Saucony is an American manufacturer of athletic shoes, best-known today for its premium running shoes and men's and women's apparel. The company's first factory was founded in 1898 at Kutztown, Pennsylvania, on the high banks of the Saucony Creek.[2] In 1910, Russian immigrant Abraham Hyde started a shoe company in Cambridge, Massachusetts, called Hyde Athletic Industries.
The Seattle Marathon is an annual marathon held in Seattle, Washington on the last Sunday in November. Currently sponsored by Amica Insurance , the marathon was established in 1970 when a group of 38 runners attempted to run the 42.195-kilometre challenge. Thirty-one of them managed to finish.