September 18, 2007 at 10:30 am
· Filed under Equipment, Gadgets, Running, Shoes
I feel like a true Amazonian warrior while standing in these kangoo jump boots, I must be towering way above 6ft. Shame I feel like a knock kneed bambi when I’m running in them.
By popular demand, I dragged myself out of my sick bed to provide laughing fodder for the masses:
They are quite good fun actually, they don’t compress anywhere near as much as I expected but they are noticeably bouncier than a pair of shoddy knees. On todays little jaunt I felt that most of my energy went in to up and down movement and it felt as though I was jogging on the spot, a slight alteration in stance led me to move forward with a bit more efficiency.
When I’m feeling a bit better I’ll do some proper tests with them. I want to see if my pace alters over a given distance and how my heart rate responds. It felt pretty hard work today but then that is to be expected, dragging myself out of bed was tough today.
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celeste wrote @ September 19th, 2007 at 6:57 am
Awesome! Awesome! Awesome!!! However, perhaps if there were a few of you all running together it would look less, ummm, obvious.
I really want to hear how it works out – over a decent distance.
BOING! Actually I’m surprised, I was expecting something more along the lines of Nickelodeon Moon Shoes, but you don’t look like nearly as much of an idiot as this kid:
In fact, you look kind of… NORMAL running in those things. Anyway, I hope you feel better with your sick AND your knees.
Darn, youtube link doesn’t work in comments. Anyway, here’s how I and many other kids skinned their knees in the mid 90s (I still have the scar): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wf_WzKOxfeM
Be careful out there! Good knees on the inside are no good if you’ve got a nasty scab/bruise combination on the outside!
Thanks for the video.
kathy wrote @ September 19th, 2007 at 12:33 pm
You looked way more normal than I expected. I thought you’d be bounding along like a kangaroo.
Hope you’re feeling better soon.
General consensus seems to be that I am “normal” which is always good to know – I think. Those moon shoes looked as bounce-less as my boots but that kid had way too much energy for his own good.
Ha Ha – they look pretty cool.
I wonder if I could make it round time trial faster in a pair
Rodiogirl wrote @ September 26th, 2007 at 9:51 pm
heh heh Kangaroo boots LOL
Wicked I want some now. Not for running in mind just for jumping!!!!
Sarah
TERRI wrote @ December 11th, 2007 at 7:00 pm
HI THERE, YOU LOOK LIKE YOU COULD BE LOCAL TO ME, SOMEWHERE IN THE RICHMOND AREA!? I ALSO HAVE A PAIR OF KJ’S, SO IF YOU WANT TO LINK UP SOMETIME WE CAN GO FOR A JOG AND LOOK RIDICULOUS TOGETHER!
TERRI
ha ha ha very nice……………….
Emily wrote @ January 4th, 2009 at 10:46 pm
Hey – I have a pair of JK’s – though I was the only one in the UK!
If anybody is hooking up in the Surrey area and looking ridiculous together then please let me know – would be good to share the stares with others!
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