November 7th, 2008 — , News, Nike, Reebok, arien oconnell, marathons from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
Last month, Arien O’Connell ran the fastest time but didn’t win in the Nike Women’s Marathon due to Nike unnecessarily starting a non-elite group of “elite” women 20 minutes early in the race. After a firestorm by runners throughout the country, Nike awarded her an equal prize as “a” winner. In my opinion, [...]
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October 22nd, 2008 — , In the News, Nike, Smurf, arien oconnell, nike womens marathon from Smurf @ FitLifeSF
Following up on a story we posted yesterday– According to the SF Gate, a Nike representative called Arien O’Connell early this morning and said that they would award her a trophy as well as the same prize awarded to the “elite” winner of the Nike Women’s Marathon.
Importantly, the representative said that they would also be [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Nike Actually Does the Right Thing- Too Little, Too Late?”, url: “http://www.fitlifesf.com/2008/10/nike-actually-does-the-right-thing-too-little-too-late/” });
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October 22nd, 2008 — , Health Blog Posts, Nike, Nora Colligan, USATF, arien oconnell, marathons from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
Last night, I explained my reasons why I think that Ariel O’Connell did not win the Nike Women’s Marathon this past weekend. After all, she wasn’t the first to cross the finish line.
Thanks to a thoughtful reader, though, it appears as though Nike might be changing their minds. Here’s the reply he received [...]
Continue reading → Update » Nike Is Going to Announce Arien O’Connell As A Winner
October 21st, 2008 — , Nike, Nora Colligan, Race Results, arien oconnell from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
Arien O’Connell undeniably ran the fastest time at the Nike Women’s Marathon this past weekend. She had a tremendous race, she ran a 12 minute PR, and now she has a great story to tell her friends.
What Arien did not do, however, was win the race. Just because she ran 11 [...]
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October 21st, 2008 — , In the News, Motivation, Smurf, arien oconnell, inspiring stories, judith fast, laine fast, nike womens marathon, running from Smurf @ FitLifeSF
Never one to not fuck things up for long, Nike found itself in a little bit of hot water with the running community after this weekend’s Nike’s Women’s Marathon. Shocker? Here’s the scoop:
There were over 20,000 competitors in Sunday’s Nike Women’s Marathon in San Francisco. And 24-year-old Arien O’Connell, a fifth-grade teacher [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Congrats to the true winner of the Nike Women’s Marathon, Arien O’Connell (and Laine and Judith Fast!)”, url: “http://www.fitlifesf.com/2008/10/congrats-to-the-true-winner/” });
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