July 30, 2007: High-heel sprint

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Not sure who the winner is at this heeled sprint held in St. Petersburg. According to China Daily there was a "required minimum height of 9 centimetres (3.5 inches)" which would be pretty daunting, but for a prize of "a shopping voucher worth 50,000 roubles (about $2,000)" which would be motivating. Let's see, risk a life-long ankle injury in which I hobble for life, for some quick gear.



And of course for some people this would be porn.

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With so many taking to their heels the leader must have gotten a heel up on her competitors, and after outracing those who were on her heels she deserved to sit down and kick up her heels. :rolleyes:

From heel to heal.

I don't think I could run in those, at all. Besides, I'm not one to wear heels like that. I'm rather tall (almost 6'). Maybe in certain situations(would I wear them), but not often.

Wah? jester's rather tall in certain situations, but not often? Oh, must be the high heels! :D

Ain't I a stinker?

Uisge Beatha;369607 wrote:

Wah? jester's rather tall in certain situations, but not often? Oh, must be the high heels! :D

Ain't I a stinker?

you so crazy:cool:

If they are going to run in high heels, at least make it interesting.

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jester wrote:

If they are going to run in high heels, at least make it interesting.

:lol: Yeah, that's the idea - make it a kind of bride of Frankenstein thing. Sorta. Ouch.

Amazing. Nearly a whole page of posts and no one is talking about eating the IOTD.

wolf wrote:

Amazing. Nearly a whole page of posts and no one is talking about eating the IOTD.

The steak I had the other night was as tough as leather, but...........

Now, I don't want to be a heel, but the article didn't seem to state if there were truly a sole winner.

Flint;369639 wrote:

WTF is on this menu?

:vomit:
i saw that too - but i thought, if it was a guy, he/she looked good.

Jester, they aren't so much giant heels, as giant toes......I think that'd get you disqualified.....y'have to have rules for this sort of thing....strict rules.....all hell could break loose, people'd be turning up on stilts....walking away with a tidy little shopping trip tucked under one arm whilst their opponents are still hobbling out the first aid tent....just thinkin it through..

ok, how 'bout this?

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jester;369765 wrote:

ok, how 'bout this?

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jester, that gets a double ouch, unless she's wearing a tutu.

I like the straps though

dude.

video would have been a better choice.

Are they allowed to have wheels and jetpacks on the bottom? [SIZE="1"]Of the shoes, I mean.[/SIZE]

Uisge...i suspect she's more likely to be wearing a zippable mask.

DanaC wrote:

Uisge...i suspect she's more likely to be wearing a zippable mask.

:lol:

I suppose that mask goes with LJ's request for video, too.

I think it's high time women started running in high heels. Men have been doing it for years. You've all herd of "drag racing" haven't you?

Flint;369639 wrote:

WTF is on this menu?

I'd eat some of them out, if you know what I mean.

Running in high heels isn't easy. They tend to break and your ankles aren't generally up to the task of side support.

Plus the height changes the shape of your leg muscles as well as the chest, especially if you are female. Your muscles are not designed to walk much less run in that configuration.

You'd be running on your toes. That's the only way high heels stand up to being run in/on. Specially stilletos which most of those would have to be.

I think it's a stupid competition (this is comming from a chick who once won a $100 gift voucher for sculling a bouron and coke faster than the other chicks on stage).

I'd kick all those chicks butts I reckon :)

I won a comp like that too Ali....I won $100 gift voucher as I was able to fit the most pollywaffle in my mouth at once :) Strangely, guys liked me heaps that nite.

lol...pollywaffle. It even sounds funny.

What's a polywaffle?

Choccie Bar - waffle wafer tube filled with spongey marshmallow and coated in chocolate.

Mmmm, sounds good.

I remember being warned not to make fun of the gay people in Key West because supposedly they can run pretty fast in high heels.


I was laughing for the next hour with the image (not that way..) I got from that.

Anyone can run fast in high heels if they do it right. It's definitely a sprint event though. Not endurance. Unless of course you're very seasoned and have incredible calf muscles.