Low turnout for Stiletto fun run

Daniela Abela

Nov 19th 2012, 22:06

...This was all for charity and for those like me who loves a challenge and are careful preferred to run. Ask yourselves..how many times were you at a wedding and ran your way to the coffee and sweets table to be first? You could have twisted your ankle there too don't you agree? Well done to all the organisers and look forward for the second run next year :-)

Daniela Abela

Nov 19th 2012, 22:02

It seems there are many people out there who are blind & cant read properly. When the Stiletto Run was promoted it said that participants can wear stilettos along a 700mtrs track jogging, power walk or strut your way. So if you wanted to participate & help Istrina, you could have just walked in stilettos and even in normal shoes.

Sarah Grech (Zebbug)

Nov 19th 2012, 14:22

Perhaps because the majority thought it was a stupid idea? Just because it's for charity, it doesn't mean that one has to make a fool of himself.

....U please ta toqghodux tghiduli ghax isiru barra minn Malta. B'daqshekk ma jfissirx li mhux redikoli.

When will we learn?

Karen Zammit Manduca

Nov 19th 2012, 13:48

Had the article carried by The Times last Thursday said that the run was to be 700m and not 7KM, perhaps many more would have taken up the challenge in the name of fun and charity.

Mr Peter Korsten

Nov 19th 2012, 09:03

"More disappointing was the fact that hardly any men took up the challenge to run the 700 metre course with a minimum heel height of 7.5cm..."

I trust that The Times are being ironic now. Having said that, I was almost sold a pair of red pumps when living in Amsterdam, when they mixed up the boxes. I remarked that there wouldn't be many pumps in my size. Turned out there were... bought by men.

Alan Xuereb

Nov 19th 2012, 08:08

Come On!Who's idea was this? Stiletto racing!! Please can you try to be more creative in your imagination?

John Attard

Nov 19th 2012, 06:36

What spoil sports........ Have some fun and it's final...there are those that go bungee jumping and others who go for stiletto racing.......have a laugh

Maria Whitehead

Nov 19th 2012, 02:09

Part 2 of 2: Unfortunately it seems that laughing at oneself and having fun in the process of fundraising funds may not be fit for the maltese. What a shame. Especially since most men have definitely dressed up as women for carnival, at some point in their life! So it seems none would complain about the "health" concerns during a carnival dress-up ... but do so for charity?

Maria Whitehead

Nov 19th 2012, 02:03

Part 1 of 2: The Stiletto Run Marathon has been used internationally over several years to raise funds for various philantropies. The most renouned one is the "Walk in her shoes" held in the US to raise awareness of battered women and funds for shelters. Then there is the celebrity stiletto run that raises funds for breast cancer research. Kudos to the organisers for introducing it to malta.

Robert Louis Fenech

Nov 19th 2012, 00:20

Come on people, where's the fun in life if you're afraid to run in high heels?? I didn't know about it and I wasn't there, but I wish I was, it sounds like a fun idea.

Daniela Bugeja

Nov 18th 2012, 21:17

how very surprising to hear of all the healthy concious population's remarks about this race! I bet the majority of you were sipping on the tenth mug of coffee, with a lit cigarette in the ashtray next to you after a greasy meal while reading and leaving your negative comments about this race. how's that for healthy i wonder? well, i'd like to think that i'm wrong but i highly doubt it

I Bugeja

Nov 18th 2012, 21:14

For an health insurance to promote running on stiletto is quite crude especially since doctors do not even suggest wearing them at all.

Ronnie Callus

Nov 18th 2012, 18:51

Whose idea was this of running or walking on high heels shoes ???? Do they wanted a number of casualties ( broken feet) or something similar.

Victor Pulis

Nov 18th 2012, 16:41

Maybe it's just as well. Somehow I feel that the emergency depatment at Mater Dei has been spared some extra work!

Gordon Cardona

Nov 18th 2012, 15:10

Forgetting the fact that walking on high heels is bad for the feet irrespective of gender, I think that more thinking could have prevented such a low turnout. Even if this was undoubtedly for a worthy cause, one cannot assume that 'anything goes'. But that's my 2c...

ANNA FRENDO

Nov 18th 2012, 14:53

No thanks. A while ago I twisted my ankle badly (and I was wearing runner shoes) and spent 4 months nursing a very painful torn ligament.

Mrs Maria Rosaria Brincat

Nov 18th 2012, 14:51

Pupa a health insurance company is suppose to advertise healthy living not a race to damage your foot. What a nonsense. Ask a Podologist if what these people did is good for their health.

Paul Camilleri

Nov 18th 2012, 13:11

It is observed that many ladies who participated in the fun run do not know what stiletto shoes are since there were some of them wearing runner shoes.

Ramon Casha

Nov 18th 2012, 12:37

I like my ankles unbroken, thank you very much.

Brian Simmons

Nov 18th 2012, 11:48

I've heard some potty ideas for raising money in the past, but this one takes the biscuit!

Apart from a few, maybe, most Maltese men do not wear high heels, so were untrained and hopefully retain the ankles intact.

I know Health and Safety can be overdone, but common sense should have knocked this idea on the head before it started.

Dunstan Crockford

Nov 18th 2012, 11:44

While possibly being a potentially ankle twisting experience,I have seen ladies running with high heels.. running to get a bus! The organiser must have been disappointed BUT she had the gall to organise this and all for a very worthy cause!Every event is being organised to raise more funds for the CCF..and every little helps! It was nice that PBS sent their cameramen and top presenter Reno Bugeja!

N Attard

Nov 18th 2012, 11:05

La m'hemmx ikel b xejn involut, il maltin ftit jinteressaw ruhom jattendu. Kultura ta ghass u ikel biss ahna.

Jimmy Abela

Nov 18th 2012, 10:58

LOL.. and while reading the article on the same timesofmalta, the header advertises a foot product aimed at reducing pain. Hilarious!!

Iris Baitrman

Nov 18th 2012, 10:49

We all know that the Maltese have a wierd sence of humour if ANY, but this is contradicitng their health and safety policy, now i ask you running with high Stiletto heels is surely asking for broken limbs, so i guess the is one way for BUPA to advertise for more business, Silly Silly Silly, rather them then me. have a safe? weekend.

Anton Mangion

Nov 18th 2012, 10:46

Did Bupa insure the participants for any eventualities.......would be interesting to know!!!!

Eman Pulis

Nov 18th 2012, 10:39

Run in shoes that provide no support and cushioning or, even worse, high heels, and the risk of injuries sky rockets. The turnout wasn't disappointing at all. I'm sure there are smarter ways to raise funds for L-Istrina.

Paul Caruana

Nov 18th 2012, 10:24

For once, a reassuring sign of popular intelligence...there must be ways to raise money for istrina WITHOUT spraining one's ankles!

Shawn Grixti

Nov 18th 2012, 10:23

Well, no one wanted to break a leg! Who's to blame them? I'm sure there are far more better ways to raise funds.

David Spiteri

Nov 18th 2012, 10:10

Although i believe the idea was stupid... i do not think that it is healthy to encourage running with stilettos. Thank God no one broke a leg!

On a positive note however more advertising should have been in order. I was not aware that such a run was to take place. I am an annual follower and contributor to L-istrina Fund, so i would have surely joined in someway or another!

Doris Sarlo

Nov 18th 2012, 10:05

Do you wonder?! It is stupid to risk a broken ankle!