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TAMPA, Fla. (March 18, 2019) – IRONMAN, a Wanda Sports Holdings Company, is pleased to announce a multi-year partnership extension with Facebook for live and fully produced IRONMAN® race coverage. The agreement calls for...
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Pic2Go, the global provider of Sponsored Race Photography has announced it’s new ‘Charity Fundraising Link’ as part of its Personal Finisher Gallery solution. Endurance events using Pic2Go can now offer participants to add a...
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TAMPA, Fla./SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (March 18, 2019) – The Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon Series® has announced exciting new course enhancements along with this year’s headline band for the 2019 United Airlines Rock ’n’ Roll®...
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Enumclaw, WA (MARCH 18, 2019) – With the close of the 2019 ski and snowboard season approaching, it’s time to gather your friends and drop in on the most anticipated race of the year:...
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(Logan, UT – March 18, 2019) The Altra Dyani is a women’s-only slip-on made for your busy lifestyle; convenient, comfortable and cute. This shoe has a trendy look that pairs well with jeans, leggings...
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(San Francisco, CA) March 12, 2019 – SAN FRANCISCO – Decathlon, a globally-recognized sporting goods retail brand, announced Tuesday that its first U.S.-based major brick and mortar store will hold its Grand Opening at...
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SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – (March 18, 2019) – The 8th annual SLO Half-Marathon weekend, produced by the Central Coast’s endurance sport leader Race SLO, will open with an inaugural YogaMusic Fest on Friday,...
- BOSTON, MA – Rugged Races LLC, a subsidiary of GateHouse Live and one of the largest endurance event companies in North America, today announced that Ronan Gardiner will be joining the company in the...
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Boston, MA – March 18, 2019 – Sun Multisport Events today announced, WHOOP, makers of the world’s most powerful recovery and training tool, has signed on as title sponsor of the WHOOP Team Challenge...
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LATHAM, N.Y. (March 18, 2019) — PrimaLoft, Inc., experts in advanced material technology, today announced its PrimaLoft™ Bio® fibers are renewable in a circular economy. As a result of third-party testing, the polyester fibers...
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Colorado Springs, CO – The American Trail Running Association (ATRA), announced that OrthoLite, the leading provider of comfort and performance insole technology found in more than 500 million shoes annually from over 350 top brands,...
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Estes Park, CO – Active at Altitude, organizers of the 2019 US Trail Running Conference has announced a discount for women trail race directors and trail runners that register during the month of March....
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Spirit Multisport has announced a global partnership with Scatta, a new and exciting provider of technical apparel for triathlon, cycling, running and sport-style. The partnership sees Swiss-based Scatta supplying the Spirit group’s professional and...
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SFuels LLC announces the creation of its Ambassador Program for LCHF athletes and all endurance athletes interested in making the switch to LCHF. Program registration commences March 15th, 2019 for 2019/20. The SFuels.TV Ambassador...
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ALISO VIEJO, Calif. – Chronic Tacos is partnering with plant-based leader, Beyond Meat®, to introduce an innovative plant-based protein option to its menu. Beyond Meat’s Beyond Beef® Crumbles are vegan-friendly, gluten-free, soy-free and packed...
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March 15, 2019 – Moorestown, NJ – RunSignup announces RaceJoy is now available through certified timers across the country. During RunSignup’s RaceDay Timer Certification Tour in January, 240 timers were trained in RaceJoy’s mapping...
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Vancouver, British Columbia (March 15, 2019) — SOLE and United By Blue are proud to announce the successful funding of their Kickstarter campaign for the world’s most eco-friendly shoe, the SOLExUBB Jasper Wool Eco...
- Agoura Hills, CA – March 13, 2019 A perennial favorite of the greater Los Angeles area, the Dole Great Race, will once again take place on April 6, 2019 in Agoura Hills, Calif. The...
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BOSTON, MA: Pioneering cycling endurance coach Hunter Allen, CEO and Founder of Peaks Coaching Group, will be speaking to the Harvard University Cycling Association on March 14, 2019. – Room: Northwest B101 at 52 Oxford...
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EUGENE—March 14, 2019—The movement towards greater social and environmental responsibility in sport takes another international step forward as the Council for Responsible Sport (Council) announced that the 2018 Monterrey Powerade Marathon has achieved gold...
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MORGAN HILL, Calif. (March 14, 2019) – LEM Helmets, manufacturer of safe, stylish, and performance-driven cycling helmets for road, mountain, commute, and kids, welcomes Jay Petervary to its growing ambassador team. Charismatic, focused, and...
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TAMPA, Fla./SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (March 13, 2019) – The IRONMAN Foundation® will return to Puerto Rico for continued Hurricane Maria recovery efforts in conjunction with the IRONMAN® 70.3® Puerto Rico triathlon, which will...
