Little Rock Marathon race organizers are using alternate
medals due to a labor strike.
Marathon spokesperson Emma Royds stated that “the LR
Marathon originally placed an order for medals with a vendor in Asia and due to
a dockworkers strike in San Francisco, the medals are just not going to be here
by next weekend”.
Royds told reporters that “the race executive committee
decided to use alternate medals and voted to change from a pirate theme to a theme
that more accurately reflected Little Rock”. Royds said that a local vendor was
secured by the race organizers and could have replacement medals ready by race
time. Royds added that “the race last year was a fiasco and we could not have a
race and not give out medals to participants”.
