Lovin' the Lunars

I love my Nike Lunars...I really do.

In my recent trip to U.S., I brought only two pairs of shoes - a pair of Converse Chuck Taylors (my wedding shoes) and my Lunars. I figured, they're all I really need. In fact, I was in my Lunars 90% of the time - partly because 10% of the time I was airing them out :P

Hannah & I, In our Wedding day Converse Chuck Taylors

Call me silly, but I love my Lunars so much, I decided to take a few pictures of them.

After the Men's Health Miracle Run - It's first road race

At the Red Rocks - As close to 'Home' the Lunars can ever get :P

At the Twin Peaks, the highest point in San Francisco - Lovin' the View!

At Golden Gate Park - How I wish I could run here everyday! (Lucky you Wayne!)

I visited the Nike Shop near Union Square and saw the Livestrong Nike Lunars....Gorgeous! AbsoFFFFINlutely gorgeous. I can't wait! Apparently Lance Armstrong wore them when he ran a two sub 3 hour marathons (Boston & NY if I'm not mistaken). Dammit! You were 'retired', came from stage 4 cancer, 7 TDF victories, and you can still run a 2:47 marathon???

Lance, finishing the boston marathon in his Livestrong Lunar Trainers

To date, I have put 178 kilometers on my Lunars (running that is). My nifty online training log www.logyourrun.com not only keeps track of your workouts, but also your shoe and bike mileage. Why is that important...you might ask. Apparently, even though our running shoes seem to be in 'good condition', they should be replaced every 600-900km.

Thank you Nike for giving me my Lunars :)

P.S. - Not many people know it, but Converse is actually owned by Nike. In 2003, Nike bought Converse for $300+ million dollars. Remember that - one day it will be a Jeopardy question. And Oh...Sinatra was not the first artist to record and release the song 'Fly Me to the Moon', contrary to popular belief. He's probably just the most popular one.

Fly me to the moon
Let me sing among those stars
Let me see what spring is like
On Jupiter and Mars...