Smelly sneakers so long, Annual migration

I had mentioned how a pair of my sneakers that were still in relatively good condition had developed a horrible odor, almost of the cat piss variety.  When I started noticing it I threw them in the washing machine, washed them in hot and let them dry out in the bright sun.  Well it helped a little bit but before long they were back to full stink mode.  I would walk in the closet and smell them.

Well I made a last ditch effort and again washed them in hot and let them back in the sun for a full day.  The stench persisted so I decided it was time for them to be replaced.  Over the weekend I scored some cheap basic New Balance sneakers.  The old sneakers will go out in the trash tomorrow.  Now you would think the smelly sneakers would have something to do with my feet.  However, I would argue I have several pairs of sneakers that were much older than the odorous pair I just threw out.  None of them suffered from the same ailment.  I guess the true test will be if the new pair develops the same stink.  If they do, perhaps my body chemistry is changing as yet another wonderful by product of the aging process.

For twenty years I have witnessed the amazing spectacle of the annual migration of the resolutionists to the local gym.  Each and every year the gym is inundated with people that vow that THIS is the year they are going to get in shape.  This year was no different and if anything was the strongest migration I have witnessed to date.

The gym was absolutely packed with faces I had never seen before.  I had to be very flexible with my chest/back routine since often my first choice of equipment was already being used.  The good thing about the resolutionist migration is it is typically very brief.  Normally by the end of January most of them have gone back into hibernation.  A brave few individuals stick out their new found fitness routines and become regular gym goers but the odds are stacked against them.  Laziness after all is far more convenient.