Week 4

 
My Shoes and I Fueling for the Zoo

I love the zoo. Especially the Audubon Zoo here in New Orleans. It’s wonderful with all the giant oaks and Spanish moss.

The lovely people at New Balance thought it would be a good idea for me to take my truebalance toning shoes for a zoo visit. I happily agreed and what a great day it was.
Even though tropical storm Bonnie was making a bee line for New Orleans (sometimes it feels like there’s a bulls-eye on the city), the weather held out and the cloud cover made the Louisiana summer day bearable.
 
I spent the next three hours walking around the zoo. Is the zoo really huge? Yes, but really the 3 hours was because #1. I’m directionally challenged and #2. I really need to have a word with the map artist. I actually wasn’t finished trying to read the map touring the zoo,when all of a sudden (so it seemed) the zoo was closing. I was enjoying myself so much, that the 3 hours just flew by.
 

What’s really awesome is I didn’t even think about the shoes on my feet because they were so comfortable. That’s been one of the things that have stood out for me about the toning shoes. Incredibly comfortable. Like the “they’re hideous looking” issue, I won’t wear shoes I find uncomfortable, no matter what they do. After returning home, I found that my legs were pretty tired, which is a good thing, but my feet were not.

More importantly is the shoes made the idea of getting out there to walk more appealing.

 

 Value of a product to me, is not just about performance. Along with performance and results, the value of a pair of shoes like the truebalance are motivation they can provide to get you out there walking, whether it’s on a treadmill, a tour of a local attraction, or to shake off the stress at the end of the day. If you’re not out there moving all the toning claims in the world will not make up for a lack of motivation and effort.

Because of the extremely hot weather here, I’ll be doing a lot more walking instead of running. I really enjoyed the zoo (except for the monkeys, which is a whole other story) and I plan on returning soon to finish the whole tour.

Here’s a bit of video of one my favorite animals and I hope you are in awe (I don’t think he liked my husband) of this jaguar as much as I was.

Audubon Zoo New Orleans from Joyce Cherrier on Vimeo.

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