[sweetliberty]

I think more like seeking anonymity and escape and looking for just the right shoes to run in. I might add that all the shoes that looked really good were highly impractical for walking for long or on varying terrain.

Or perhaps it was something much more simple....like trying to get away from Nully's basement.

[Darksheare]

Yes, there is that.
The need to escape from the basement and the memory thereof.

"I might add that all the shoes that looked really good were highly impractical for walking for long or on varying terrain."

Hmmm.. the solution with the best outward look often isn't.