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September 23, 2021

Nike Misses Q1 Revenue Estimates, Shares Fall

Overall, the athletic giant on Thursday reported growth, with revenues for the quarter at $12.2 billion, up 16% year over year. However, this fell short of estimates of $12.46 billion in revenues from a survey of analysts. Net income was $1.9 billion, up 23% year over year, with diluted earnings per...

September 23, 2021

IRONMAN World Championship Returns in May 2022 with First World Championship Outside Hawai`I Before Returning to Kona in October with First-Ever Two-Day Format

TAMPA, Fla. (Sept. 23, 2021) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/-- IRONMAN, in collaboration with both Greater Zion and St. George, Utah officials and local and state Hawai`i officials, announced today that the IRONMAN® World Championship® will move outside of Hawai`i for the first time, taking place in St. George, Utah on May 7,...

September 23, 2021

Colnago Becomes First Cycling Manufacturer To Adopt Digital Product Passport Powered By Blockchain

Beginning with the bike that will be raced by 2020 and 2021 Tour de France champion, Tadej Pogačar this coming Sunday at the 2021 UCI Road Racing World Championship in Belgium, Colnago will integrate blockchain technology into its new bicycles. As the first manufacturer to link its physical products to a virtual, distributed...

September 23, 2021

Enduro Bearings Launches New Maxhit™ Line; Zero Stack Headset First Product

Oakland, California (September 23, 2021) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/-- Enduro Bearings has long been renowned for solving problems associated with bicycle bearing performance and durability, and with the imminent launch of their new Maxhit™ headsets they’ve done it again. With the everchanging design of rigid and suspension bicycle frames, traditional components can...

September 23, 2021

School project, “Rotterdam Cycling on Tour” is underway using a virtual cycling format

Rotterdam, Netherlands / September 23, 2021 /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/-- The 2024/2025 Tour de France Grand Départ hopes unveiled in Rotterdam: from this week on, the “Rotterdam Cycling on Tour”, a school project, will be running in the city. In a specially equipped truck, secondary school students will get on smart trainers...

September 23, 2021

Lululemon becomes official outfitter for Team Canada in new eight-year deal

The Canadian Olympic Committee has signed a new deal with lululemon, as the Vancouver-based apparel brand best known for its stretchy pants has become the official outfitter for Team Canada’s Olympic and Paralympic teams. National Post

September 23, 2021

Why aren’t more big bike firms tracking their environmental impact?

Trek, one of the world’s biggest bicycle brands, recently released its sustainability report for 2021. Remarkably, this appears to be the first time a major bike company has published such a document. While some other manufacturers make broad sustainability pledges or tout their success in reducing packaging waste, Trek’s report...

September 23, 2021

Inaugural St. Jude IRONMAN 70.3 Memphis Readies for its Big Debut at Shelby Farms on Oct. 2 with Over 2,400 Triathletes

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Sept. 23, 2021) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/-- Over 2,400 registered triathletes from all 50 states will descend upon Shelby Farms Park, one of the largest urban parks in the country, to compete in the inaugural St. Jude IRONMAN® 70.3®Memphis triathlon on Saturday, Oct. 2, benefiting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®. Among...

September 23, 2021

XTERRA Fall Championships unfold in Utah, Italy this weekend

September 23, 2021 /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/-- This weekend, September 25-26, the best amateur and elite off-road triathletes, duathletes, and trail runners will spring into action at the XTERRA USA Championships in Ogden, Utah and XTERRA Trentino Dolomiti Paganella in Molveno, Italy, which will double as the Europe Cross Duathlon and Triathlon...

September 23, 2021

Saucony’s® New Endorphin Pro+ Sets the Pace for a World Record and Seven Personal Records in Germany

WALTHAM, MA (September 23, 2021) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/-- Yesterday in the Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen, Germany, Saucony athletes took off into the night on an unconventional race in the new Saucony Endorphin Pro+. While an impressive, yet technical course that ran through the unique UNESCO World Heritage Site...

September 23, 2021

Colorado Springs Mile Kicks Off First Wrestle Like A Girl Sports Empowerment Festival

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., September 23, 2021 /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/-- The Colorado Springs Mile run, a new community event, will kick off the first-ever Wrestle Like a Girl (WLAG) Sports Empowerment Festival scheduled for October 23, 2021 in downtown Colorado Springs. The event will include appearances by two-time Olympic 3000-meter steeplechaser Hillory...

September 23, 2021

GFNY Ecuador: Spectacular coastal roads at the equator

/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/-- GFNY Global Endurance Sports Series returns to Latin America for the third time this year with GFNY Ecuador on Sunday, September 26. The race offers a long course of 143 kilometers and a (non-competitive) medium course of 65 kilometers. The competitive long course, with 2034 meters of climbing, ...

