Oiselle and LetsRun.com Among RW's 50 Most Influential in Running

Oiselle founder and CEO Sally Bergesen has been named one of the 50 most influential people in running by Runner's World magazine. We are honored at trackerati.com to count Bergesen as a longtime friend and one of our earliest supporters.

The Runner's World citation says in part:

"Oiselle is still small fry compared with the giants of the running industry—with sales at almost $10 million last year—but in opening its first brick-and-mortar store in Seattle this summer, Bergesen’s showing that her flock is here for the long haul. She’s a fighter—fearlessly critical of the likes of Nike and USATF—and she needs to be; as this very grouping demonstrates, she’s elbowing for space in an industry dominated by male executives. Her women’s-only apparel brand has fostered a fierce following..."

Congratulations, too, to Weldon and Robert Johnson, co-founders of LetsRun.com. Their citation says in part:

"The masterminds behind perhaps the most engaged online community of runners—particularly those at the front of the pack—have also earned their stripes as tenacious watchdogs...

Letsrun.com’s homepage has become an essential bookmark for followers of the elite sport."

Weldon and Robert have been generous with linking to articles on trackerati, most recently my piece about my meeting with Dennis Kimetto and Wilson Kipsang in Beijing. Their prominent placing of "A Ride for Robert" helped to assure the article's success and turn it into one of my top two most viewed pieces of my first 100 posts.

I am deeply grateful to Sally, Weldon, and Robert for their ongoing support, and could not possibly be more pleased with their success and their well-deserved recognition.

Congratulations all around!

Here is a link to the Runner's World article:

http://rw.runnersworld.com/the50/