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June 4, 2020
Rock ‘N’ Roll VR Series has Largest Field to Date with Over 26,000 From Around the World Registered to Take Part in Rock ‘N’ Roll VR6
TAMPA, Fla. (June 4, 2020) – The global community of walkers and runners came together this past weekend for the sixth edition in the Rock ‘n’ Roll® Virtual Running™ (VR™) Series, Rock ‘n’ Roll VR6, with over 26,000 people from 107 nations and 47 states registered to step up to...
June 4, 2020
Black leaders in the running community talk brands, mental health, safety, and more
Amid anguish across the country, runners opened discussions and made their miles more meaningful on Global Running Day this year. Read more on Women's Running.
June 4, 2020
New Study: Marathon performance linked to fats, potassium, magnesium in diet
Study shows faster marathoners took in significantly more calories and fats—eating more nuts, seeds, fruits and vegetables—than slower marathoners. Read more about the study on PodiumRunner.
June 4, 2020
Fast Talk: Leading Podcast on Endurance Sport Science Launches New Channel
BOULDER (June 3) - The Fast Talk podcast, the leading source for endurance sports training science, nutrition, and physiology, has ventured out on its own after a long relationship with the cycling magazine VeloNews. The podcast, listened the world over, will continue to provide the same level of detailed scientific...
June 4, 2020
TRR Nutrition partners with Three World Class Triathletes
TRR Nutrition, an industry leading sports supplement brand that develops products for elite level endurance athletes, is proud to announce its newest partnership with three World Class and Ironman Champion triathletes: Craig Alexander, Tim Don and Sara Svensk. The three ambassadors will be joining TRR, a team of health experts and world-class...
June 3, 2020
Banned track coach Salazar gets court date for doping appeal
Banned track and field coach Alberto Salazar will try to overturn his four-year suspension at sport’s highest court in November. The Court of Arbitration for Sport said Tuesday it will hear appeals from Salazar and endocrinologist Jeffrey Brown between Nov. 8-16. Read more on Associated Press.
June 3, 2020
The 2020 Monterey Bay Half Marathon is Now a Virtual Event
CARMEL, CA – Monterey Bay Half Marathon organizers announced Wednesday that the 2020 race, originally scheduled for Saturday November 14th, will now be a virtual event. The Big Sur Marathon Foundation’s governance board made this difficult decision to cancel the in-person road races as they continued to monitor updates on...
June 3, 2020
35th Annual Big Sur Marathon, Originally Postponed, Has Been Cancelled Due to COVID-19
CARMEL, CA – The 2020 Big Sur International Marathon, originally rescheduled from its late April date to November 15th, has been cancelled. The Big Sur Marathon Foundation’s governance board made this difficult decision as they continued to monitor updates from county, state, federal, and international public safety and health agencies...
June 3, 2020
Swedish group tests 27 helmets to determine the safest for cyclists
Swedish insurance company Folksam oversaw a test of 27 popular helmets for safety. Four of the top-ranked helmets are available for consumers in the United States. Read more on VeloNews.
June 3, 2020
BASF Triathlon-Cup Rhein-Neckar 2020 goes virtual on June 7 – Hawaii winner Anne Haug, Florian Angert and Julian Erhardt at the start
Ladenburg, June 3 - Who wouldn't even want to test their strength against the world champion Anne Haug or the winners of the BASF Triathlon Cup Rhein-Neckar (TCRN), Florian Angert and Julian Erhardt? This will be possible with the virtual TCRN races in 2020. Although the traditional events "on site"...
June 3, 2020
iFit Celebrates #GlobalRunningDay with Streaming Training Programs for 5K and 10K Distances
(LOGAN, Utah, June 3, 2020) — iFit, the leader in at-home connected fitness, celebrates Global Running Day on June 3 with streaming progressive training programs for 5K and 10K distances. With races postponed to fall, runners are faced with a new challenge: training in dangerous summer heat and humidity. iFit’s...
June 3, 2020
Gourdy’s Pumpkin Run Partners with Girls On The Run
NEW YORK - Gourdy’s Pumpkin Run, the popular and award-winning fall race, has teamed up with Girls on the Run, a nationally recognized Charlotte, NC based nonprofit that uses running and physical activity as a platform for teaching young girls essential life skills. The partnership will last throughout the 2020...
June 2, 2020
New Study Shows Uplifting Power of Running in a World of Lockdown, Reveals ASICS
ASICS surveyed more than 14,000 regular exercisers across 12 countries and found that more than a third (36% globally) of them are more active now than they were before the COVID-19 pandemic began – despite most sports being brought to a standstill by social distancing measures. Read more study results here.
