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2008 Awards - The Best of the Best of RunnerSpace.com

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Dec 20th 2008, 12:21am
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2008 Awards Group Awards Arcade Awards News Awards Photo Awards Blog Awards Video Awards Member Awards Event Awards

Saturday - 12/20 - Group Awards
Sunday - 12/21 - Arcade Awards
Monday - 12/22 - News Awards
Tuesday - 12/23 - Photo Awards
Wednesday - 12/24 - Blog Awards
Thursday - 12/25 - Video Awards
Friday - 12/26 - Member Awards
Saturday - 12/27 - Event Awards

With over 28,000 photos, 8,000 videos, 4,500 news articles, 1,000 blogs, and 500 event pages uploaded in our first year, we thought we should highlight some of our best content. We thank all of you who have uploaded content this past year and can't imagine the task of looking through even bigger numbers of content next year to choose The Best of the Best!

Events of the Year
We thought about making more than 6 awards for the events but realized when we got to about 5 that NXN would have a good shot to win all of them. Nike Cross Nationals was a huge success this year, both on their end and on ours. At this writing there are 133,932 views just on the event's front page alone. To put that in perspective, the event happened on December 6th ... just 20 days ago. And you know it had to be big to beat out the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials, an event that only happens once every 4 years! Congrats to the entire NXN team, a job well done.

Event of the Year Runners Up
Nike Cross Nationals Official Site U.S. Olympic Trials
Oregon Relays
Butte to Butte

Best Event Content
Runners Up
Nike Cross Nationals Official Site 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials
Oregon Relays
NXN Regionals - NW HL SW S MW SE NE NY

Best Event Site Design
Runners Up
Nike Cross Nationals Official Site Pre Classic
Midwest Distance Gala
NXN Regionals - NW HL SW S MW SE NE NY

Best Event Coverage
Runners Up
2008 U.S. Olympic Trials 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials
Oregon Relays
Payton Jordan - Cardinal Invite

Best Event Logo
Runners Up
Nike Mile
Eugene Marathon
Butte to Butte
Midwest Distance Gala

Most Popular Event
Runners Up
Nike Cross Nationals Official Site

Butte to Butte
Oregon Relays
Payton Jordan - Cardinal Invite


 

RunnerSpacers of the Year
RunnerSpace wouldn't be what it is without its members. We want to thank each and every one of you for every piece of content you have uploaded or put on the site. This site is a testament to what can be done when the community comes together and helps propel the exposure of our great sport(s). The members below who received awards have done amazing things for the site from uploading amazing content to showing our own staff the capabilities of what you can do with profile designs. We look for more great things to come from you and look forward to meeting new RunnerSpacers every day.

RunnerSpacer of the Year Runners Up
ross
cnick, travis, Scherer

Best Profile Photo
Runners Up
RunnerPhoto
Dan Draws, Hailey, KGrady

Most Active Member
Runners Up
cnick ross, empb28, Pimp My Page

Coolest Profile Header
Runners Up
Pimp My Page HurdleMaster, travis, patrick

Coolest Profile Design
Runners Up
Scherer
HurdleMaster, Pimp My Page, G Land XC

 

Videos of the Year
So many great videos, so little time! Over 8,000 videos in a year! That's just crazy. But we guess after another year 8,000 won't seem like much, huh? Be sure to check out the video of the year. It was a hands down, no contest winner and is probably the best video we've ever seen about the sport of track and field. (And yes we may be biased but we think anyone remotely in their right mind would agree). A side note to that video: It was produced on that day, day 10 of the Olympic Trials. It didn't take a week to produce a great video...it was done that night!

