THE BROOKS BLOG

Twitter was all, well, atwitter today with first photos of our awesome M*A*S*H-style expo booth at the Chicago Marathon expo. Brooks is offering free podiatrist consultations and gait analyses to runners and expo attendees who sign up at the booth (#733).

But that’s not all. Everyone who participates receives dog tags worth a chance to win prizes. Simply walk your dog tags over to the retail area of the booth to see if you’ve won! Prizes include 10 head-to-toe Brooks outfits, 50 pairs of shoes, 250+ cotton T-shirts, and 150 water bottles. The odds of winning something? Pretty, pretty good.

The B*R*A*S*H (Brooks Running Athlete Support Hospitality) is open till 8 p.m. tonight, and from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. tomorrow. Get there early to snag an appointment!

Check out these awesome Twitpics posted by our pals at Fleet Feet Chicago (@FleetFeetChgo). Click on any image to see the full photo post at Twitpic. Nice shots, guys and gals!

Brian White from Fleet Feet Sports Carrboro (NC) writes:

This is Katy and Will’s creation getting ready for a big debut in the Fleet Feet Sports Carrboro window display. Made of Brooks shoe boxes, it’s named “BROBOT.”

If it could talk, we think it would say: “People of earth, I come here in the spirit of Run Happy®. Run Happy®, humans, Run Happy®.”

Running shops and other U.S. specialty retailers who sell Brooks shoes and apparel were eligible to enter our Run Happy® Display Contest in March.

The Columbus Running Company of Columbus, OH, was named Grand Prize Winner for its video and song. Their prize? A brand-new treadmill for the store. Congratulations!

The Display Contest had two First Place Winners: Luke’s Locker of Plano, TX, pictured above; and Fleet Feet Nashville in Nashville, TN, pictured below. Each store won Tienkin II Jackets for everyone on its staff.

Finally, The Running Center of Tampa, FL, was the winner of the Bonus Code Retail Store Contest. A grand total of 66,656 store bonus codes were redeemed online. The Running Center led the way with 1,743 online bonus codes redemptions.

Congratulations to all for helping to spread the Run Happy® in March.

Running stores all  over the country got into the competitive spirit this summer for the launch of Brooks’ new Ghost running shoe. We asked them to create a haunting store window or in-store display to announce the shoe’s arrival–and they did!

Here are the winning entries. Congratulations to all!

Grand Prize Winner: Luke's Locker, Dallas, TX

First Prize: 9th St. Active Footwear, Durham, NC

First Prize: Spike’s Athletic Footwear, Holly Hill, FL