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Lead Stories: Sunday, November 23, 2008

Spira Footwear Scores at Detroit Marathon

Posted November 2nd, 2007 at 1:21 PM by Martin Kennedy

Section: News & Results, Gear & Apparel, Running Shoes

Spira Footwear, the controversial shoe company, scored a major victory at the 30th annual Detroit Free Press Marathon, as the top five male and the top two female winners all competed in Spira shoes.

Christopher Kiprotich of Kenya was the men’s overall winner, finishing the 26.2 mile course in 2:15:15. Countrymen Hillary Lelei, the 2003 winner, came in second with a time of 2:18:1. Henry Githuka finished third in 2:21:52, followed by Dmitry Sivou of Belarus with a time of 2:22:25. Jaroslaw Chichoki of Poland received fifth place in 2:23:22.
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Boston publicity stunt is ultimately hollow; Spira shoes are not banned

Posted April 17th, 2007 at 5:43 PM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Marathons

At yesterday’s 111th Boston Marathon, two Kenyan athletes with slim credentials appeared to be trying to steal the race, when in fact they were simply stealing television time, promoting a running shoe which is supposedly banned by USA Track & Field (USATF), the federation which governs athletics and road running in the United States.

The trouble is that the shoes, made by Spira Footwear of El Paso, Tex., aren’t banned by USATF, despite Spira’s recent filing of a lawsuit which suggests the contrary.
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