Video of the Year Runners Up
RunnerSpace Live - Day 10
Bret Schoolmeester - All American Bad Ass
Barack Obama Hurdles at Hayward
Oregon UCLA Highlight Video

Most Viewed Race Video
Runners Up
Wheating 3:38 1500 - Oregon Twilight 2008
Boys Gala Mile 4:01.09 Rob Finnerty - Midwest Distance Gala
Men's Mile Full Race - Won in 3:56 - UW Invite 2008
Acosta Runs First Sub-Four! - UW Last Chance 2008

Most Viewed Non-Race Video
Runners Up
Barack Obama Hurdles at Hayward
John Belushi's Little Chocolate Donuts - SNL
Nike Cross Nationals Promo 08 - NXN Video Contest
XC Commercial NTN Heartland Division ( Video Contest)

Funniest Video
Runners Up
Joe Piscopo w/ Eddie Murphy as Carl Lewis on Saturday Night Live Pre's Rock Adventure - RSL
John Belushi's Little Chocolate Donuts - SNL
200 Meter Screamer

Oddest Video
Runners Up
Flamming Hammer
Car(s) on Fire at HS State Meet
2007 Egg Nog 400's
200 Meter Screamer

Best Video for Production
Runners Up
RunnerSpace Live - Day 10 Suwanee XC Club (GA) (Collins Hill)
Behind the Gold
Corvallis Oregon Training Locations with OSU Women's XC

Best Interview Video
Runners Up
Dyestat.com Past, Present & Future - John Dye Joe Douglas Interview - Pre Classic 2007
Gunther Weidlinger - Cardinal Invite 2008
Lisa Koll - American Collegiate Record 10k

Best Athlete Feature Video
Runners Up
Dawn Harper Feature Update from UCLA
Inside WIll Leer
Britney Henry Feature
Mark Wieczorek Feature

Best Video Event Coverage
Runners Up
2008 US Olympic Trials
Nike Cross Nationals Official Site
Payton Jordan - Cardinal Invite
Oregon Relays (XO Invite & OR Invite)

 

Blogs of the Year
We initially thought that after looking through over 25,000 photos that there wouldn't be anything close to taking as long to decide on awards. We were proven wrong when we had to actually read (and sometimes skim over) 1,000+ blogs to find the year-end winners. There were some really good ones out there that we wish could have made the list. Thanks to all of you who have shared your opinions and experiences. We are looking forward to reading more blogs from all of you throughout the coming year.

Blog of the Year Runners Up
The Steve Slattery Progression Climbing on the Side
Skorts in Spring to Summer
Scary Run-Ins With Fear

Blogger of the Year
Runners Up
cnick

Most Active Blogger
Runners Up
cnick

Funniest Blog
Runners Up
The Worst I Ever Got Beat: Top Defeats in Running foot in mouth
It could be worse...
The top 5 things I have learned from being a runners girlfriend

Weirdest Blog
Runners Up
A TV Dinner Holiday
Enter Fabian
Fabian Returns!
Don't worry, have sex

Most Popular Blog
Runners Up
Burger 'n' Brew

Joe Henderson's Marathon Group Coverage: The man who makes it all possible.
Save your teeth, Don't drink Gatorade
The Steve Slattery Progression


 

Photos of the Year
Wow! There were a ton of photos to look through to find the ones worthy for awards. There have been over 28,000 photos uploaded to our site and it was not easy to pick 4 in each category. The two big themes that stood out in the photos were high school cross country and the Olympic Trials, which combined for 11 of the awards (including runners up). But as you can see there were 3 photos that drew an awful lot of attention. Falling into the water pit always makes for a great picture but this series of 3 photos definitely takes the cake!

Photo of the Year Runners Up

Best Photo by RunnerSpace
Runners Up

Best Photo by a User
Runners Up

Most Viewed Photo by RunnerSpace
Runners Up

Most Viewed Photo by a User
Runners Up

Funniest Photo
Runners Up

Weirdest Photo
Runners Up

Best Photo Coverage for an Event
Runners Up
Nike Cross Nationals
US Olympic Trials
IAAF World Indoor Championships
Oregon Relays

 

News Articles of the Year
There was alot of reading and some tough decisions for the news awards. There were so many deserving articles that we wish we could have highlighted but we had to stick to 4. What we did find for sure was that when the title or image infer or show any sort of nudity there seem to be a much greater number of views. Hmmm... But at the end Lopez Lomong being selected to carry the U.S. flag outweighed the field.

