AW Airheads

[Sue]

By the look of the girls who have been drafted in to promote AW at the London Marathon Exhibition, one could be forgiven for thinking you were trying to get people to subscribe to a porno.

I'm not sure the publicity you gain from pulling this stunt year on year is entirely beneficial. Why do you do it? Do you not think the magazine is good enough to sell itself? I certainly think it is.

I'm afraid one of the girls that spoke to me and my husband will have undoubtedly done you more harm than good. I am pregnant, and her opening pitch to my husband was 'good to see you are still up to it, baby doll'. Excruciating. It put me right off my pork pie lunch. Her knowledge of athletics was also most illuminating. Is the marathon a long way? My response: 'yes'. Her reply: 'what, like, more than a mile?'

Please remember that half your readership is female, and not all men are pervs. You are degrading the customer - and yourself.

[daisy]

Excruciating.

It certainly sounds like it. What was there job description? Hand out free copies or were they being employed to engage the athletes? I hope not the latter.

[<3.Track_&&_Fi]

By the look of the girls who have been drafted in to promote AW at the London Marathon Exhibition, one could be forgiven for thinking you were trying to get people to subscribe to a porno.

I'm not sure the publicity you gain from pulling this stunt year on year is entirely beneficial. Why do you do it? Do you not think the magazine is good enough to sell itself? I certainly think it is.

I'm afraid one of the girls that spoke to me and my husband will have undoubtedly done you more harm than good. I am pregnant, and her opening pitch to my husband was 'good to see you are still up to it, baby doll'. Excruciating. It put me right off my pork pie lunch. Her knowledge of athletics was also most illuminating. Is the marathon a long way? My response: 'yes'. Her reply: 'what, like, more than a mile?'

Please remember that half your readership is female, and not all men are pervs. You are degrading the customer - and yourself.

Thats Awful! AW Rawks though and doesnt need anyone to promote it!

[admin]

Excruciating.

Athletics Weekly would like to apologise unreservedly to Sue.

[Max]

Pictures please for those of us who were not there, (so we may judge for ourselves).

Regards,

Max.

[Javelin Sam]

Pictures please for those of us who were not there, (so we may judge for ourselves).

Regards,

Max.

sounds good to me...

lets see..

[XCrunner]

Excruciating.

Athletics Weekly would like to apologise unreservedly to Sue.

Would Athletics Weekly have been better represented if they had invited athletes from local Clubs to help promote the magazine?

[MatthewFM]

Would Athletics Weekly have been better represented if they had invited athletes from local Clubs to help promote the magazine?

XCrunner is quite right, and indeed that had been the plan for this year until about 5 days before the show. A number of late withdrawals meant it didn't work out. Next year we are planning to join forces with the Road Runners Club.