You might have come here looking for the post “Runner Academy is Plagiarizing Our Content”. You can find it here.
Matt Johnson has offered the following apology.
I take responsibility for my actions. While I did not steal your content word for word I did structure it too similar. I modeled too much of what you did
and did add a substantial portion of my own spin to it. I could have done
better. Everyone deserves better. I let myself get too caught up in winning
and competition and I made some poor decisions. -Matt Johnson
While the evidence does show that Matt copied some of our content word for word, I am willing to accept this apology, and be done with this whole ordeal.
My hope is that we never have to deal with this again and can get back to helping people reach their running potential.
I appreciate all the support MTA has received over the last two days. You guys are awesome!
Happy Running,
Trevor
Classy and well done guys.
Thank you Rachel.
Well done, Trevor. You and Angie continue to prove that you are class acts!
Thanks Dan.
It’s always nice to see good things come to such honest, hard-working, and classy folks such as you and Angie. So glad the issue’s been resolved.
Thanks Ellen.
Class act all the way. I saw his site go down but now it is back up. I will be a bit more wary in the future of his content. You and Angie do a great job and I wish you the best in Chicago. Wish I was running it this year but it’s on the list for next year!
Unfortunately, yours is the second website Mr. Johnson has plagiarized from. I stopped listening to his podcast after the first admission. We all make mistakes but to repeat the same unethical act is disgusting.
Kudos to Angie and Trevor on taking the high road.
I’m sure Mr. Johnson will be visited by karma at some point.
You are too kind. The guy is a fraud who makes the same ‘mistake’ over and over again.
He will continue to be a malignant presence in the running community.
Thanks for always knowing and taking the high road.
I can understand your compassion and resolve, but you should never delete blog posts. You should always do a follow up instead. But please never delete them.