it's official wrote:
The organizers seem more concerned with putting a swoosh on everything than actually crowning champions. It was also a huge mistake having pros trying awkwardly to get kids to talk about how much fun they had like it was a summer camp. Just didn't seem very professional, just a marketing opportunity.
What a stupid post.
The Swoosh was barely seen anywhere. I watched the whole streamcast and there were no large swooshes anywhere.
Swoosh very subdued; and even saw kinds wearing saucony shoes.
So thumbs down on your asinine take.
And the kids not only said they were having fun, gee, from the sliding in the mud etc., they looked like they were having the time of their lives.
A better course location in the future would be good. Races that muddy don't make for the best times...that I'll agree with.
If that were an adidas event...something they'd never pay for...supporting teen distance running that big...you would have had the adidas logo everywhere. As it was nike just had the spiked symbol around and very tiny swooshes.
Really, how can you knock a company that supports teen running when few do?