June 2, 2020
Alabama Cycling Classic to Reschedule Criteriums in 2021
Anniston, Ala. (June 2, 2020) - Event organizers and City of Anniston officials have confirmed that this year’s Alabama Cycling Classic, and Noble Street Festival, have been cancelled due to continuing challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Originally set for April 18-19, the Alabama Cycling Classic had been postponed while...
June 2, 2020
Tour Des Stations Unveiled A New Partnership With Rouvy – Share The Cycling Emotion Anywhere Anytime
Today, the Tour des Stations, part of Marmotte Series, announced a multi-year partnership with ROUVY, an industry leader in virtual cycling. As the Official Virtual Training Partner, ROUVY will offer up to 11 main climbs of the Tour des Stations on its platform, providing athletes from around the world a virtual...
June 2, 2020
5km of Pure Fun: Challenge Women Virtual Run powered by GARMIN – 4/5 July 2020
Each July, 2,000 women of all ages and nationalities line up for the 5km Challenge Women run in the lead up to the world’s largest long distance triathlon, DATEV Challenge Roth in Bavaria, Germany. This year, while the event can no longer take place in Roth due to COVID-19, that’s not stopping event organisers, fiedler concepts...
June 2, 2020
DMSE Sports Unveils New Cross-Country Virtual Event Aimed at Fitness and Philanthropy
Boston - Registration is open for Medford2Medford, a virtual team running event powered by DMSE Sports, that strives to bring fellow runners together while they’re apart, and to help raise some much-needed funds for charities. The M2M is modeled after Dave McGillivray’s 1978 run from Medford, OR, to Medford, MA....
June 2, 2020
PWR Lab Launches ‘Distributed Racing’ Services for Innovative Event Directors
Santa Cruz, CA (June 2, 2020) – PWR Lab, an innovative running analytics company leveraging training data from wearables to help runners avoid injuries, announces today the official launch of a full suite of Distributed Racing services. While the COVID-19 pandemic continues to shake up sporting and mass-start events, PWR...
June 2, 2020
Co2uT Announces Salsa Cycles as Title Sponsor
FRUITA, CO — Desert Gravel is proud to announce Salsa Cycles as the title sponsor of Co2uT gravel race for 2020 and 2021. The inaugural event (scheduled for October 10th, 2020) travels around and across the Colorado-Utah borderlands and is officially open to all for registration. “Our event aligns perfectly...
June 2, 2020
Registration for The Trans-Texas Virtual Run—A Race as Big as Texas—Is Open
Houston, Texas (June 2, 2020) – Trail Racing Over Texas (TROT), the largest trail racing company in Texas, announces the launch of a new event today: The Trans-Texas Virtual Run. This event is as large as the State of Texas and with all the swagger. Individuals and relay teams will...
June 2, 2020
Encouraged by a real astronaut, ReSport helps 32 nations “Row to the Moon”
Realtime Experience Sport (ReSport), a platform for advanced virtual races and challenges, mapping, registration, results, and race tracking systems, successfully implemented a "Row to the Moon" virtual challenge over the past ten days in partnership with British Rowing, Rowing Australia, Rowing Canada Aviron, and Rowing New Zealand. Thirty-two nations took...
June 1, 2020
Next Evolution of IRONMAN Virtual Racing Unveiled with Launch of The Championship Series, Providing Athletes Multi-Week Competition with IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship Slots on The Line
TAMPA, Fla. (June 1, 2020) — IRONMAN today announced the formation of the IRONMAN® Virtual Racing™ (VR™) Championship Series, a four-week long regulated age-group competition designed to reward top-performing athletes. In a structured and competitive virtual environment, an athlete’s overall standing will be based upon their top three performances in...
June 1, 2020
Do Runners Need to Wear Masks?
Some people have taken to yelling (online and off) at people exercising without masks. But does it really matter? Read more in NYT.
June 1, 2020
Epidemiologist warns of rider contamination within peloton
Dutch medic says 'cycling in a peloton is more risky than playing soccer on a large field.' Read more on VeloNews.
June 1, 2020
SweatWorks acquires wodRocket
Arlington, VA. - SweatWorks, the digital agency that created Conquest Events™, has completed the acquisition of wodRocket - a leading functional fitness event platform. “wodRocket was one of the first digital platforms in functional fitness and took the lead in innovating several features. We are excited to welcome wodRocket events...
