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Thanks to a group of Port Orange, Florida triathletes, three children from inner-city Chicago will compete in the inaugural CHALLENGEDAYTONA Triathlon. The youth athletes, along with their family members, will enjoy an all-expenses paid...
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December 7, 2018 Steamboat Springs, CO – Announcing the availability of the most advanced and effective CBD products engineered specifically for endurance athletes. As an endurance athlete, whatever your sport, you ask your body...
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(MANCHESTER, UK, Dec. 7, 2018) – Knowing where to go in Europe for a leisurely cycling vacation can be tricky. It helps to have good advice from the experts. Freewheel Holidays, the international specialist...
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Colorado Springs, Colo. — The nation’s top cyclocross racers head to Louisville, Ky. next week for the USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships. A total of 45 competitions will be contested at Joe Creason Park,...
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(Logan, UT ) Altra’s newest international Elite Team athlete Jordi Gamito won the 2018 Everest Trail Race—a six-stage event through the mountains of Nepal—with a finish time of 21:43:45. Gamito, 36, is an ultrarunner...
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Cool, California – On Saturday, March 2, 2019, more than 800 ultra runners will travel from around the globe to race in the 30th Annual The Way Too Cool 50K Endurance Run (WTC50K). The...
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AUSTIN, TX (December 6, 2018) – Triathlon Business International (TBI), an industry organization dedicated to promoting the sport and business of triathlon, today announced that nominations for most influential tri coach and dynamic tri...
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When father and son Jim and Michael Sayih toe the line at the inaugural CHALLENGEDAYTONA Sprint Distance triathlon on December 8th, they’re sure to inspire everyone watching. Twenty-four-year-old Michael is diagnosed with cerebral palsy....
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(December 6, 2018 – VIRGINIA BEACH) – J&A Racing today announced MSP Design Group as the title sponsor of the Big Blue 5K held in Norfolk, Virginia. The three-year partnership further ties the branding...
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The USA Triathlon Board of Directors today announced several key updates following recent board member and officer elections. Gabriela Gallegos joins the Board as the South Central Region Representative, incumbent...
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (Dec. 6, 2018) – ElliptiGO Inc., the pioneer and world leader in stand up cycling, is celebrating the spirit of giving this holiday season with an opportunity to win the world’s...
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Santa Barbara, California — Putting an exclamation point on an amazing season, rabbitPRO Dani Moreno defended her title in the XTERRA Trail Run World Championship at Kualoa Ranch in Hawaii, holding off former champion Polina...
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AUSTIN, Texas, December 6, 2018 – The Austin Marathon presented by Under Armour is proud to be named a 2018 Champion of Economic Impact in Sports tourism by Sports Destination Management. The Austin Marathon,...
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MORRO BAY, CA, December 5, 2018 – For a third time, Morro Bay has been chosen as one of the Amgen Tour of California host cities. On Wednesday, May 15, 2019, the breathtaking Morro...
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(Duluth, MN) – Grandma’s Marathon was named by BibRave to The BibRave 100: A Definitive List of the Best Races in America. Grandma’s Marathon was identified as one of the top five best marathons...
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LEADVILLE, COLO., Dec. 5, 2018— Every year since 1983, endurance athletes from all over the world travel to Colorado to compete in the Leadville Race Series, produced by Life Time. America’s highest 100-miler is...
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — USA Triathlon today announced that Ryan Bolton, a 2000 U.S. Olympian in triathlon and renowned triathlon, running and cycling coach, has been hired as the organization’s High Performance Technical Advisor....
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(Logan, UT – December 5, 2018) — Altra’s newly updated and best-selling Lone Peak 4 trail shoe won “Best Update” by UltraRunning Magazine in its 2018 Fall Shoe Review. UltraRunning’s Gear Review team ranges...
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LOS ANGELES (December 5, 2018) – KÖE Kombucha is fortifying its distribution network with the addition of a new agreement with major Southern California beverage distributor Haralambos Beverage Co. “We are excited to...
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A single day of racing isn’t enough for several of the professional triathletes slated to compete in Sunday’s Middle Distance Triathlon at CHALLENGEDAYTONA Triathlon Powered by the Y. Five of the field’s top contenders...
