Molly Seidel, who finished second in last year’s Olympic Trials marathon in her debut at the distance, is among the newly minted Puma athletes. According to sneaker retail guru and vice president of the NPD research group Matt Powell, Puma had a less than one percent share in the U.S. In recreational road races, Puma sightings are generally few and far between. In a surprising twist, the company that appeared to be making waves (or, at least, impressive ripples) wasn’t an established behemoth like Nike or Adidas, but Puma-a brand whose presence on the running scene has at times felt analogous to the behavior of its elusive feline namesake. What I’ve loved most is showing everyone over this last year exactly what I saw in the PUMA office a year ago,” Molly wrote.Earlier this year, LetsRun published an article listing professional runners and other track and field athletes who had switched sponsors going into 2021. “ PUMA has let me be true to myself and supported me every step of the way while having a hell of a lot of fun. In November, she followed up by running the fastest time ever by an American woman (2:24:42) in the New York City Marathon, finishing 4th. The Olympic Games were the highlight of an amazing year for Molly, when she won the bronze in what was only her third-ever marathon, with a time of 2:27:46. “ People stopped asking ‘so how are the shoes?’ and instead asked ‘where can I get those shoes?!’” In Molly’s first half marathon in PUMA shoes, she immediately set a new personal best. “ Todd Falker, Senior Product Line Manager at Run Train, put a pair of Deviate Elites down on the table and said ‘I think we can definitely do that,'” Molly wrote.
It was the next phase of her career and she said that she wanted to go with a company that would help her become one of the best runners in the world. Molly had just come in second in her first ever marathon at the US Olympic Team Trials and had qualified for Tokyo. Erin Longin with Molly Seidel and the Olympic bronze medal
0 kommentar(er)
