Feet Pain? What Are You Running (In Stilettos) For?

Source: SCTNow.org

Stilettos are not exactly the type of shoes for running. Not only is it painful to your feet, it’s also hard to keep your balance while running. If you find yourself running in them, I hope it’s for a good cause.

On September 27, 2009, 318 people ran in stilettos for Stop Child Trafficking Now, breaking the Guinness Book of World Records for the most people running in stilettos.

Stop Child Trafficking Now targets the source of child trafficking: predators who drive the sex industry everywhere in the world, including in your own local community. – SCTNow.org

The run’s tag line was ‘rescue a child with your sole’. It was pat of a nationwide campaign that raised a lot of awareness as well as generated funds to be used to prosecute child trafficking predators. The run took place by Lincoln Center in NYC in a course that was 80 meters or 263 feet. Participants included men as well as women. The criteria for the shoes were that the “stiletto” must be at least 7 centimeters or 2.75 inches high and no more than 1.5 centimeters or 1/2 inches wide at the tip.

The run happened on a rainy day, so I give them extra credit for running in slippery ground. There was at least one man there too, as you can see in the video below. The run was a success and the organization is planning to do it again next year. I do not own a pair of stilettos, but if I were to ever run in one, it better be for a good cause; otherwise, I’d do my runs in comfy shoes.

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