THE BROOKS BLOG

Chrissie Wellington, this year’s women’s champ at the Ironman World Championships in Kona, cruised home (in a Kona run-course record!) in some Brooks T5’s! Check out the picture of Chrissie on the run over at slowtwitch.com.

Congrats on a truly amazing performance, Chrissie!

This past summer, Brooks hosted writer Florence Williams for a visit to our manufacturing facilities in China. Florence was doing research for an in-depth Runner’s World article about the environmental impact of running shoes. Our aim was to help her understand how complex running shoe material sourcing and manufacturing is, share the challenges all performance brands face when trying to make their products more sustainable, and show her what Brooks is doing to help move the needle on sustainability.

The article, entitled “The Runner’s Footprint,” now appears in Runner’s World’s November issue. We hope you read the article, and take a tour of our Green Room to learn more about Brooks’ sustainability efforts.

As our CEO Jim Weber says in the article, “It’s not all pretty . . .But we believe no one is working harder at it. Our belief is to be transparent. We are where we are, and we’re not pretending we’ve figured it out.”

Mike Reneau, Hansons-Brooks ODP

The Hansons are on a roll! Hansons-Brooks team member Mike Reneau PR’ed at 2:16:20 to finish seventh in the men’s division of the Chicago Marathon. He was the first American male to cross the finish line.

You can read the Chicago Tribune’s story and post-race interview with Reneau here.

Congratulations, Mike!!

Hansons-Brooks women Melissa White and Dot McMahan led team USA to a fourth-place finish at the 2008 IAAF/CAIXA World Half Marathon Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Rochester Hills, MI, teammates were the first US finishers at 21st (1:14:37) and 24th (1:15:14), respectively. Ethiopia won the first-place team title, with Kenya and Japan taking second- and third-place honors.

Read the USATF press release here.

Desiree Davila at Brooks HQ, Feb. 2007

The Chicago Tribune chats with Hansons-Brooks Distance Project team member Desiree Davila after she finishes fifth in the women’s field at the Chicago Marathon. In her third-ever race at this distance, Davila was the top American woman finisher, with a personal record of 2:31:33.

Read the story here.

Congratulations, Des!