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SAN FRANCISCO (March 13, 2019) – Science in Sport, the leading sports nutrition company and makers of the world’s first Isotonic Energy Gel, today announced its sponsorship of the Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon, to...
- LOS ANGELES – March 13, 2019 – It’s no secret that despite its challenges, caring for others is one of the most rewarding and important career fields in our society. A century-old leader in...
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WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The U.S. Air Force Marathon is looking to go green beginning in 2019 with environmental initiatives designed to minimize waste, improve conservation and give back to the Wright-Patterson...
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(Logan, UT – March 13, 2019) – Altra Elite athlete Ian Sharman set a new course record at Arizona’s Antelope Canyon 50-miler with a speedy time of 6:57:47. Despite the soft, sandy course, Sharman...
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CHICAGO, March 13, 2019 – Adding to its growing list of race partnerships, Kudos is pleased to announce a collaboration with the Phoenix Frontrunners’ Pride Run Phoenix on Saturday, March 23. As part of...
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Wildwood, NJ – DelMoSports is excited to announce the 2019 Atlantic City Triathlon presented by the Inspira Health, will host USA Triathlon’s New Jersey State Age Group Championship and High School Sprint Championship. The...
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NEW YORK CITY, March 13, 2019 – Two races on the same day in two countries with a huge passion for cycling make for an exciting weekend on the GFNY World circuit this Sunday...
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Nicole DiMercurio, On Running ZAP Endurance athlete and former All-SEC distance runner at the University of Georgia, has signed an agency contract with Elite Runner Management, the Michigan based sports agency headed by Chris...
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March 12, 2019 – Beyond Monumental, the 501(c)3 non-profit responsible for the CNO Financial Indianapolis Monumental Marathon has announced a new partnership with Circle City Kombucha. Circle City Kombucha will have a presence at...
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(Colorado Springs, CO) – Nicholas Hill Group, Inc. (NHG) is pleased to share event cancellation coverage results from 2018 that total more than 15,000 participating events having received cancellation protection for perils that include adverse weather,...
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Following up on a great reception by the race director community, the RunSignup Social Learning Series of webinars is set to return to the Race Directors Hub on 26 March with a discussion on...
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — USA Triathlon today announced Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, as the latest school to add women’s triathlon to its varsity sport offerings. The NCAA Division III program will begin...
- Richmond, VA (March 13, 2019) – The IGNITE SwimRun Series will hit five states in 2019 and Orca will be onsite at every one of them. Through a unique approach to onsite activations, Orca...
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CHALLENGEDAYTONA invites passionate multi-sport athletes from around the world to apply for the 2019 CHALLENGEDAYTONA Ambassador Team. The individuals selected will serve as emissaries and educators for the CHALLENGEDAYTONA Triathlon Festival, slated for December...
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PITTSBURGH, PA (March 12, 2019) – For the first time ever, the new 26.2 Brew from Marathon Brewing Company will be available at the DICK’s Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon weekend of events. The golden,...
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COSTA MESA, Calif. (Mar. 12, 2019) – The OC Marathon Foundation’s “Kids Run the OC” program, one of the nation’s largest youth running and fitness programs with more than 65,000 students participating since inception...
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Dover, Pennsylvania – Velocious Cycling Adventures is happy to announce that Factor Bikes North America/South America (NA/SA) is the newest sponsor partner for its cycling training camps. This relationship brings together two high-end brands,...
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(San Diego, Calif) – KOZ Events today announced that it will be adding a new SwimRun race format to its 19th Annual XTERRA WETSUITS Spring Sprint Triathlon Festival May 4-5th in San Diego. The...
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Boulder, Colorado, USA — MARCH 12, 2019 — Triathlete magazine, the world’s #1 triathlon resource, will release its 2019 Buyer’s Guide on March 12th. Featuring 170 of this season’s hottest products, all individually tested...
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(Logan, UT – March 11, 2019 ) Altra Elite athlete and record-setting thru-hiker Heather Anderson, commonly known by her trail name Anish, was named a 2019 National Geographic “Adventurer of the Year”. Anderson and...
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Leadville, Feb. 11, 2019—Famed long distance runner and two-time Olympian Kara Goucher is set to switch to the trails, officially announcing her debut at Life Time’s Leadville Trail Marathon on June 15, 2019. Kara...
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania – Thanks to a generous grant from the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, four adaptive military veterans living with paralysis will enjoy riding new hand cycles at national non-profit World T.E.A.M. Sports’...
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March 7, 2019 (Salt Lake City, Utah) – The Copp-Dash Inspire Award, sponsored by Black Diamond Equipment, La Sportiva, Mountain Hardwear and Patagonia (with additional in-kind support from Adventure Film Festival, the American Alpine...
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Port Hope ON, Canada — Whether it’s classy camo, sleek debossing, awesome pattern mashups, or any of their other standout designs, REGGIE cycling apparel is aiming for substantial growth south of the border to...
