Okay… I’ll admit it, “I hate Nike” anything.

I hate the logo, the image, the commercialization, the idiots who wear their clothing and think they are athletic for doing so… And that’s when I’m in a good mood.

I can’t recall when exactly my disdain for their products came about…maybe it’s because I’m just an Adidas, beastie boy, white dude kinda person I don’t know, lol!

But I gotta hand it them…. They freaking nailed a home run with this shoe.

I currently run in New Balance, and Asics. And I always buy the most expensive ones. And they are always somewhat “new” (you’d be surprised how many people run on “old” sneakers… Thinking that just because they didn’t run much, their still “new”). Nope. I feel its as if certain high tech synthetics have an “expiration date”. Like, that stuff is a living breathing organism.

And boy did I get a slap in the face when my boy John Iacono (one of my best friends and one hell of a debt settlement specialist too, true professional with an understanding of how that stuff works) and I were sneaker shopping… So we were shopping because I’m personally training him right now at midnight like four days a week (its literally the only time this kid has with his newborn son Dom in the house now) and one thing I ALWAYS try and PUSH on my clients….

IS TO LEARN TO LOVE RUNNING!

Running is NEVER a “natural” thing.

Even the people who say “I’ve always loved running…”…I believe are either lying to you so as to make you feel inadequate for not liking it as much as them.. Or…or…. They just plain ‘ole forgot how much it sucked when they started… Or… Perhaps when they started, they wew “skinny enough” to start liking it. And it stuck.

Me? I’m a heavyset guy. Stocky… lean… but I get chunky real quick like any pale-skinned, Italian kid who didn’t get the tall, dark, and sexy jean from his pasta eating ancestors.

And my secret weapon is a lil bit a runnin…. As often as I can sneak it into my ridiculously busy schedule.

And, because I’m muscular, I run “heavily” if ya know what I mean; unlike my father Joeseph Palangi who ran a four-minute mile in high school (damn pop, I still can get over that, lol) (my dad’s so humble: when I bring up his accomplishments he always corrects me “Son, it was 4:11 flat”. (Oooh .11 seconds. Uhm okay dad lol!)

So that’s why I’m so amped about these kicks!

I have put on EVERY top dollar sneaker (including Mizuno)…yep…. One on the left, and the Nike on the right… Then, in reverse of course.

And the result of my “Pepsi Challenge” with running sneakers resulted in these being the SOFTEST RIDE of any sneaker I have ever tried on.

I ran in the store, back and forth, fast-starts and stops, heel to toe, etc… And these Nikes are amazing. (I didn’t buy them though. John did. I already spent my sneaker budget for the summer and have to beat up my pair of New Balances before I can justify going out and investing in these babies. (What can I say, I’m getting practical these days, besides, I need to save for new heavy bags because all my maniac kickboxers are destroying the heavy bags, and some of them need to be replaced… So… Priorities)

I’m ranting about them so much also because one of the things I train my FOUR WEEK CHALLENGERS on is getting into the conversation called “I Love Running! (Finally)”

And I’d be a bad master if I didn’t plug these Nikes without reserve!

Good luck! Happy running! Oh!!! And here’s MASTER PALANGIS PERSONAL INTERVAL FORMAT for running!

I still do it now… 10 years after discovering its power for shredding fat off my (and many others’) body!