It’s happened. A thing that was made that I loved will never be made again. The Adidas Adipure trainers with black soles and hot pink trim that I’ve been wearing to the gym for years are now discontinued.

This is why instinct tells me to buy multiples of things I love. The instinct to save money prevails.

So I’ve single-mindedly been searching for the 2.0, and I’m coming up short. The trend in gym shoes is OBNOXIOUS CRAZY COLOR IN YOUR FACE. Nothing simple. Nothing restrained. OBNOXIOUS CRAZY COLOR IN YOUR FACE.

Black soles. Black uppers. Colored trim. That’s it!