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- (San Francisco, CA, Jan 15, 2019) — Leading digital adventure travel platform The Outbound Collective today announced the launch of an adventure tour and lodging marketplace. Driven by feedback from the community, The Outbound...
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(Logan, UT – January 15, 2019) — Altra’s Lone Peak trail shoe was named “The Top Footwear on the Appalachian Trail” for 2018 by The Trek. Altra was also awarded the “Most Popular Shoe...
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(Encinitas, CA – – January 15, 2019) World-renowned bicycle and multisport retailer, Nytro Multisport is for sale. Founded in 1992 in San Diego, California, Nytro was one of the first triathlon and bicycle retailers...
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Rosemont, Ill. (Jan. 15th, 2019) – Life Fitness, the global leader in commercial fitness equipment, today announced a partnership with Outside Interactive, a developer of Virtual Runner™, a software application. With interactive HD video...
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Chattanooga, TN (January 15, 2019) – American Bicycle Group (ABG), manufacturer of award-winning high performance bicycles – Quintana Roo (QR) and Litespeed (LS) – and its relaunched brand of QR wetsuits, today announced the...
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RunSignup has released their 2018 Year in Review, detailing the growth of the company in customers and technological progress. The core growth statistics include providing services to 17,686 races with 5,000,000+ paid registrations and $211,000,000+ in...
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Arlington, VA – The Road Runners Club of America (RRCA) is pleased to announce and welcome its newest Runner Friendly Community® designations: Dayton, Ohio Salisbury, North Carolina Every five years, a Runner Friendly Community...
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Boulder, Colorado, USA — January 15, 2019 — VeloNews and USA Cycling announce a new partnership to promote bike racing in America. VeloNews, America’s leading bike racing media brand, will publish USA Cycling’s official...
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Race Day Events (RDE), a leading producer and provider of entertainment and recreational events, has announced the launch of its newly designed website at http://www.racedayevents.com. The completely revamped website features a streamlined and simplified,...
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January 15, 2019 – Sun Multisport Events today announced that endurance sports legend, IRONMAN Hall of Fame, USAT Hall of Fame, and Running USA Hall of Champions member MIKE REILLY will speak at the...
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Registration is now open for the 45th annual Crown City Classic 4th of July Run. Coronado’s annual 4th of July Run is back with consistency! Considered one of the best 4th of July running...
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MultiSport Research, the specialist research & consulting agency for the endurance sport industry, has released its latest Endurance Sport Social Analytics (ESSA) social media benchmarking data. The new data covers Q4 2018, a key...
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(Logan, UT – January 14, 2019) Pantone announced Living Coral as the 2019 Color of the Year, and Altra’s Spring and Fall line is on trend with its new Escalante 2, Dyani, Torin 4,...
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(Boise, Idaho) January 14th, 2018 — In their continued commitment to provide opportunity to Olympic athletes, juniors and to women in the workplace, Sho-Air TWENTY20 entering its 15th year continues to provide an environment...
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(Logan, UT – January 14, 2019) Altra is pleased to sign ultramarathoner Hayden Hawks to its Elite Team. Hawks burst onto the trail scene in 2016 with a slew of wins and course records...
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Boulder, CO (January 14, 2019) – 2019 will mark the 38th year for the Race Across America (RAAM) – The World’s Toughest Bicycle Race. Riders and Support Crews come from across the globe to race 3,000...
- (Sonoma, Calif., January 14, 2019) — The distinctive wine brand, WEST + WILDER of Sonoma, California, is proud to announce the appointment of Sausalito-based OutsidePR as its public relations Agency of Record. The brainchild...
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IRVINE, Calif. (January 14, 2018) – We know what you ate last week! Because we probably ate it too. We’re a week into the new year and that means we’re a week into the...
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January 14, 2019 – The Sufferfest, a comprehensive training app for cyclists and triathletes, today announced the release of the latest version of The Sufferfest Training System for iOS, macOS, and Windows. The completely...
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San Diego, CA – San Diego Running Co., San Diego’s premier race management company, is thrilled to announce the newest addition to their event portfolio: San Diego Craft Classic Half Marathon and 5K. The...
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AUSTIN, Texas, January 14, 2019 – High Five Events, one of the largest privately owned event production companies in the United States, is making final preparations for the 25th annual 3M Half Marathon presented...
