Skechers Adds Speed to the Team Signing Elite Runner Anthony Famiglietti
12 Fevereiro 2020 - 11:00AM
Business Wire
The Athlete Set Mile and Two-Mile Treadmill
Benchmarks Wearing Skechers GOrun Razor 3 Hyper Footwear
Skechers has upped the speed quotient of its elite runner roster
by signing two-time Olympian and six-time U.S. Champion Anthony
Famiglietti to its team of athletes who race wearing innovative
Skechers GOrun performance footwear. Fam, as he’s known in the
running world, is working on being the fourth man in history to
break a four-minute mile on the track after age 40. He got closer
to that goal at The Running Event (TRE) in Austin in December by
setting a treadmill mile global benchmark of 3:55 wearing the
award-winning Skechers GOrun Razor 3 Hyper. And in January at the
Endurance Exchange in Tempe, he established a two-mile treadmill
global benchmark of 8:24 wearing the same shoes.
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Elite runner Anthony Famiglietti joins
Skechers’ team of legendary athletes. (Photo: Business Wire)
“It’s exciting to be joining Skechers, as that now means I’m on
the same team as iconic runners Meb and Edward Cheserek, two of the
greatest distance runners in history,” said Anthony Famiglietti.
“The new line of innovative Skechers performance products have
afforded me a second life as an elite competitor. Their
groundbreaking new Hyper Burst foam offers me a racing sneaker that
is incredibly lightweight, yet radically durable enough to protect
my battle-worn feet from decades of elite racing. I’ve been a
longtime fan of their running shoes and of all the branded sneakers
offered to me for my record attempt, I specifically sought out the
Skechers GOrun Razor 3 Hyper. I knew it would get me to my goal as
it did in my world’s fastest dog/human mile run of 3:59 earlier in
2019. Matching my track mile PR of 3:55 in shoes I hadn’t even
broken in was insane. These shoes are a big part of what helped me
get my fast back in 2019 and I want to use the story of my regained
speed to help others either find or regain theirs too with
Skechers!”
“Anthony’s story of endurance and triumph at any age is
inspirational,” added Michael Greenberg, president of Skechers. “He
illustrates a core value of our running collection—no matter what
your experience or ability, it’s easy to find a perfect fit in our
Skechers GOrun range. We love the guts, attitude, and fortitude
that he showed running a sub-four-minute treadmill mile.”
Born in New York, Anthony Famiglietti’s collegiate career began
at Appalachian State, where he was the 1996 Southern Conference
Freshman of the Year in Cross Country, 1997 Southern Conference XC
Runner of the Year runner-up, and 1998 Southern Conference Champion
in both the steeplechase and the 5000 meters. In 1998, he
transferred to University of Tennessee and in 2000 placed second at
the SEC Championships. Post-college, Fam represented the United
States in the 3000-meter steeplechase at Athens in 2004 and Beijing
in 2008. He’s a three-time US World Team member and a six-time US
champion in road and track, including 5K, 8K, 15K, and
steeplechase. Now 41, Fam is working towards becoming the fourth
man over 40 to run a four-minute mile on the track, and currently
holds global benchmarks for treadmill mile (3:55) and two-mile
(8:24). In 2009, Fam was also the subject of the independent
documentary Run Reckless, which followed him and his various
friends through journeys of perseverance. He describes his
philosophy in sport as being centered on setting aside the
day-to-day burdens that entrap us and running with pure reckless
abandon.
Since its debut with the first model of Skechers GOrun worn by
Meb Keflezighi in 2012, Skechers Performance footwear has earned
respect throughout the running world and won numerous awards within
the footwear industry—including the Skechers GOrun Razor 3 Hyper
named “Gear of the Year” in the September/October 2019 issue of
Runner’s World. The entire Skechers GOrun collection for men and
women is available at Skechers retail stores and skechers.com, as
well as select retail partners.
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