling that plagues us third trimesterians.
This sucks. Apparently, I have crossed over to the yoga pant/sneaker phase of pregnancy.
Thankfully, Puma–whose shoes I have idolized since I got over KangaROOS in 3rd grade–hooked my feet up with a pair of their new Cell Voltra sneaks.
Against my inner hipster, whose voice wailed about wearing tunics, skinny jeans, and ankle boots to the end, I put the shoes on, knowing full well that until the bitter end, they weren’t coming off.
They’re silver, thin and sleek, with bubble inserts that make my feet literally bounce as I walk. In my non-scientific road test–which meant walking kid #1 around the block on her trike–I felt buoyant, faster, actually capable of running from lizards or hailstorms or other perils of the suburban wilderness.
If you are an already fast, already buoyant, already capable athlete looking for a new pair of sneaks, you’ll appreciate their Puma pretty. For me, for now, their transformative power is more than enough.
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