September 23, 2021

GFNY Santa Fe: Ferrara still wins post-pandemic

/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/-- The second annual GFNY Santa Fe bounced back from the pandemic with a bang. The southern end of the Rocky Mountains made for spectacular racing in a high altitude setting with perfect racing weather. The 75-mile course included 7,150 feet of climbing of which most is attacked at...

September 22, 2021

They Can Get You Disqualified, But are Thicker Shoes Faster?

The recent disqualification of the Derara Hurisa from the Vienna marathon was the first high-profile disqualification of an athlete for a violation of the new footwear rules from World Athletics on the roads. Hurisa’s shoe, the Adidas Adizero Prime X, had all the ingredients of a super shoe, including better...

September 22, 2021

TrainerRoad Announces Hiring of New CFO, VP of Engineering, and New International Office

RENO, Nevada (September 22,  2021) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/-- TrainerRoad, cycling’s most complete & effective training system and market leader in making athletes faster, announced the hiring of Madelein Van Zyl as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Stephanie Simons as Vice President (VP) of Engineering, and the opening of an international...

September 22, 2021

Honey Stinger Launches NIL Program to Support Collegiate Athletes

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. (Sept 22, 2021) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/-- Honey Stinger is pleased to introduce its Hive College Ambassador Program, supporting student-athletes across the country in compliance with the NCAA’s recently updated name, image, and likeness (NIL) policies. The program will be accessible to student-athletes from any college or university through...

September 22, 2021

Asma Jan, Kanza Malik making history for Pakistani women at world championships

Asma Jan and Kanza Malik made history at the world championships. The two riders became the first women from Pakistan to compete at an international cycling event when they took on the women’s individual time trial Monday. They are part of a four-rider team, along with two men, that is competing in...

September 22, 2021

Strava Testing ‘Mute Activity’ Option to Reduce Feed Spam

Strava is testing a new feature to some 50% of their user base that allows people to mute an activity of their feed when publishing. The idea being that many of us might have more trivial workouts or even commutes that we want on Strava for historical/challenge/segments sake, but don’t...

September 22, 2021

UCI announces gravel series and official world championships

The UCI has announced the creation of an officially sanctioned gravel series and world championships adding a tenth discipline to the international federation's events. The federation has partnered with Belgian event organiser Golazo to create a UCI Gravel World Series of mass-participation races which will serve as qualifying events for the new UCI...

September 22, 2021

Run Show USA, Boston Partners with Boston Athletic Association

/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/-- Run Show USA, Boston the inaugural consumer running exposition scheduled Jan. 29-30, 2022, at Boston’s Hynes Convention Center, today announced that the Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.), a non-profit organization with a mission of promoting a healthy lifestyle through sports, especially running, will be a key partner for the...

September 22, 2021

Rad Power Bikes Reimagines Transportation, Introduces RadCity 5 Plus in North America and Europe on World Car Free Day

SEATTLE and UTRECHT, Netherlands - SEPTEMBER 22, 2021 /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/-- Today, Rad Power Bikes™, North America’s largest electric bike brand, unveils the RadCity 5 Plus, the next generation of its versatile commuter ebike giving urban dwellers the freedom to adopt healthier, affordable and convenient alternative transportation options in their daily...

September 22, 2021

PeopleForBikes Announces Campaign to Encourage Biking for Transportation and Climate Action

BOULDER, COLO (Sept. 22, 2021) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/-- PeopleForBikes, a national bicycling advocacy nonprofit, is proud to announce an ambitious, industrywide campaign highlighting the important role of bicycling in combating climate change. The One Ride at a Time Campaign and the accompanying Great Climate Bike Challenge empower individual riders, businesses and...

September 22, 2021

Tour de TOHOKU 2021 goes Virtual on ROUVY

September 22, 2021 /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/-- Tour de TOHOKU is a bicycle event held every year by the Yahoo Japan Corporation, a leading Internet company in Japan and the Kahoku Shimpo Publishing Co., since 2013, for the purpose of supporting the restoration efforts and bequeathing memories, post the Great East Japan...

September 22, 2021

Santa Barbara Half Marathon Unveils New Half Marathon and SB Independent 5K courses Featuring a State Street Finish

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – (September 22, 2021) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ -- The Santa Barbara Half Marathon and SB Independent 5K has unveiled the course maps, presented by Village Properties, that will take runners and walkers on a unique journey through downtown Santa Barbara beginning on Cabrillo Blvd. and finishing on State...

September 22, 2021

Digit Bikes Introduces Unique, GOLD-Award-Winning Full Suspension Bike, with Integrated Shock Absorber

IRVINE, CA (Sept. 22, 2021) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ -- Veteran bicycle industry engineer and entrepreneur Tim Lane launched Digit Bikes this month with a groundbreaking new suspension system, named ANALOG. Digit Bikes has crowdfunding their launch with a Kickstarter campaign. At time of writing, funding is 100% secured, and pre-orders will...