THE BROOKS BLOG

Every year Brooks sponsors some of the best cross country and track meets across the country! We want to support the sport in it’s purest form and it doesn’t get any better than high school running!

To add a little excitement to our events we are partnering with Flotrack to cover these meets and bring these athletes an enhanced experience during and after the competition! To find out where Brooks will be in 2009, the enter contests, and to learn a little more about our athletes check out www.runbrooks.com.

Here is just a quick look at the Brooks NCAA Pre-National meet from last October…..

How’d we forget to post this? The guys at Flotrack came out to Brooks Headquarters back in November and filmed a little tour of the office!

Check out Brian’s post-race interview over at Flotrack…Thank you Brian - you did the USA and Brooks proud!

The guys at Flotrack stopped in the Rochester Hill Home Depot, where Hansons-Brooks athlete Brian Sell works in the Garden Department. Watch him help customers and see what he does on the job:

A few months ago a camera crew spent two days at Brooks for a new TV series on the History Channel called The Works.

The Works is an engaging, educational, and entertaining documentary-of-sorts that sucks you in and spits you out an hour later with a rich new knowledge about something we encounter in everyday life, from garbage to power tools to beer. Each week the series tackles something different, and this week they’ll take us into the world of “sneakers”!

Tune in to the History channel this Thursday, Aug. 7, at 10 p.m. ET/PT as sneakers are put under the microscope. You’ll see footage taken from Brooks’ HQ including interviews with Derek Campbell, Rich Zartman and Fritz Taylor (on running shoe biomechanics, design, environmental advancements and overall footwear philosophy).  The episode will discuss why sneakers are so essential to modern life and uncover the story of the multi-billion dollar global industry that inspires music, movies and its own subculture.  Check your local TV listings for the exact channel number in your market, or visit http://www.history.com/minisites/the-works for more information.

The episode is also set to re-air Friday, Aug. 8, 2 AM (ET/PT), Sunday, Aug. 17, 11 AM (ET/PT), Thursday, Aug. 21, 10 AM (ET/PT), and Thursday, Aug. 21, 4 PM (ET/PT).