Just want to mention (again!) what an inspiring athlete Dot McMahan of @HansonsDistProj is. In February, 2024 she finished her 5th Olympic Trials Marathon, and last Saturday she won the #Crim10Mile for the 2nd straight year in 55:48.
That's 5:35/mi pace for a 48 year-old woman.
Check out hansonsbrooksodp Instagram page for a mini series highlighting the stories behind our athletes. The first video will be dropping tomorrow, August 25th at 3 PM EST. Thanks to @2GETHERCreative for getting this project up and running.
Welcome to the Team! Wil Smith, Gonzaga University graduate, has joined Hansons Brooks Distance Project. He will be making his debut in uniform this Thursday, July 31st in the 10,000m at USATF Outdoor Championship in Eugene, OR.
Graphic: Aaron Greb
Our sport is presented all wrong. We tend to focus on just the pro side of things or just the community runners. Both approaches are wrong.
Keep in mind that our sport has greater diversity and larger household income than nearly every other sport.
Leaders must relate to both.
Attention Fortune 500 Companies
30 second advertisement for the Super Bowl has a cost of 7 to 8 million dollars.
Half that dollar amount could dominate the eyes of our sport. The Reach & Engagement Metrics could be much greater if done correctly.
Our sport is waiting for a hero
HS coaches need to be very careful in the first few weeks back.
Injuries are not because you are running them too much.
Most injuries are a result of the difference between what the athlete tells you they’ve been running and actual mileage.
The first Wednesday of the month
@HansonsRunShop
helps a local charity. We host a timed 5k with proceeds and donations going to that charity. This months recipient The Agape Project purchases chairs and provides racers to push disabled folks that have never been in a race.
It’s 8:30 am on Monday April 14th.
One week from now.
All buses will have arrived in Hopkinton. This small quiet town will have transformed into a busy buzzing running Mecca. Even spectators will feel anxious for what lies ahead.
Relax and enjoy. Good luck to all of you.
HS Distance Coaches
You can help save our sport at the professional level.
It’s simple and doesn’t cost anything.
Pick a current pro distance runner and highlight them at the beginning of each week. Reward your runners for finding some obscure fact about this pro.
More young fans
Jimmy Carter passed today.
In 1980 I hated the fact that he made the decision to boycott the Olympics and felt that I would never respect him.
I WAS WRONG
I admire and respect how this man chose to live his life. Thank you President Carter RIP
If you finished a marathon any place in the World this fall come in to any of the 4 Hansons locations to receive your FREE Hansons Marathon Gloves. You earned them.
CONGRATULATIONS
If you finished a marathon any place in the World this fall come in to any of the 4 Hansons locations to receive your FREE Hansons Marathon Gloves. You earned them.
CONGRATULATIONS
This is not a political post.
We got lucky.
For the first time in 34 years we will not be involved in the @FreepMarathon expo. On Friday the Expo will be sharing the facility with a Donald Trump Rally.
It sounds like a logistical nightmare.