Fashion footwear
I needed a new pair of trainers as my old ones were getting pretty thin on the tread after a decade or so...
I've been starting up aerobics classes at the gym after a gap of five years or so. Several reasons. I need to get more exercise to see if I can improve the asthma and I need to strengthen my arm muscles to help the RSI.
I went into Poole hunting trainers. I knew what I wasn't looking for. One woman in my class had a new pair, reduced to £90 from £140!
Cheep and cheerful - that's me. However, my one big criterion when it comes to footwear of any kind is that it must fit properly. You'd think that would be easy, but I've worn properly fitting shoes all my life, and the result is that I haven't squashed my toes and thus I have wider feet across the toe than most women.
Trainers don't seem to come in width fittings, you just have to keep on trying different styles until you find one that happens to be the right shape. I'm not fussy: I tried men's trainers, women's trainers, size 6, 7,8 trainers. I tried ones that were sold as gym wear and ones that were not.
Finally, after trying on virtaully every pair in three different shops, I found a pair that were supposedly men's trainers for hiking. With 10 mins to spare before I had to catch the bus back to teach a math lesson, I tried them and they fitted!
And they were only a tenner.
And they worked great in this morning's awrobics class. Comfy and flexible and just right.
Stuff fashion.
I've been starting up aerobics classes at the gym after a gap of five years or so. Several reasons. I need to get more exercise to see if I can improve the asthma and I need to strengthen my arm muscles to help the RSI.
I went into Poole hunting trainers. I knew what I wasn't looking for. One woman in my class had a new pair, reduced to £90 from £140!
Cheep and cheerful - that's me. However, my one big criterion when it comes to footwear of any kind is that it must fit properly. You'd think that would be easy, but I've worn properly fitting shoes all my life, and the result is that I haven't squashed my toes and thus I have wider feet across the toe than most women.
Trainers don't seem to come in width fittings, you just have to keep on trying different styles until you find one that happens to be the right shape. I'm not fussy: I tried men's trainers, women's trainers, size 6, 7,8 trainers. I tried ones that were sold as gym wear and ones that were not.
Finally, after trying on virtaully every pair in three different shops, I found a pair that were supposedly men's trainers for hiking. With 10 mins to spare before I had to catch the bus back to teach a math lesson, I tried them and they fitted!
And they were only a tenner.
And they worked great in this morning's awrobics class. Comfy and flexible and just right.
Stuff fashion.