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AUSTIN, Texas, January 14, 2019 – High Five Events, one of the largest privately owned event production companies in the United States, announces Fleet Feet Austin as their Official Running Store and Merchandise Partner....
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TAMPA, Fla.– IRONMAN, a Wanda Sports Holdings company, is pleased to announce a multi-year global partnership with Santini, a worldwide leader in technical apparel products. As part of the agreement, Santini will become the...
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Little Rock, Ark. (January 11, 2019) – Volunteer registration is now open for the 17th Annual Little Rock Marathon Weekend on March 1-3, 2019. THV11 is returning as the presenting sponsor of the Volunteer Program. The Little Rock Marathon...
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AUSTIN, Texas, January 11, 2019 – High Five Events, one of the largest privately owned event production companies in the United States, announces H-E-B will provide post-race snacks for participants of the 3M Half...
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AUSTIN, Texas, January 11, 2019 – High Five Events, one of the largest privately owned event production companies in the United States, introduces KXAN as the Official Media and News Coverage of the 2019...
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Denver, Colorado – January 11, 2019 – Motigo, the pioneer in delivering personalized audio to athletes during their activities and races, continues its quest to personalize the runner experience this time with Team in Training...
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FLAGSTAFF, (AZ) – HOKA ONE ONE Northern Arizona Elite has announced the signing of an official sponsorship renewal with Final Surge. The deal runs through the end of 2019 and ensures Final Surge will...
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LOS ANGELES, CA – Precor, a global leader in providing premium fitness products, services, and experiences involving cardio, strength, group training, and networked fitness, and Spivi Inc, an industry leader in digital interactive displays and...
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CAPE ELIZABETH, Maine (January 10, 2019) – Runners looking to join the field for the 22nd running of the TD Beach to Beacon 10K Road Race on Aug. 3 will need to race to their computers for...
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XTERRA Global LLC, owners and producers of the XTERRA World Tour, today announced a strategic partnership with Yunnan Overseas Chinese Town (OCT) Industrial Company, LTD, to bring the XTERRA Kunming off-road triathlon and sports...
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Oakland, CA (January 10, 2018) – Mascot Sports, a leader in one-of-a-kind endurance sports experiences, acquired the 28-year old Southern California Half Marathon and will relaunch the local favorite as the Irvine Half Marathon...
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AUSTIN, Texas, January 10, 2019 – High Five Events, one of the largest privately owned event production companies in the United States, is excited to announce the fifth round of accepted athletes for the...
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Houston, Texas (January 10, 2019) – Trail Racing Over Texas, organizer of the Brazos Bend 100 Trail Race, announces today registration for the 2019 USATF 100 Mile Trail Championship will open on Friday, January...
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CHICAGO, January 10, 2019 – Kudos is pleased to announce a partnership with the Chicago Area Runners Association (CARA) as the company continues to spread the word about its new Kudos Coaster Plus. As...
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Medi-Dyne Healthcare products, a leading producer of innovative pain relief, prevention, and healing products announces the acquisition of The X Brace™. The X Brace, originally developed by Dr. Joshua P. Eldridge, a Certified Chiropractic...
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Not only is Big Run Media an uber talented and fast growing marketing firm entrenched in the endurance sports industry, the founders also own and operate the well-known website Believe in the Run, the...
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PLEASANT PRAIRIE, Wis. / TAMPA, Fla. (January 9, 2019) – It has been announced that the Iron Girl® Pleasant Prairie Triathlon presented by Kenosha Subaru has been named as a finalist for the Triathlete...
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CARMEL, CA – The Big Sur Marathon Foundation has announced it will be making a donation of $110,550 to the North Valley Community Foundation following the cancellation of the 2018 Monterey Bay Half Marathon....
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Colorado Springs, CO – The American Trail Running Association (ATRA), is going back to the past to dust-off and republish more than two decades of content in a new program presented by Salomon entitled...
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STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. (Jan. 9, 2018)—Honey Stinger, the award-winning manufacturer of honey-based nutritional products, is pleased to announce its sponsorship of the 2019 Allstate Hot Chocolate 15/5K race series, produced by RAM Racing. The...
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- UCI finally ban tramadol painkiller from competition cyclingmagazine.ca - The painkiller that has been abused in cycling for years will be banned as of March 1 and testing positive could come with a maximum suspension of nine months.