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(Logan, UT) Altra Elite athlete Jason Schlarb won the inaugural OMAN by UTMB—a extremely challenging 137k trail race over the varied and mountainous terrain of Oman’s Jebel Akhdar, “the green mountain”, in the Middle...
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Austin, TX – December 5, 2018 – Triathlon Business International (TBI) is scouring the world looking for triathlon events that are the “Triathletes Choice” best-of races in four categories: large event; small event; scenic...
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(DALLAS) – The Dallas Marathon today announced a multiyear title sponsorship extension with BMW of North America and the Dallas-Fort Worth Area BMW Centers. Texas’ longest running marathon and the largest annual sporting event...
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AUSTIN, Texas, December 5, 2018 – High Five Events, one of the largest privately owned event production companies in the United States, names Ascension Seton as the Official Medical Provider for the 2019 3M...
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(RALEIGH, NC) – Swedish sports manufacturer Salming, which last year received numerous accolades for their OCR specific model the OT Comp, and Savage Race Series, one of the largest and fastest-growing Obstacle Course Racing...
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DENVER, CO – Motiv Group, an active lifestyle, sports and entertainment company, today unveiled the details for the Wildflower Experience 2019, the one-of-a-kind triathlon and lifestyle experience. Entering its 36th year, the star-studded line-up...
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CHALLENGEDAYTONA is thrilled to host Women in Triathlon, a dynamic panel including several world-class professional athletes, designed to empower female endurance athletes of all backgrounds and abilities. The event takes place as part of...
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INDIANAPOLIS (December 4, 2018) – The 500 Festival, a nonprofit organization providing life-enriching events and programs that celebrate the spirit and legacy of the Indianapolis 500®, has been recognized by the Aspen Institute for...
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More than 500 athletes were in the island of Santa Catarina on Sunday, December 2, for another edition of the Challenge Florianópolis, which included Sprint and Half distances, in a relaxed event with the...
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AUSTIN, Texas – ROKA Sports Inc., the Austin, TX based performance multisport is excited to announce their very first Strava Challenge, the ROKA Dirty 30. ROKA encourages cyclists to spice up their holiday riding by logging...
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Woodstock, Georgia (Dec 4, 2018) – The Tour of the Southern Highlands Stage Race (ToSH) announces its third consecutive year of partnership with Jakroo Custom Apparel. The ToSH is the only Pro/Am stage race...
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(Logan, UT – December 3, 2018) Altra’s Elite athlete Kyle Pietari won the Dead Horse 50 Mile trail race with a finish of 6:23:06, setting a new course record by nearly three minutes. “At...
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Portland, Oregon – Columbia Sportswear is unveiling the Star Wars™: Empire Crew Parka – a limited edition jacket inspired by the original cast and crew while filming the iconic ice planet Hoth scenes of...
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(ESCONDIDO, CA) MPA Event Graphics, a leading supplier of signage to the endurance industry, has signed a three-year agreement with America Multi-Sport, Inc. to supply branded signage products to the Viking Dash Trail Runs...
- CARLSBAD, Calif. — San Diego-based Groundwork Endurance, LLC announced this week that it has acquired the iconic Carlsbad 5000 road race from IRONMAN, a Wanda Sports Holdings company. Under the leadership of local runners,...
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BILOXI, Miss. (December 4, 2018) – FRESHJUNKIE Racing announced today that 2018 Boston Marathon Winner Des Linden will participate in the Margaritaville 5K hosted during the 2018 Mississippi Gulf Coast Marathon weekend. Following the...
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Brogan Austin Wins USATF Marathon Championship, Capping Triumphant Day for California Upstart rabbitSacramento, California — Competing at the distance for the second time, rabbitPRO Brogan Austin ran to victory and the USATF Marathon championship at the California International Marathon on Sunday. Demonstrating a mixture of poise, patience...
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- Armstrong: Uber investment saved him; Weisel hasn’t been honest velonews.com - Lance Armstrong revealed that an unplanned investment in ride sharing company Uber saved his family from financial ruin. Armstrong also accused former team investor Thom Weisel of being dishonest in his deposition...
- VeloNews Awards 2018: Katie Hall, North American cyclist of the year velonews.com - No single professional road cyclist dominated his or her scene quite like Katie Hall did in U.S. stage racing in 2018. Hall won all of the country’s major stage races: Joe Martin...
