Brooks I.D. Program

November Newsletter
11/07/2008 | Steve DeKoker

A WORD ABOUT LOYALTY . . .

Unfortunately, I have recently been approached by several Brooks employees who encountered I.D. Members at events wearing competitor’s clothing and/or footwear. Please remember that you agreed to a contract to exclusively wear Brooks running shoes and apparel when you run. If you have a problem with this agreement I can easily give your sponsorship to another program applicant. For the 99 percent of you who consistently exhibit loyalty: Thank you, and please continue to support us because we love supporting you!!!

ALICE
KASSENS
MEMBER SINCE 2003

DARRIN
POCZA
MEMBER SINCE 2007

SUSAN
EMPEY
MEMBER SINCE 2006

SHOUT-OUTS!

Jason Saitta - Jason won the Boulder Marathon in a time of 2:34 :36. Nice work, Jason!

Joshua Sherrod - Josh won the Army 10 mile in Balad, Iraq in a time of 58:51. Great job, Josh and thanks for serving our country!

Charles Lindsey - Charles just completed 30
straight years of running every day and over 50,000 miles!
He’s been running in Brooks exclusively since the early 1970’s and has run too many races to count. That is quite an accomplishment, Charles. Congratulations!

Katie Brooks - Katie recently finished as the top US woman in the 20-25 age category at the Duathlon World Championships. Way to go, Katie!

Matthew Clancy - Matthew won the 35-39 year old
category for the North Carolina Triathlon Series. He beat 557 competitors in his age group. Nice job, Matt!

Susan Empey and Megan Arbogast - These two ladies finished first and second in the US Masters Marathon Championships at the Twin Cities Marathon. Susan ran 2:50 beating Megan who finished in 2:51—both great times on a slow day! Way to go ladies! Susan is also our Featured I.D. Member for November. Check out her profile at brooksrunning.com/ID.

EVENTS

A total of 31 I.D. Members helped at the Brooks booth at this year’s Marine Corps Marathon Expo. We also had a “Deluxe Porta-Potty” near the start on race day and everyone wearing Brooks shoes or apparel was treated to a warm bathroom with towels and mints. Thanks to everyone who helped make this event a
success!

2009 MEMBERSHIP

In the next week or less I’ll be sending out an email about our change to a new pro-purchase Web site, 3point5. 3point5 will allow you to enter an initial password, and then create your own user name and password for future purchases. Also, all the items on the site are listed at your discount.

To officially transfer your information to the new system and establish my 2009 program I will need you to complete a renewal application that I plan to send next week. Please make this a priority as it’s essential for me in this transition! In late December or early January I will be assigning sponsorship levels for everyone. Please email me with any questions regarding the upcoming transition.

Happy Running!

- Steve

2009 MEMBER TEE

A few weeks ago I sent out a survey asking you to vote on your
favorite design for the 2009 Member Tee. The top two
vote-receiving designs were very close, so I’ve decided to make
both tees and give you the option to choose! Nearly 700
members voted and although all the designs received a minimum of seven percent of the total vote, our winners received 24% and 26% of the vote respectively. I will be distributing the tees in early 2009!

2009 I.D. Member Tee

USATF CLUB #220

I always encourage athletes to join a local running club and
compete at local, regional, and national events. However,
some of you don’t have a good club to join so I created the Brooks I.D. Club Team. I am inviting anyone who desires to race at the USATF XC Club Championships in Spokane, WA, on Dec. 13 to run with us. I currently have a men’s open team but would love to fill a women’s open, and men’s and women’s masters teams as well.
If you would like to compete I will coordinate the teams, provide
uniforms, and we will have a pre- and post-race get together.
You will need to join USATF at www.usatf.org, assign team #220 as your preferred team and receive an official USATF number to compete. Drop me an email if you are interested—the more the better! Please do not quit another team to compete—this is for members who are NOT currently affiliated with a club team.

OCTOBER RECAP

If you missed October’s Newsletter, here is a recap of the
announcements: Elite Wear Testers - We have combined with our footwear department to create an elite wear test program. Applications can be found on the I.D. website and finished forms mailed to weartesting@brooksrunning.com. Please be patient as our new program manager is still sorting through applications.

Age-Group Awards - Next year at 13 races across the country I am providing Age-Group Awards for Open, Sub-Masters, and Masters Categories. The beauty of the program is you only compete against other I.D. Members! The highlight of the award package is a sweet new Brooks Belt Buckle I had specially made for this program. Check the I.D. blog and website for the list of races.

Filed in Brooks I.D. Club Team, Brooks I.D. Program, Elite Wear Testing Program, USATF XC Club Championships

One Response to “November Newsletter”

bigdave_nv Says:
November 8th, 2008 at 1:34 am
I called a month ago regarding your shopbrooks site… they said it would be referring us to your new site & that all information would be preserved…. But shopbrooks is still down & there’s no referral… what’s the story? thanks!

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