Love at first sight! (Nike Air Max Craze)

Member Name: Little Miss

Product:	Nike Air Max Craze
Date:	18/07/01 (4514 review reads)
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Advantages: They don't rub, they look great

Disadvantages: can be niffy if you don't wear socks

My New Years resolution was to start going to the gym, so in January off I went to my local gym and signed up. So along I went a coupld of times in my old trainers, old leggings and a baggy T-shirt advertising some kind of beer which I got given at a pub quiz. As with most New Years resolutions my good intentions began to fade so I decided to buy myself a nice new outfit to wear to the gym this worked and after a couple of months I had rather a collection of new gym clothes. Ok having something new to wear was pretty much the only way I could get myself to go! Well I had all these great outfits but my scratty old trainer really were letting me down, thing was they were comfy. Whenever I get trainers they always rub my feet usually my heels and due to that DM boot fashion when I was a kid my Achilles tendon is not too great either and doesn't like stiff shoe backs sticking in it. Hence I avoid new trainers like the plague.

So one day I was browsing the Nike website when I came across the Air Max Craze. I was just amazed they looked fantastic. They had a few different colours but I was instantly attracted to the black ones with orange and yellow details. The real thing though that caught my eye was the backs, there weren't any. How fantastic, they couldn't possibly hurt my feet. Now don't panic there is a rubbery strap which does go around your heel to hold your trainer on, so you won't be running down the street and suddenly see your shoe go flying off your foot. The rubbery strap in stretchy and moves with your foot instead of against it (you know how most backs of trainers move with the sole so when you lift your heels up leaving the ball of your foot on the floor the back of the trainer rubs your heel).

I was sold, well not exactly, the Nike website only sells on line to the US. So off I trotted to my local high street but to no avail they weren't out in the UK yet. About a month later I finally found the
m and had to have them immediately, again it wasn't that easy it took me to 2 towns and 7 sports shops before I found them in my size. I'd been told by one sport shop the smallest size was a 5, I knew it wasn't true as thanks to the Nike website I'd already checked they made them in my size.

I didn't care about the price, I'd spent a fortune on gym outfits and could only wear one at once but I wear the same trainers on every gym visit and I walk on my feet everyday so paying to look after them seemed like a very wise investment.

Other features of these trainers are that they have a zip up the front great for lazy people. Under the zip however there are also laces which I was a little puzzeled about but after wearing them I figured it out, the zip doesn't allow you to tighten the shoe across your foot but by using the laces you can do this, then fasten the sip and the laces are out of the way. Also in between the laces and the outer zip layer each pair has a kind of fortune cookie quote. I checked the other pairs in the shop they were all different.

So after buying them I rushed down the gym to try them out. They were heaven I've never had trainers that I could wear straight out the box and not rub my feet at all. I had just one problem they did look rather odd with socks, especially as I choose the black ones and most sport socks are white.

After returning home I was throwing the box away when I found a leaflet about my new trainers I decided to read it, normally I wouldn't have given it a second glance but I was so excited with them I wanted to know all about them. Aparently the designers are aware that a lot of people don't wear socks with trainers and that with these trainer socks would look bizarre, so they designed the whole inside of the trainers without any seems so they don't rub. I will add one comment on this, buy some odour eaters or shoe spray or Febreze, not wear
ing sicks in trainers makes them get quite niffy. I did pull the inner soles out of mine and put them back quite easily but I'm not sure how they stand up to being washed. I have since bought several pairs of sports socks from Marks and Spencers which have the backs cut out, so you can't see I'm wearing them in these trainers. This is also a good idea if your going to use these trainers to play sports that involve running around and stopping quickly or jumping and landing a lot as your feet tend to stick to the inner sole of the shoe and not slide like they would if you have socks on. This results in painful blisters on the soles of your feet, believe me you have been warned.

All in all these are the best trainers I've ever had and well worth the money. They look great and they're comfy. I highly recommend a trip t the Nike website where you can find out loads of info about the design and you can view the trainers from all angles.

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