- Emerald cancels 2019 Interbike show bicycleretailer.com - Emerald Expositions has canceled the 2019 edition of the Interbike trade show, saying the event might return in a more modest format in 2020. Emerald also has laid off several Interbike employees,...
- Lululemon Athletica Shares Dip Despite Q3 Beat sgbonline.com - Shares of Lululemon Athletica Inc.’s weak outlook for the fourth quarter took a toll on the company’s stock, which had closed the day down $2.18, or 1.6 percent. Net revenue was $747.7...
- This College Makes Every Student Run a Half Marathon runnersworld.com - Once a year, all of Highlands College runs a half marathon together. And not just because they feel like it, but as part of the curriculum. Fitness is a non-negotiable part of...
- USA Swimming and Streamline Brands sign multi-year agreement endurancebusiness.com - USA Swimming, the national governing body for swimming in the US, and Streamline Brands, a leading franchisor of swim school concepts, have announced a multi-year partnership. The partnership with Streamline Brands allows...
- Challenge Returns to the U.S.—Will It Work This Time? triathlete.com - This weekend, Challenge makes its return to the U.S. with a “middle distance” race in Daytona, Florida, plus sprint tri, an aquathlon, duathlon, 10K, and 5K runs. This marks the first time...
- Marquee Brands acquires Dakine snewsnet.com - Marquee Brands LLC announced that it has acquired Dakine and all its related intellectual property. The company also owns Body Glove, as well as four luxury fashion brands—which together generate more than...
- Is Obstacle Course Racing Dead? running.competitor.com - Spartan Race sent ripples through the endurance community this week when it announced its latest venture: Spartan Trail, a 12-race series on trail systems around the US. The announcement left many wondering...
- Team Wiggins unveils new co-title sponsor for 2019 cyclingweekly.com - Team Wiggins has confirmed a new co-title sponsor for the 2019 season. The continental team, founded by Sir Bradley Wiggins, will be heading into the coming year with a new name, supported...
- Outdoor Retailer shortens its shows to three days for 2019 bicycleretailer.com - Outdoor Retailer said that all three of its shows in 2019 will be three days long. OR's Summer Market in June and Winter Market in November will be shortened from the original...
- Vitamin D linked to cardiorespiratory fitness, study shows runningmagazine.ca - A new study shows a strong connection between vitamin D supplementation and cardiorespiratory fitness. Also known as the “sunshine” vitamin, vitamin D helps the body absorb calcium and phosphorus to build bones,...
- Performance Bicycle To Liquidate All Doors sgbonline.com - Performance Bicycle, in an amended bankruptcy, filing said Gordon Brothers, which was initially to liquidate 40 Performance Bicycle stores, has been retained to liquidate the chain’s remaining 62 stores. The company, under...
- Jo Beckendorff to step down as Eurobike and Taipei Show Daily publisher bicycleretailer.com - Germany-based bicycle trade and industry journalist Jo Beckendorff is retiring from frontline duty at KB Media Ltd., publisher of the Eurobike and Taipei Show Dailies, at the end of this year. ...
- Nike Earns Ad Age’s Marketer of the Year sgbonline.com - Nike earned Ad Age’s 2018 Marketer of the Year for its Just Do It campaign starring Colin Kaepernick and how it sparked conversations. Among the attention the ad got: Spike Lee praised...
- Longtime commentator, ex-pro Sherwen dies at 62 velonews.com - Renowned as the voice of cycling, ex-professional and NBC Sports analyst Paul Sherwen died Sunday. He was 62. The cycling community was reeling Sunday at news of Sherwen’s death.
- Strava’s Year in Sport Numbers Are In. How Do Your Rides Compare? bicycling.com - Strava’s annual report is out, and the numbers show cyclists spent the year crushing their goals—and consuming copious amounts of coffee. The new Strava report shows 36 million athletes from 195 countries...
- ITU approves changes in competition rules for 2019 endurancebusiness.com - The International Triathlon Union (ITU) Executive Board approved significant changes in the competition rules for the 2019 season. The changes, which include penalties, appeals, water temperature limits, water quality, eligibilities, changes of...
- QBP promotes Todd Cravens to VP of business development bicycleretailer.com - Quality Bicycle Products announced Friday that it has promoted Todd Cravens to vice president of business development. Cravens will be responsible for identifying and developing strategic business opportunities with new and existing...
