Story of the neon shoes
A picture that took 4 months to capture.
So, here’s a funny story. As you can see, me and a couple clients have some really bright shoes. Would you believe me if I told you it took 4 months to take this picture? Let me explain…
So my client to the right of me, Karan… walked in one day to train and he was wearing bright neon orange Adidas shoes. Me and the client to the left of me, a client of one of the other trainers, his name is Roger… commented on how bright Karan’s shoes were.
I stated that I have bright yellow and orange Hoka running shoes that I only wear to run that I can wear to match him the next time he comes in. Roger said he also has a pair of neon yellow Brookes running shoes he could wear to match. We made a deal to wear them the following week… same day, same time.
The next week came around and Karan wore his bright orange Adidas like he said he would, I wore my bright yellow and orange Hokas like I said I would, Roger on the other hand… forgot his neon yellow Brookes. We were jokingly upset, but we see eachother every week so we planned to wear them again the following week.
Now this had been going on for a couple weeks. Things kept getting in the way, whether it be someone rescheduling their personal training session or someone forgot their shoes. So we all made another pact to wear the shoes the following week.
The next week I remembered while going to bed that I have to wear my bright yellow and orange Hokas the next day to work. On my drive into work I realized I wasn’t wearing my Hokas and hoped that maybe someone else had forgotten as well. But when I walked into work both Roger and Karan were wearing their neon running shoes. I had explained how I thought about it the night before and only realized when I was in my car on the way to work that I had forgotten my shoes. So from this point forward I never forgot my shoes again.
I then went to Argentina to visit my fiance and her family for a month. So that was another month of not wearing my bright yellow and orange Hokas to work.
When I got back Karan and I both wore our Hokas but I was informed by Rogers trainer that Roger was sick, so he called out. The following week Roger said he misplaced his shoes and me and Karan said we would keep wearing the shoes until we all lined up.
Present day:
Earlier this week when I walked into work wearing my bright yellow and orange Hokas I saw Roger wearing his neon yellow Brookes. Karan wasn’t there yet but I prayed that he would be wearing his bright orange Adidas. I don’t think Karan missed a week, so I was pretty confident he would be wearing his shoes…
Karan walked in and…
HE WAS WEARING HIS SHOES!
We were so excited we had to take a picture of the rare occurrence.
And that is what you can see in the picture above.