We are NOT kangaroos

I saw something really bizarre while I was running today.  There were two women running with a dog.  They looked super tall, so I took a closer look.  They were wearing these strange boots on their feet.  The bottom of each sole had what looked like a moon-shaped piece of plastic that was concave with the ground.  They looked riDICulous.  I've never seen something like that before.

After my run, I did an extensive Google search for "weird running shoes" until I found them.

Apparently it's a fad in Switzerland and in Manila to run in these "shoes" called Kangoo Jumps.  And then - because this makes so much sense - they list the price at PhP14,000.  That is the Phillipine Peso.  That converts to $321, in case you are racing out the door to go buy some.

Please, tell me that someone else has seen these before!