- Performance Running Footwear Sales Rebound with Strength in Run Specialty Channel sgbonline.com - Contrary to negative reports in the market about the end of performance footwear, SSI Data this week reported that Performance Running Footwear sales were flat in the overall SSI Data Measured Market,...
- What Strava Tells Us About the State of Running in 2018 outsideonline.com - This week, Strava released its annual “Year in Sport” report, which offers insights on data collected from over 36 million users in 195 countries. Strava’s annual report gives info on what days...
- A ‘deeply shameful’ half-marathon cheating scandal in China implicates hundreds of runners washingtonpost.com - At last weekend’s Shenzhen half-marathon, 258 runners were caught taking shortcuts or otherwise breaking the rules, according to the Xinhua news agency (via Reuters). There were three “impostors” in the race and...
- World’s Largest Obstacle Race and Endurance Brand Enters Growing Trail Running Industry with Launch of “Spartan Trail” mudrunguide.com - With the growing sport of trail running attracting more than 9.1 million annual US participants, Spartan plans to expand its fitness footprint with the launch of a new race product, "Spartan Trail."...
- Which Is Better, Support or Competition? psychologytoday.com - The main findings, first published in Preventive Medicine Reports (2016) and explored with practical applications in How Behavior Spreads (2018), show that social media can indeed help people to exercise more, but...
- On Strava, Virtual Bike Rides Are More Popular Than Real Group Rides or Runs sporttechie.com - On Strava, a social network for athletes, virtual group activities are gaining in popularity as people turn to technology to find community.
- This New Indoor Cycling Game Wants to Take on Zwift bicycling.com - CVRcade, a gaming platform for stationary cyclists, will launch in beta on December 1, courtesy of developer Cycligent Physical Esports. Cycligent is the same company behind the CVR World Cup, a series...
- Strava shows women prefer running, men prefer cycling runningmagazine.ca - Strava's year-end review reveals some interesting stats about gender preferences when it comes to fitness activity.
- Dick’s Sporting Goods sees continued e-commerce growth bicycleretailer.com - Dick's Sporting Goods reported an increased consolidated net income of $37.8 million for the third quarter ended Nov. 3, compared with $36.9 million during the same period in 2017. The company also...
- Landis takes on Trump administration as whistleblower suit drags on velonews.com - It seemed like the dust had settled in Floyd Landis’s whistleblower lawsuit. But it hasn’t. Landis is charging that acting attorney general Matthew Whitaker is not a legitimate acting head of the...
- Interview: Outspoken – Women in Triathlon Summit with Sara Gross and Lisa Ingarfield endurancebusiness.com - Sara Gross And Lisa Ingarfield talk to EnduranceBiz about the inaugural Outspoken – Women in Triathlon Summi on Nov. 30- Dec. 2, 2018 in Tempe, Arizona. Sara and Lisa expanded on their...
- Pon Holdings increases its share in Accell Group to 20% bicycleretailer.com - Pon Holdings has purchased 338,121 ordinary shares in Accell Group N.V., totalling 5,332,769 ordinary shares, 20% of the company's shares. Earlier this month, Pon planned to make a partial offer for 20%...
- Suunto And Strava Deepen Partnership sgbonline.com - The Suunto app integration with Strava will ensure that users can share their activities automatically with Strava, receiving the additional benefits like kudos, segments and Summit features. Together, the companies can provide...
- Name change is in the wind for BMW Dallas Marathon as events grow dallasnews.com - Don’t be surprised if this time next year, there is no BMW Dallas Marathon on the horizon. No, the city’s premier distance running event iis not headed to the finish line. The...
- Saucony Appoints Chief Marketing Officer sgbonline.com - Saucony announced that Don Lane has been named chief marketing officer. Lane joins Saucony recently from DraftKings, global sports technology and entertainment. Prior to that, Lane spent more than two decades at...
- How Your Postrace Attitude Impacts Recovery runnersworld.com - It may be tough to walk down stairs post-race, but one thing that shouldn’t be sore are those 17 smile muscles. Focusing on your mood and exuding positive energy post-race can get...
- Meet Steep Camp, One of the Coolest Trail Running Races Out There adventure-journal.com - Many runners have been heading for Silverton for decades for a race that is a highlight of their year. It’s probably unlike any trail race, which is what draws an eclectic crowd...
