Kelly Ripa in the NYC High Heel Marathon: “Like My Pedicure?”

Famously Sunny Talk Show Bunny Goes Beyond *Bubbly* into Just Plain Pathologically Insane

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As if it wasn’t hard enough living in the July gridlock that is Manhattan. As if it isn’t hard enough to compete in a marathon. As if it isn’t hard enough to do an 8 hour day in heels. Some brainiac has decided that high heel marathons for charity is a “great” idea. Has anyone heard of shin splints, stress fractures, pulled hamstrings, twisted ankles, iliotibial band syndrome, plantar fasciitis, and Achilles tendinitis? And we just get that going to the corner store in Chanel stilettos.

It’s somehow fitting that the latest high heel marathon has jumped across the pond from London to fashion-obsessed Manhattan. In the last London race, a woman broke her ankle when her heel snapped off. Come on people, marathons were meant for Nike not Manolo! From the NY Post:

..When the bubbly blond co-host of “Live with Regis & Kelly” saw a news story about an international high-heel marathon, she bragged to Executive Producer Michael Gellman that if there was one in New York, she’d win.

More than 500 participants - including 11 men - from 40 states will compete in Regis and Kelly’s first-ever High Heel-a-thon in Central Park this morning for a chance at first place and $25,000.

“Kelly is known for her shoes. So when she was bragging that she’d win, we knew we had to do it,” Gellman says. “I’ve run in high heels trying to catch a cab, running to the bus, running to go through my life. I know what it’s like - it’s not pleasant. I just want to go there and do it,” Ripa says, wearing 4-inch, brown YSL’s. “I swear to you, I’m terrified - I’m terrified! There I said it, I’m terrified.

Any Upper East Side woman worth her weight in Gucci pumps knows how to navigate the city streets in high heels. She manuvers Meatpacking cobblestone in Miu Miu, chases cabs in Choo and drop off her kids in Dior. But come on, this is ridiculous.

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2 Responses to “Kelly Ripa in the NYC High Heel Marathon: “Like My Pedicure?””

  1. NYC Gal on July 10th, 2008 9:22 am

    As one of the participants in the ‘high-heel-a-thon’ I can say it was a fun time and a good cause. Surprisingly, my ankles aren’t as sore as I would have thought….

  2. Si Si Penaloza on July 10th, 2008 7:31 pm

    Thanks so much for your personal account of what it was really like. From the video footage it looked like a great civic and philanthropic spirit was in the air. You raised money for a vital and important cause.

    Congratulations NYC Gal… if you like, send me photos that you like of your experience and I’ll post a follow up!

    What shoes did you decide to wear? How high was the heel?

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