{"id":1300,"date":"2013-06-07T20:06:18","date_gmt":"2013-06-07T20:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/?p=1300"},"modified":"2013-06-07T20:06:18","modified_gmt":"2013-06-07T20:06:18","slug":"john-rogers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/john-rogers\/","title":{"rendered":"Show 63: Owner and President of Maine Running Company John Rogers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Show Information<\/h5>\n

Show:<\/strong> 63
\nAir date:<\/strong> Saturday, May 25
\nGuest:<\/strong>\u00a0John Rogers
\nHost:<\/strong> Steve Woods (Stevoe)
\nStudio Contributor<\/strong> Debi Davis
\nExecutive Producer:<\/strong> Mark Gould (Sharky)
\nAssistant Producer:<\/strong> Shannon Maguire<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

John Rogers grew up in Oregon and received his bachelor\u2019s degree from the University of Florida in Advertising and Marketing.\u00a0 Rogers ran competitively while in college and qualified for both the 1984 and 1988 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials.\u00a0 Sebago Footwear brought\u00a0Rogers to Maine, and he fell in love with the state immediately.<\/p>\n

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TideSmart Talk with Stevoe host Steve Woods (left) is joined in our Falmouth studios by owner and president of Maine Running Company John Rogers (right).<\/p><\/div>\n

In 2005, Rogers opened Maine Running Company<\/a>, and the store has received many accolades and recognition over the years.\u00a0 The year after opening, the store was nominated as one of the top three new running stores in the U.S., by The Running Network. \u00a0Maine Running Company has two locations, with one in Portland (just relocated to Marginal Way), and a second location in Brunswick.\u00a0 In 2008 Maine Running Company was voted Best Running Store in New England by \u201cRunner\u2019s World\u201d. \u00a0Every year, \u201cCompetitor\u201d magazine and \u201cRunning Insight\u201d identify the 50 Best Running Stores in America. Maine Running Company has received this honor in 2008, 2010, 2011 and 2012.<\/p>\n

In 2005, Rogers helped form the Independent Running Retailers Association (IRRA). He also served as its initial Executive Director from 2007-2008.\u00a0 Rogers still remains on the board.<\/p>\n

Rogers is actively involved in supporting the Portland Trails network and sponsors the Weekly Back Cove 5K Series, which each summer raises over $15,000. He also sponsors and coaches the \u201cReach the Beacon\u201d training program, which since 2006 has grown to over 700 participants.\u00a0 This program further evolved into the Maine Running Academy in 2010. Rogers and the Maine Running Company are supporters of the Maine Cancer Foundation\u2019s Tri for a Cure, as well as several other community races.<\/p>\n

John, his wife Cheryl and two children, Kenzie and Jake, live in Yarmouth.\u00a0 When not running, Rogers serves on both the Center for Grieving Children, and Girls on the Run Board of Directors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Owner and president of Maine Running Company John Rogers joined TideSmart Talk with Stevoe host Steve Woods in the Falmouth studio. The two discussed how growing up in Oregon most likely spurred Rogers’ interest in running, where Nike was created and Steve Prefontaine began his career. Rogers also somberly reflected on the Boston Marathon bombings and how it has affected the running community forever. Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1300"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1300\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}