#3 - On Cloudsurfer, the first impression

So, here's my initial review of the *brand new On Cloudsurfer, as purchased at a discounted price at the truly cool Athlete's Circle.

Huzzah!

Saturday, 24 November 2012, 0600 hours, Desa Sentosa Fasa 2, Bangi, south of KL, north of Nilai, east of Putrajaya, west of... err... a thick rainforest? Never mind, does not matter, a new day awaits, and more importantly a *brand-spanking new shoe is waiting for me.

So I walked out of my room, switched on all the lights, and walked to the kitchen sink to brush my teeth. (No, the house's bathroom is devoid of the sink) Then I woke up the housemate (he the one with the other pair of Cloudsurfer), then took my shower.

If On Running uses this picture in their promotional material, sales worldwide will definitely triple

Twenty minutes later, we're both ready - eager, no, raring to go. It should be an exciting Saturday morning run at the track, we both thought. But then...

BAM! Herpes. No - rain. Rain.

The rain lasted for two and a half hours before I resolved that we should just drive down to the track and see if it slows down to a light drizzle. So we did. And thankfully by the time we made it at the track in Seksyen 15, the sky cleared up. Perfect!

And so we did finally go for a, no, not run, a slow jog. 6 rounds, 2.4km, that is all. I thought: "Bah! Humbug." But from that 2.4km slow jog, I did manage to get something for my initial initial review of the shoe.

Business in the front, party in the back...

The first thing that I notice with my first few step was that they are 'bouncy'. And so avid runners all around Malaysia let out a hearty guffaw as they see me using that word to describe what the gods of Swiss marathoner have bestowed runners the world over with this neat technology called Cloudtec.

That's where the traction, the cushion, and the 'bounce' comes from - the rubber pods, or clouds as the marketeers at On Running like to refer to it as. I suspect the sky over Switzerland must be very clear all year round so they had to imagine how a real cloud actually looks like. Ah, those poor Swiss.

But those pods makes for a really interesting-looking bottom for any running shoes currently available in the market.

And when I read that line again for a second time, the very subtle innuendo is inescapable.

Alas, a proper full review of the shoe should come in later post as I try to put in more mileage in her... Ooh, look at the shoe...

Until then...

*as per my purchase