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Rancho Santa Margarita, California (March 5, 2019) – TIME Sport, the iconic French cycling brand, is proud to announce the return of TIME cycling shoes with the launch of their new OSMOS line of...
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NEWBURY PARK, Calif. (March 5, 2019) – Liv Cycling, the company dedicated to getting more women on bikes, today revealed its 2019 athletes under the newly formed Liv Racing program. Liv Racing consists of...
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- Under Armour Names Chief Design Officer sgbonline.com - Under Armour has named Kasey Jarvis as its new chief design officer. Jarvis joins Under Armour from Black Diamond Equipment where he served as VP of product and design. Prior to that,...
- British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe to sponsor Team Sky with bigger budget, according to sources cyclingweekly.com - British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe will sponsor Team Sky for 2020 and beyond with a bigger budget than before, a source close to the team has said. Team Sky currently runs on...
- UCI backtracks on fines after riders threaten to protest cyclingnews.com - The UCI has backtracked on applying stiff fines and ranking point penalties if riders arrive late at race sign-on after the peloton threatened to go on strike before the final stage of...
- Tire makers react to Enve warning bicycleretailer.com - Two road tire makers have responded to a safety warning that Enve issued last week about the use of some clinchers on its carbon wheels. Enve told dealers and registered purchasers of...
- Penn Cycle, after 61 years in business, sells operations to Freewheel Bike startribune.com - Owner Pat Sorensen, a son of the founder, had been in the midst of a legal battle with some of his siblings over the lease agreement in buildings where the bike shops...
- Amer Sports confirms plans to sell Mavic endurancebusiness.com - Amer Sports has entered in an exclusivity period with Regent, a US based private equity firm, for the sale of the shares and related cycling business of Mavic. Also included in Amer...
- XTERRA Costa Rica cancelled endurancebusiness.com - The 2019 XTERRA Costa Rica off-road triathlon, scheduled for May 26, 2019, has been cancelled. XTERRA Costa Rica organizer, Enrique Wong explains that despite persistent efforts made by their team, they were...
- Brooks Promotes Dan Sheridan To EVP, COO sgbonline.com - Brooks Running Company has promoted Dan Sheridan to a newly configured role of EVP and chief operating officer. Prior to his new role, Sheridan led global sales, e-commerce, business development and customer...
- Dorel Sports’ Q4 Sales Slip sgbonline.com - Dorel Industries Inc. reported fourth quarter revenue in its Dorel Sports segment declined 1.7% to $232.7 million from $236.8 million last year, but grew by approximately 2.6% after excluding the negative impact...
- Why Pro Runners Are Upset Over the New Olympic Standards runnersworld.com - The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), track and field’s world governing body, announced a wave of big changes, including a two-tiered qualification system for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics that will see...
- Family of Olympic Cyclist, 23, Who Died by Suicide Donates Her Brain for Concussion Research people.com - The family of Olympic cyclist Kelly Catlin has donated her brain for research after the athlete died by suicide in a death the family has attributed to over-training and a concussion, to...
- Gwen Jorgensen and Eric Lagerstrom sign with Rudy Project endurancebusiness.com - Italian accessories specialist Rudy Project has added two elite athletes to its roster for 2019. Gwen Jorgensen and Eric Lagerstrom join current IRONMAN American Record Holder Heather Jackson, four-time Olympian Andy Newel,...
- Garmin® unveils the MARQ series: a collection of lifestyle inspired smart tool watches, crafted to champion the life you live businesswire.com - Garmin International, Inc. announced the MARQ™ series— a collection of tool watches, forged from Garmin’s long-standing heritage in the aviation, automotive, marine, outdoor and sport markets. Each watch is built with...
- Battleship NC Half Marathon Changes Hands wilmingtonbiz.com - The Battleship NC Half Marathon will now be organized by Without Limits and It's Go Time, who purchased the race from 5 Star Race Productions. The half-marathon, which has been running in...
- How Asics Plans to Dominate the Running Market — Again footwearnews.com - To regain its footing in the marketplace, Asics last month named industry veteran Kevin McHale as its national director of run specialty sales and hired tech reps to service key retail partners....
- Planet Fitness Sponsors New CBS Primetime Show “MILLION DOLLAR MILE” Debuting This Spring prnewswire.com - Planet Fitness, Inc. announced its sponsorship of the new physical competition series MILLION DOLLAR MILE as The Official Workout Partner, premiering March 27 at 9:00 p.m. EST on CBS. MILLION DOLLAR MILE...
- Why North Carolina May Force All Cyclists to Pay Bike Registration Fee adventure-journal.com - A N. Carolina state legislator has introduced a bill that would require every bike owner 16 years of age or older in the state to fork over $10 annually for bicycle registration...
