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High-heel racers blaze through Mexico City
I haven’t worn high heels in the Mexican capital, but I’ve walked next to high-heeled women, and it doesn’t look like fun. Pitted, undulating sidewalks ravaged by constant mini-earthquakes make navigating the city a treacherous experience even in tennis shoes.
So it was a little strange this weekend when about 500 women strapped on stilettos for the city’s first 100-meter High Heel Race.
The women, decked out in running gear and heels of at least seven centimeters (2.75 inches), galloped through a downtown street. Several collapsed to the ground, casualties of the city’s broken asphalt. The eventual winner was an ex-national champion 1,500-meter runner, who said she practiced for the event for a week.
The event was not without its detractors: A group calling itself “Totally Indignant” (a play on the “Totally Palacio” slogan of the sponsor Palacio del Hierro, a department store) blasted race organizers for putting the women’s health at risk and making a caricature out of women.
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