- CABDA West, opening Wednesday, boasts pre-registration of more than 1,100 retailers bicycleretailer.com - With gray skies and rain in the forecast, the inaugural CABDA West expo in San Diego County saw a large dealer pre-registration numbers — 1,150 attendees from 410 shops. CABDA West, staged...
- Specialized Is Recalling a Bunch of Bikes outsideonline.com - Specialized Bicycles announced a recall on January 9 that affects a wide range of some of its most popular road and multi-surface bikes due to a problem with the headset assembly that...
- Adidas Terrex Signs Ultrarunner Tom Evans sgbonline.com - The Adidas Terrex trail running team named ultrarunner Tom Evans to its roster. Entering the ultra-running scene in 2017, British Army officer signed up to the Marathon des Sables as a bet...
- 28,000 Pounds of Discarded Banana Peels Will Be Put to Good Use After Disney Races runnersworld.com - Banana peels can be a real problem for many races around the country, posing as hazards for runners and spectators. Chiquita, international fruit producer, is taking steps to change that by being...
- Specialized agrees to pay $700k for Roubaix trademark in the US; ASE bid deadline pushed back bicycleretailer.com - Specialized Bicycle has agreed to pay bankrupt Advanced Sports Enterprises $700,000 for rights to the Roubaix bicycle trademark in the U.S. ASE, which has been licensing the trademark to Specialized since 2003,...
- Forest Service Denies Permit to Race Organizer Based on Skidding, Aggressive Riding, and Possibly a YouTube Video singletracks.com - The South Platte Ranger District, a branch of the US Forest Service (USFS) that manages the Buffalo Creek mountain bike trail network, has denied Revolution Enduro a permit to hold the second...
- Competition has Flywheel and SoulCycle spiraling into an identity crisis vox.com - As consumer demand shifts away from the concept of in-studio luxury spin classes — opting for the convenience of at-home cycling programs like Peloton and cheaper, less amenity-laden classes — Flywheel and...
- China’s Wanda files for U.S. IPO of sports unit to raise up to $500 million: sources reuters.com - Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group has filed confidentially for a U.S. initial public offering of its sports unit that could fetch up to $500 million. The IPO could raise between $300...
- 2018’s Highest Earning OCR Athletes obstacleracingmedia.com - After a hiatus in 2017, Obstacle Racing Media is back with its highest OCR earner list. This list only covers publicly available, published race winnings. It does not include any sort of...
- Play Sports Group joins Discovery to form ‘unique’ global cycling platform bikebiz.com - Discovery has announced the purchase of a 71 per cent controlling stake in Play Sports Group. The investment sees Play Sports Group, which also includes cycling media agency Shift Active Media, become...
- Sports Illustrated’s Fittest 50 si.com - Every sport makes different demands and physiques are carved and cut and chiseled in distinct ways, but success at each often hinges on conditioning. So, who are the fittest athletes in the...
- Team Sky sponsor could continue funding amid rumours of Israel Cycling Academy merger cyclingweekly.com - Team Sky may have been handed a lifeline as parent company Comcast could part sponsor the team beyond 2019. Comcast, the American communications giant that recently bought broadcaster Sky, may offer 70...
- Adidas Extends Stock Buyback Program sgbonline.com - Adidas announced the start of the second tranche of its current multi-year share buyback program announced in March 2018. The company intends to repurchase own shares worth around €800 million in 2019....
- X2 All-Natural Energy To Fuel Warrior Dash as Official Energy Drink mudrunguide.com - Warrior Dash and X2 All-Natural Energy have entered into a partnership making X2 the Official Energy Drink of Warrior Dash. Warrior Dash participants will be treated to X2 Energy samples in addition...
- Clif Bar returns as title sponsor of CampoVelo bicycleretailer.com - The third annual CampoVelo will take place April 26-28, 2019 in Napa Valley, combining world class cycling, wellness, cuisine, libations, and fundraising into a unique three-day event in America’s preeminent wine...
- Bike New York Announces Jon Orcutt as Its New Communications Director prweb.com - Bike New York announced that it is launching an advocacy program to help New York become the world’s best city for cycling. Jon Orcutt, long-time NYC sustainable transportation advocate and former Policy...
- Klimat app adds weather conditions to Strava activity feed bicycleretailer.com - Klimatt is an app that can sync with Strava accounts so that weather conditions appear on the Strava activity feed. The app has free and premium modes and offers more customization options....