- Breadwinner Cycles has purchased Sugar Wheel Works bicycleretailer.com - Custom wheel building company Sugar Wheel Works is joining forces with custom bike builders Breadwinner Cycles. The companies are based blocks from each other in Portland.
- Investor buys Fly Pedals, seeks other brands to acquire bicycleretailer.com - Denver-based Fly Pedals, which makes a platform conversion for clipless pedals, has been purchased by an investor who is looking to acquire other cycling accessory brands.
- Outdoor Retailer adds bikes to November show snewsnet.com - Cycling brands and suppliers will join outdoor exhibitors and retailers at the November Outdoor Retailer show, following the cancellation of Interbike 2019. The Nov. show is ahead of winter outdoor buying season....
- Pinkbike acquires CyclingTips from BikeExchange bicycleretailer.com - Canada-based mountain bike website Pinkbike has acquired the road cycling website CyclingTips.com from BikeExchange. PinkBike said CyclingTips' current staff, including founder and general manager Wade Wallace, will remain a part of the...
- Nike Slips Behind Adidas in Corporate Reputation Rankings footwearnews.com - Nike may be the most valuable fashion brand in the world, but its corporate reputation has taken a hit in the past year, according to a new report. The Axios Harris Poll,...
- Hammerhead Secures $4 Million Investment For “Garmin Killer” Bicycle Computer forbes.com - Hammerhead, maker of the Karoo cycling computer, has secured $4.1 million private equity funding. The company is soon to launch a Karoo OS app store and is hoping third-party developers will create...
- Lightspeed Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering bicycleretailer.com - Lightspeed POS Inc. announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 15,000,000 subordinate voting shares at a price of C$ 16 per share for total gross proceeds of C$ 240 million....
- Clif Just Called Out Kind Bar in ‘The New York Times’ outsideonline.com - Clif Bar has issued a challenge to one of its biggest competitors, Kind Snacks. In an ad in The New York Times and on the paper’s homepage, co-CEOs Gary Erickson and Kit...
- Nike Set To Become First Major Sponsor Of Los Angeles 2028 sgbonline.com - Nike is close to completing a deal to become the the first major sponsor of the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Los Angeles. Nike will outfit all U.S. teams and event...
- Spartan Race Looking For New Venues venuesnow.com - Since launching in 2010, Spartan has grown exponentially, with plans for 63 events in 2013 and 100 in 2014 in 17 countries. Their goal is to reach 42 countries in order to...
- An Exclusive Look at the Defenders on Million Dollar Mile, the CBS Fitness Show Hosted by Tim Tebow menshealth.com - Million Dollar Mile, a new fitness competition show premiering March 27 on CBS hosted by Tim Tebow will see superstar athletes chase down contestants to try and stop them from winning the...
- Another Austrian cyclist admits blood doping as case widens usatoday.com - Austrian cyclist Georg Preidler has admitted to blood doping linked to a case in which five skiers were arrested, his professional team Groupama-FDJ said. Preidler offered his immediate and spontaneous resignation,...
- Team Sky to have new backer by the Giro, says sports director sportspromedia.com - Leading UCI WorldTour cycling outfit Team Sky are set to have new backers by the start of Giro d’Italia, according to sports director Matteo Tosatto. Tosatto said that the new backer will...
- Belgian cycling race stopped after women’s rider caught men usatoday.com - Former Swiss road race champion Nicole Hanselmann rode clear in the opening miles of Omloop het Nieuwsblad. But when she approached the men's race, organizers of the early cobbled classic called for...
- Cyclist admits blood doping amid investigations into network usatoday.com - Austrian authorities confirmed local media reports that an Austrian professional cyclist admitted to doping after being arrested on Friday following investigations into an alleged blood doping network. "A Tyrolean cyclist" was suspected...
- Foot Locker Smashes Wall Street’s Targets In Q4 sgbonline.com - Foot Locker Inc.’s fourth-quarter earnings surged 9.7%. The company reported net income of $158 million, or $1.39 per share, for the 13 weeks ended February 2, compared to a net loss of...
- REI Launches Bontrager and Cannondale Nationwide, Doubles Down on Cycling in 2019 gearjunkie.com - REI confirmed it will begin selling Bontrager gear in-store starting March 14, a first within the Co-op. Helmets, shoes, lighting and other accessories will be included in the rollout. REI will also...
- Garmin® announces professional cycling team sponsorships, equips world champion cyclists with top-of-the-line products apnews.com - Garmin International Inc. announced sponsorship of 11 professional cycling teams for 2019, including world tour and mountain/enduro biking teams. The teams, which include several world champion cyclists, will be equipped with Garmin...
- Fitbit Sees Profit Rebound In Q4 sgbonline.com - Fitbit Inc reported a profit on an adjusted basis of $36.3 million, or 14 cents a share, rebounding from a loss of $4.7 million, or 2 cents, a year ago. Sales inched...