Article of the Year Runners Up
Former 'Lost Boy' Lomong chosen to carry U.S. flag
Track & field rises with internet coverage
Will we ever be able to just enjoy track again?
All Americans Who Are Worthy Of Inheriting Pre’s Legacy

Best Article Image
Runners Up
Wheating Blog - Meeting World Wonders
iTunes features Kara Goucher with her "Endurance Boost" workout mix
Oregon Men Win Pac-10s
Track and Field on TV in 2008

Oddest Article
Runners Up
Marion Jones Vows to Shave Five Seconds Off Prison Term Santa Speedo Run 2007 Photos...
Women Run High Heeled Race in Russia
Nell topless for cancer (Adult Content)

Most Viewed Article
Runners Up
Distance Running News Summary

NXN Boys Championship Results 2008
NXN Girls Championship Results 2008
Runners World interview with Delilah DiCrescenzo


Most Commented Article
Runners Up
Win $1200 a year in the RS Arcade!! Video Interview with NTN Founders Josh Rowe and John Truax
Eugene set to host 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials
Most Annoying Runner Ever

 

Arcade Gamers of the Year
The arcade was completely and utterly dominated by Fast RunnerZ (now Scherer) the entire year. He won the overall title every month and a total of $1450! It wasn't easy though, Shane, DGS, Bobisfuninsun, and several more looked like they would have a chance to knock him off but it never happened. How long can Fast RunnerZ keep up the streak? By the way, the helicopter game was played on average 45 times a day for the entire year! That's over 15,000 times!

Gamer of the Year Runners Up
Dusty, Shane, Bobisfuninsun

Most Persistent Gamer
Runners Up
- GaelicStorm
Keith, Ian Terpin, Fast RunnerZ/Scherer

Most Hopeless Gamer
Runners Up
- Keith Empb28, Kevin, XC Stallion

Most Consistent Gamer
Runners Up
- Shane Ian Terpin, Keith, Fast RunnerZ/Scherer

Most Improved Gamer
Runners Up
- DGS Keith, Shane, ian Terpin

Game of the Year
Runners Up
- Helicopter Seal Bounce, Snake, Curveball

 

Groups of the Year
This year the Best of the Best of groups was dominated by the Nike Truck Tours. Ozzie, Chris, and Brian tore it up touring all over the country visiting countless high schools, running camps and events while uploaded tons and tons of content to the site. Their hard work paid off when the Nike Cross Nationals saw its best year to date, and the trio combined to take home 3 of the 8 group awards. But they weren't the only ones that impressed. The RunnerSpace Training site has been picking up speed since it started, Baby Boot Camp Eugene showed us a killer design, and Team XO was rockin' from the beginning.

Group of the Year Runners Up
- West, Midwest, East Nike XC Tour
RunnerSpace LIVE, Training, OTC Elite

Best Group Idea/Theme Runners Up
- West, Midwest, East Nike XC Tour
RunnerSpace LIVE, Training, Steen's Alumni

Best Group Content Runners Up
 - Training
OSU Women's CC/Track, OTC Elite, chasingBOLT

Best Group Site Design Runners Up
 - Baby Boot Camp - Eugene, OR
The Hurdle Masters, RunningDVDs, Nike

Most Active Group
Runners Up
 - Team XO
Midwest XC Tour, RunnerSpace Help, West XC Tour

Best Group Name Runners Up
 - Pre's Posse Running Club
chasingBOLT, Active at Altitude, Noo Yawkers

Best Group Logo
Runners Up
 - Anaconda Running Club
El Guapo Running Club, The Hurdle Masters, Bowerman AC

Most Popular Group
Runners Up
- Midwest Nike XC Tour
Team XO, Nike, adidas

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7 comment(s)
ross

You have a good point...  Next year I think we should pick the top 5 and have people vote for the champ!

Parks Smith

can you win anything if your not in the state of oregon, i smell home cooking

Kevin

I just reread the Burger 'n' Brew blog.  The comments are hilarious!

Matt Scherer

Hey, I'm just the messenger...


And the delivery boy of DEFEAT haha!!!

ross

I love the most hopeless gamer awards...

GaelicStorm

 brb, gotta go defend my new title!!

Kevin

Man, that's weak! How am I gonna get a runner-up for most hopeless gamer??? Scherer was behind this!

 
 
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