Stilettos + Pancakes = Women Racing

"The Rouge" in which has seen some crazy weather, with a tribute to the female athletes out there. First, a quick recap of this weather...Yesterday I ran our 6x400m workout in just shorts. It was about 70 degrees (F) and was gorgeous out, thought slightly humid. During the course of the night the temperature dropped and continued to drop. Today, there is the possibility of snow and the high temperature was this morning at 1 A.M. This is "The Rouge" its not supposed to snow here!

Flat as a Pancake
No, I'm not talking about my home state (Kansas) in which I have recieved so much grief from mewalt and Kwags this week. All in the name of good humor I am told...haha. Anways, back to the meat of this blog in which is a tribute to the female runners who partake in some crazy running events.

I'm going to admitt that women have some racing traditions that are just crazy. Earlier this year, Liberal, KS held its annaul pancake race. This race is an annual event that pits the top time from Liberal against the top time from Olney, England. The particpants run a 415 yard (~400 meters) while carrying a frying pan (usually with a pancake in the pan) over the course.

The tradition originally started in England, where the day was known as "Pancake Day" which was usually held prior to the Lenten period. Liberal challenged Olney in 1950 to a friendly trans-Atlantic race after seeing pictures in a magazine. A Liberal teen won the race by three seconds with a winning time of 1:03.

Shopping IS a Sport!
This next race takes the cake as what might just be the ultimate fashionista girl race in the world. It is definantly the race that is the worst on your ankles! Today, in Amsterdam, the third annual Stiletto Run was held on the famous Amsterdame fashion street PC Hooft street. A 125 racers lined up to race the 350m race with a grand prize of what I believe is 10,000 Euro's. The racers must wear a minimum of a 9cm heel, the rest of the outfit is up to them. Now I will say I have never wore high heels and have never done a run in a pair, but I commend these girls for having ankles of steel. If you check out the video below (from 2007) these girls run like they are in racing flats, not 3 inch heels. My ankles just hurt watching this race. Hurt I tell you! Crazy what women will do for shopping money...crazy! Have a great weekend!