‘I queued for three hours in the rain for Nike Air Max trainers – here’s why’

A Nasa expert basically told Nike to just do it (Picture: David Peperkamp)

Today is a national holiday that your employer probably won’t give you a day off for.

March 26 is Air Max Day, dedicated to the Nike shoes worn by countless sneakerheads, basketball players, style gurus and probably your dad.

And that list includes Joe Parmley, a 24-year-old in Welwyn, Hertfordshire.

There are few trainers out there, he tells Metro, that he’d be willing to wait three hours in the rain to buy.