Shoe Porn

[Jericho2332]

My new kicks arrived Monday, had to wait until today to test them out!

Light, comfortable and nicely cushioned and looking forward to doing a long run in them over the weekend to give them a real test 😁

Run today was a 35min interval ladder run, knees were a bit sore after 2 long days at work but once I'd warmed up and got through first couple of intervals I felt good, managed just under 6km and was pleased with my effort.

Detailed run stats available on Garmin Connect, Strava and Relive, feel free to give me a follow under Dave Bell 👍🏻

[misswobble Marathon]

Oooooh lovely 🥰🤗. Nothing like a new shoe for boosting your running Good luck with them 🙂👍🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️

I did the NRC Ladder guided run recently. I enjoyed it 🙂

[Jericho2332 Half Marathon in reply to misswobble]

Thank you 😁 Yeah the intervals are not too long so time flies by pretty quickly 👍🏻

[Frenc Half Marathon]

Ooooh très snazz! Love the colours, makes me think of Formula 1 - absolutely no idea why! 👟👟👟

[sparky66 Half Marathon in reply to Frenc]

Practicing your French 👍😁

[Frenc Half Marathon in reply to sparky66]

Yes indeed! 😁

[Jericho2332 Half Marathon in reply to Frenc]

Thank you 😁 I hope they bring some F1 speed lol 🤞🏻

[Frenc Half Marathon in reply to Jericho2332]

🏎🏎🏎

[sparky66 Half Marathon]

Woo very nice! Wish you many happy Running miles in them 🤩

[Jericho2332 Half Marathon in reply to sparky66]

😁 thank you, I can't wait for my next run 😁

[Deals1 Metric Marathon]

Ohhh new shoes. 👍👍

[Jericho2332 Half Marathon in reply to Deals1]

Just going for a second test run in them 😁👍🏻

[Deals1 Metric Marathon in reply to Jericho2332]

Still good?

[Jericho2332 Half Marathon in reply to Deals1]

Even better, ran fast and felt awesome 😁👌🏻

[Deals1 Metric Marathon in reply to Jericho2332]

Fantastic!!

[Cmoi Marathon]

Those look good, enjoy! I've just got some new Brooks trail shoes, must post a pic.

Genuine question: when did "kicks" start being used in British English as a synonym for shoes, or at least for running shoes? I'm asking as a 60 year-old Brit, native speaker of English, qualified but soon to be retired EFL teacher, who's been out of the UK for well over 15 years. I'm seeing "kicks" used more and more, and while I understand, I can't imagine saying it! 😕

[Jericho2332 Half Marathon in reply to Cmoi]

Thank you 😁 lol yeah kicks has been around a long time, you could also use sneaks which has also been around a long time or even creps but I'm likely the wrong side of 40 to use that 🤣

You can also be a sneakerhead, a person who collects and has knowledge of particular brands or styles of trainers. It's a massive community and is worth an insane amount of money, a pair of game worn Jordan 1s auctioned for close to half a million pounds recently.

[Cmoi Marathon in reply to Jericho2332]

Funnily enough France Culture (radio) did an interesting programme on collecting and trading sneakers not so long ago.

I won't be using kicks or sneaks, let alone creps, though, that sort of vocabulary would sound utterly ridiculous coming from me. I'll stick to associating kicks with The Undertones or even Nat King Cole!