Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff: On the evening of August 6, 2024, Josh Kerr laced up his running shoes and walked into a stadium of roaring fans in Paris. He also had a few fans cheering him on thousands of miles away in Seattle, Washington.

Gabriel Mens: We actually all gathered in HQ to watch one of our athletes, Josh Kerr, participate in the 1500 in that final and win the silver medal, which is pretty awesome.

RLS: That’s Gabriel Mens, sustainability manager at Brooks Running. And, during the 2024 Olympics, they had quite a few athletes to watch.

GM: I think we have 11 athletes participating throughout the Olympics. Just the Olympics brings a lot of enthusiasm, and it does boost interest in the sport of track and field and running in general, so our HQ is buzzing.

RSL: In fact, the connection between the Olympics and Brooks goes back to 1972, when Frank Shorter won the gold medal for the marathon race in Germany in a pair of Brooks shoes. From then on, the company decided to focus solely — no pun intended — on running gear. Since then, the company has become a global leader in both manufacturing and sustainability.

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