In a copyrighted story on SportsOnesource, Under Armour announced the resignation of SVP of Footwear, Raphael Peck, effective June 12, 2009. Per the story, where Diane Pelkey, communications manager for Under Armour is quoted that he will be taking some time off and pursuing other business interests.
Peck had been at Under Armour since 2002, in a variety of roles. Prior to Under Armour, he was at adida AG from 1999-2002.
Under Armour has been involved in sports footwear since 2006, launching cleated, then cross training, and in Feb 2009, a running footwear line.
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Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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