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Today Brooks is pleased to announce that Matt McInnes from
Toronto is the first athlete to join the BCMP. Matt will
make his debut in the Toronto Scotiabank Half Marathon on
Sunday, September 24, 2006.
Matt has been training in the concept of the Project since
the beginning of the year.
As President of Brooks Canada, Mike Dyon said, "It does
take one athlete to make the first move when it comes to a
new venture. It is hoped that once more potential
marathoners understand the program and are selected to join
the group that the synergy and benefits of training together
for the marathon will begin to show some results".
The Brooks Canada Marathon Project objective is to assist
those men & women with POTENTIAL, SINCERE INTEREST and
PASSION to achieve their PERSONAL GOAL of representing
CANADA in the MARATHON EVENT at either the OLYMPIC GAMES or
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP within 2-6 years. This commitment will
be in the range of $1.5 Million or more over 6 years.
In early September Martin Goulet, Chief High Performance
Officer for Athletics Canada said,
"As a long time national team and Olympic distance running
coach I was thrilled to learn about this new privately
sponsored Brooks Canada Marathon Project when briefed about
it. Our sport certainly needs new innovative ways to
attract support for our Canadian athletes. We
enthusiastically endorse the concept and approach especially
knowing that under the strong leadership of coach Cameron,
this initiative will harmoniously complement what Athletics
Canada is doing in the global area of distance running."
Brooks hopes to announce other potential members in the near
future.
About Brooks.
Brooks Canada out of Mississauga, Ontario is a licencee of Brooks
Sports Inc. which is headquartered in Bothell , Washington. Brooks
Canada was established in 1977 by runners Mike and Paul Dyon. Mike has a
marathon best of 2:14.28 and competed for Canada at the 1982
Commonwealth Games , two World Cups and was a 4 time Canadian Marathon
Champion. The company has been sponsoring amateur athletes across Canada
for the past 29 years. Brooks is a leading running company that designs
and markets a line of performance footwear, apparel and accessories in
more than 80 countries worldwide. The company's mission is to inspire
people to run and be active by creating innovative gear that keeps them
running longer, farther and faster.
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