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