- Q&A: New USA Cycling CEO Rob DeMartini velonews.com - USA Cycling has hired Rob DeMartini as its new president and CEO following the departure of Derek Bouchard-Hall at the end of 2018. VeloNews chats with the national governing body's newest leader,...
- 90-year-old U.S. cyclist fails doping test, loses crown velonews.com - Carl Grove, a 90-year-old American cyclist, has been stripped of his age group title and world record from the U.S. Masters Track Championships after failing a doping test. The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency...
- Nike Faces Trademark Lawsuit Over Cool Compression Line sgbonline.com - Lontex Corp. has filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against Nike Inc. charging that Nike has used its trademarked ‘Cool Compression’ branding term without permission.
- Halfords unveils “world’s first” Amazon Alexa smart bike cyclingindustry.news - Halfords has announced its UK customers will be the first to have exclusive access to its new Cybic Legend bike range, equipped with Amazon Alexa technology. The smart bike will feature Amazon...
- Rotating Mass Media winding down Bicycle Times website bicycleretailer.com - Close to two years after suspending its print edition and moving exclusively online, Bicycle Times’ website is winding down, with content migrating over to the website and print magazine of fellow...
- Notes from the Weirdest Fitness Classes We Could Find outsideonline.com - Knowing that Afitness routines get a little boring with fitness routines, outsideonline.com tested out six of the most unusual classes in the New York City area.
- Borealis Fat Bikes Reports Increased Sales and Profits in 2018 bicycleretailer.com - Steve Kaczmarek, owner of Springs-based Borealis Fat Bikes announced that sales and profits in 2018 were up dramatically compared with 2017. Borealis developed new sales and marketing strategies which proved to...
- EF Education First will race Dirty Kanza, Leadville velonews.com - Plans are coming into focus for EF Education First’s “alternative” race calendar as the team confirmed it will send riders to Dirty Kanza 200, Leadville Trail 100 MTB, as well as two...
- SRAM reshuffle sees Day transition to Chairman and new CEO at helm cyclingindustry.news - SRAM co-founder and CEO, Stan Day, is moving to a new role in the company as Chairman of the Board of Directors, while Ken Lousberg takes over as CEO. Day has led...
- SFIA Elects Officers, Directors For 2019 sgbonline.com - Chris Clawson, former president, Life Fitness, has been re-elected as the Sports and Fitness Industry Association (SFIA) chairman of the board, while Dan Arment, president and CEO, Riddell and BRG Sports, has...
- Toyota Grows Olympic Involvement With Six New Partnerships frntofficesport.com - Branding itself as a mobility company, Toyota is set to partner with the National Governing Bodies of six new sports for the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo – skateboarding, surfing, wheelchair basketball,...
- BPSA figures show slight climb in the value of bike sales bicycleretailer.com - Wholesale bike sales dipped in November, down 14% over the same month last year in dollars, and 26% in units. Year-to-date figures through November show a 4% increase in dollars and a...
- Mindbody To Be Acquired By San Francisco-Based PE Firm For $1.9 billion sgbonline.com - Mindbody, providing technology platforms for fitness and wellness studios, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Vista Equity Partners, an investment firm focused on software, data...
- Amer Sports buyout has begun bicycleretailer.com - The investor group acquiring Amer Sports has begun to buy up the company's outstanding and issued shares through a voluntary recommended public cash tender. The consortium, named Mascot Bidco Oy, includes Anta...
- Q&A: Why Mary Wittenberg made the leap from running to cycling espn.com - Former New York Road Runners CEO and New York City Marathon race director Mary Wittenberg will bring years of executive experience to her new post as president of EF Education First Pro...
- USA Cycling hires new CEO, Rob DeMartini velonews.com - USA Cycling has hired longtime running shoe executive Rob DeMartini as its new CEO. Prior to USA Cycling, DeMartini worked with New Balance Tyson Foods and Proctor & Gamble.
- Saris names Frehner president; co-founder Fortune shifts to CEO role bicycleretailer.com - Almost three decades after acquiring Graber Products and renaming it Saris, co-founder Chris Fortune is stepping down as president and handing the reins to COO Jeff Frehner. Fortune becomes Saris’ CEO...
- Are you heavier or shorter than the average American? edition.cnn.com - America is struggling with an obesity epidemic, and a new government report says that the population is only getting heavier.
