I have said this before and I will say it again. The shoe people who really get running, who really understand the needs of the consumer, can fit into a school classroom. Pat O’Malley would be on my short list in that classroom. O’Malley is a lifer in the running business. A very good college runner, Pat spent time at Nike, then Reebok and now, for nearly a decade, at Saucony.
O’Malley reinvented the Saucony footwear line. His aesthetic sense is seen in the shoes and he has developed a remarkable team around him, who shares his philosophy on making great running shoes. With strong support from Saucony management, O’Malley has developed a place for Saucony in the performance running shoe world that has given brand some its finest products.
Here, Pat speaks with the Shoe Addicts on Saucony running and where the brand is headed for 2013:
Saucony Running Shoes from The Shoe Addicts on Vimeo.
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Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys.
Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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