SPI belt ROCKS!

Today we shall talk about SPI belt.

SPI stands for SMALL PERSONAL ITEMS...(I think....)

I've been seeing the advertisements in Runner's World magazines for quite a while now.

Couldn't find it in Malaysian stores and I keep forgetting to search for it when in Singapore.

Anyway, according to the tiny advertisements in the magazines, this “amazing” small pouch of a belt “DOES NOT BOUNCE OR RIDE!” (their words, not mine), just perfect for runners to stash their car keys, spare change, gels/gu's, cellular phones, mp3 devices and perhaps a comb or a compact mirror to freshen one up whenever spotted a really hot runner that you may be possibly attracted to running towards you...(well, to each their own fancy....but pulling the last 2 items out mid-run somehow may appear a little....odd)

It had also made special appearances on CNN, TODAY show and The Rachel Ray Show!! (whoopee!)

Right out of the plastic bag that the belt came in!

With NOTHING in it....

Packed with my phone and keys

Honestly, I don't know why I bought the belt.

Call it an impulse buy......(never question a female regarding the impulsivities of shopping. The female brain's “pleasure area” is highly activated whenever thinking or planning about shopping....so PLEASE thank the female next to YOU for strengthening the economy of our country! By the way, you're welcome!!)

So I got my very own SPI belt from Mr. Choi for RM70......do click on this link to view his site.

Appearance wise, it is rather inconspicuous looking and for a while there I thought I would be severely disappointed with the product. 

So yesterday evening, I decided that I just HAVE to take this belt out for a test-run to see what the whole fuss was all about.

To test-run the belt, I recruited my cellular phone and my car keys....both I consider essential 'small-personal-items'.

And mind you, my phone is the Nokia E71 (and not those tiny, cute-sy ones that don't take my much space) and together with my car keys are a pretty bulky twosome.

Both items fitted well into the tiny pouch compartment.

I strapped the belt over my waist....just like I did the hydration belt.

(you may try belting it around my hip area at the level of the A.S.I.S. [anterior superior iliac spine] or garjon-less version would be the top tip of your hip bone...I tried that with the hydration belt and it just bounces like a Jell-O party...so no way am gonna do the same with the SPI belt)

It was bloody hot yesterday evening.

Normally too hot to run.

But I'm doing the run for SPI belt's sake....(I can't help but to dramatize things)

So I ran.

And the belt.......well......it stayed put.

Really!

It did!

It really 'DOES NOT BOUNCE OR RIDE!'

I mean, yes, you'd still feel it at your lower back as you run (it's not gonna disappear and become weightless just because it appeared on The Rachel Ray Show!!)....but it's just minimal inconvenience....sorta like the convenience store only having 100-plus and NOT Gatorade!

It stayed put (more or less) for the whole 5km......and stayed on put despite the heat causing me to sweat buckets! (totally unrelated but I'm just saying....)

In conclusion...the test-run of the SPI belt was GREAT!

It sorta lived up to it's claim of 'DOES NOT BOUNCE OR RIDE!'

So it's my hard-earned RM70 well spent.

Perhaps next time around, the SPI belt will do an appearance on Oprah!!! Now THAT'S the big gun!!! (I swear, once it's on Oprah.....every Tom, Dick and non-running Harry will be sporting one of these babies!!!)

I TOTALLY recommend the SPI belt......I can foresee it coming in very handy during long runs and races.

And for YOUR information, this is a totally un-bias test-run of a product.

I did NOT generate the aforementioned luminescent glowing review without first hand experiencing the SPI belt's “amazing ability” to 'DOES NOT BOUNCE OR RIDE'....(I'm trying really REALLY hard to rein in the sarcasm but it's not quite working)

And as long as I don't get paid to do this write up....it is categorize as UN-BIAS! (and I don't get paid)

Maybe next time around, I'll write up about RoadID ('BE SEEN WEARING IT').

Or if another impulsiveness arises and I find myself purchasing one of those 2Xu compression tights, I'll do another UN-BIAS write up as well!

Later!!!!