Road to Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2009 - Part 2

Part 2 - In Love with Running

This is what I have been wearing to run for the past 2 years

Power Ham Choy (From Bata)

This shoes not that comfy and easily get blisters on the forefoot, Yap can't fly with blistered toes, so it's time to get new running shoes. There is gazillion of running shoes in the market, but which one to choose leh? And with a tight budget, which running shoes I can afford leh? By the way, Yap Can Fly's budget is MYR150 or below.

So I bring along my personal financial consultant/advisor (a.k.a girlfriend) to hunt for the running shoes. We went to few Nike/Adidas retail shops, the price tag on any running shoes can easily shoot up to at least MYR200 and above, holy cow... but of course, it's Nike/Adidas...

Ironically we end up in a Bata shop, and I found this

Adidas Shamiso

I tried on it, very bouncy and comfortable, but a little heavier than my previous Power Ham Choy. So now come to the bargain session, not with the shop's sales assistant, but my personal financial consultant.

The conversation goes like:

Yap Can Fly (YCF): This shoes not bad eh, superbly comfortable and better than the Bata one.

Personal Financial Consultant (PFC): Of course lah, Adidas leh, look at the price tag yourself, how much?

YCF: Err... MYR139.90, best buy already, still OK right? All Adidas around MYR200, this one within my budget wor...

PFC: Then you mah buy lor... (reverse psychology tactic)

At that moment, I can feel the strong aura emitted from PFC who not really agree with me getting that shoe

YCF: Cannot buy ar? (showing my sad face + watery eyes)

PFC: Haiya, why get such expensive sport shoes? Bata one cannot run meh? With this price tag you can get 2 pairs of Bata shoes leh...

YCF: Must invest abit, further more this one more comfortable, that's why it cost slightly higher, but still within my budget mah, and will prevent me from getting blister leh. You see! You see! got Impact Absorption technology on this shoe, damn powerful one... can can? (finger pointing)

PFC: ... (in silent, heart was thinking "haiz, this fella ah, die die also wanna buy!")

YCF: OK, promise you with this new shoe, I will automatically go jogging without needing you to nag me. OK?

PFC: You said one ah! (Hooking our pinkies - pinky swear!)

I finally get approval in getting that shoe, kao tim!

It's weird that somehow and someway, you will get the hype to run more when you are wearing decent running shoes. The shoes itself will make you running, and in love with running. So, get a pair of good running shoes, not only to protect your foot, but to get you run further.