LATEST RUNNING AND MARATHON NEWS
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June 14, 2022
Jake Fedorowski Hated Registering for Races Outside Their Identity. So They Decided to Speak Up
With their newfound identification as non-binary came the desire to ensure they were properly represented in all facets of their life, including a near and dear space they routinely participated in: the sport of running. Mens Health
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June 14, 2022
Athletic Footwear Sales Have Declined — and the Market Is About to Get Promotional
Athletic footwear sales declined to start the year, and promotions could define the back half of 2022. For the first three months of 2022, athletic footwear sales totaled $6.09 billion, according to The NPD Group retail tracking service, down $546 million from the $6.65 billion mark the year prior. FN
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June 13, 2022
Adidas Sues Nike Over Alleged Infringement On Certain Technologies
Adidas is accusing Nike of copying some of its technologies, according to a lawsuit filed last week. In a complaint filed in a Texas District Court on June 10, Adidas claimed that Nike “knowingly and intentionally” infringed on nine patents related to Adidas’ proprietary athletic technology. Yahoo
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June 9, 2022
New Balance is suing Steve Madden over its 327 sneaker imitation
New Balance is taking Steve Madden to court. A complaint filed Tuesday to the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts claims Madden’s Chasen model sneaker from 2020 is a “deliberate knock-off intended to free-ride off the popularity of New Balance’s 327.” Input
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June 8, 2022
Nike is shutting down its Run Club app in China
Nike is deactivating its Run Club app in China, becoming the latest Western company to reconfigure its business in the world's second largest economy. In a statement to CNN Business, a Nike (NKE) spokesperson said that it would roll out a "localized" platform for Chinese runners in future, and continue...
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June 7, 2022
How Do Men And Women Differ In Post-Ultra Physiological Responses?
After ultramarathons, the body undergoes numerous physiological changes. A wonderful new study examined how those changes vary across athletes. While there are many similarities, the variance between men and women points toward very cool ideas for future physiology studies and training theory. Trail Runner Mag
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June 5, 2022
Runner sent the wrong way at Stockholm Marathon, still wins race
The leaders of Saturday’s Stockholm Marathon were in confusion and disbelief after being sent the wrong way for an extra kilometre. Felix Kirwa, Tesfaye Lencho Anbesa, and Merhawi Keste were pointed in the wrong direction by race officials around the 30 km mark of the marathon. Canadian Running
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June 3, 2022
Meet The Runners Making Space For Queer Athletes On The Trails
The retreat consists of three nights and two full days of running, hosted with pro athletes Ryan Montgomery and Addie Bracy. The retreat has spots for 40 runners, and ten scholarships are available (anyone interested can apply here before June 30) at the Mount Helens Science and Learning Center. The...
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June 3, 2022
Family of 6-year-old who ran Flying Pig tells their story on big screen with documentary
They have done the same thing for most of their other kids, some of whom also ran a marathon at that age. It was only after the explosion in media coverage and online backlash did Ben Crawford decide to turn it into a movie. Local 12
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June 2, 2022
Under Armour to Launch First Female-specific Running Shoe
Under Armour is accelerating its efforts to attract the female athlete. Lisa Collier, chief product officer for Under Armour, explained that traditional women’s running shoes are created from a men’s last, just made smaller to fit the female foot. That means they often lack the flexibility, fit, and arch support...
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May 31, 2022
Asics Partners With Freshly
The limited-edition collaboration, Freshly + Asics, will feature three meal plans: one for pre-race, one for post-race and one for sustainable wellness. Runners select the plan or plans that best fit their training needs, and receive an auto-populated cart featuring the corresponding meals curated by Freshly’s in-house nutritionist. Meals are...
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May 30, 2022
Canadian dad wins Buffalo Marathon while pushing his child in stroller
Canadian marathoner and dad from Waterdown, Ont., Lucas McAneney not only won Sunday’s Buffalo Marathon in Buffalo, N.Y. but did it with his two-year-old son Sutton along for the ride. McAneney pushed a stroller for the entire race in an attempt to break Calum Neff’s Guinness world record for the...
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May 26, 2022
66 runners started a 100-mile race in Maine. Only 19 finished
Early in the morning of May 14, a pack of 78 runners stood in the parking lot at Androscoggin Riverlands State Park in Turner. Twelve of those runners were preparing for a 20-mile loop as the first of five runners in relay teams competing that day. The other 66 runners...
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May 24, 2022
Adidas Unveils Revamped Portland HQ as Employees Return to the Office in a Hybrid Capacity
The Germany-based brand on Tuesday said it has completed a 220,000 square-foot expansion of its headquarters in Portland, Ore. The project, which began in 2018, includes an additional three buildings on campus, a new gym, cafes, parking space and a soccer pitch. In total, Adidas said it now offers 525,000...
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May 19, 2022
Belgian runner sets Backyard Ultra world best with 90 laps (600+ km)
Last weekend in Germany, ultrarunner Merijn Geerts of Wilsele, Belgium, set a new world best in the quirky backyard ultra format of 90 laps during the Backyard Masters, breaking Harvey Lewis’s record of 85 laps set at the 2021 Big Dog’s Backyard Ultra. Canadian Running
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May 18, 2022
Are water stations useless for 5Ks and 10Ks?
After participating in Toronto’s Sporting Life 10K a couple of weeks ago, I was curious to know how many of the top 50 runners grabbed water at 8 km. My friend who was working the water station told me zero–no takers. Obviously, races are required to have water stations, but...
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May 18, 2022
Why Running at Night Feels Harder
The new study, published in the European Journal of Applied Physiology, had 15 volunteers do a series of ten-minute treadmill walks in four conditions: with and without a 56-pound pack, and with and without a blindfold on. The treadmill was set at a comfortable pace of around 30 minutes per...
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May 17, 2022
Vancouver run specialty store to launch run NFTs
An independent run specialty retailer out of Vancouver is taking an unusual approach to reconnecting runners to the sport they love; it’s creating running NFTs (non-fungible tokens). Canadian Running Magazine
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May 17, 2022
On Hikes Guidance On Robust First Quarter
On, the Swiss running brand, raised its outlook for sales and earnings for the current year after reporting first-quarter results that easily topped Wall Street estimates. Net sales vaulted 67.9 percent in Q1 2022 and sales are now expected to grow at least 44 percent in 2022. SGBMedia
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May 14, 2022
Adidas & Other Companies Accused of $109 Million Worth of Wage Theft in Cambodia
Adidas is refuting claims that it stole millions of dollars worth of wages from garment workers. The Clean Clothes Campaign, an activist group that advocates for workers, said in a recent blog post that Adidas and other brands had collectively failed to pay Cambodian garment workers an estimated $109 million in wages...
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May 13, 2022
The Trail Ultra Project: Have Your Say in the Story of North American and British Off-Road Endurance Running
The off-road running communities of Britain and North America might be separated by thousands of miles, many time zones, and the great Atlantic Ocean, but they share a lot of common ground. The recently launched Trail Ultra Project aims to provide a comprehensive account of the rapidly growing sports of...
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May 11, 2022
Race Cancellations: The New Permanent Reality
For the majority of ultrarunning’s history in North America, race cancellations were the rare exception to the norm of races going on as scheduled. Yes, there were notable exceptions such as a fire year at the Western States 100, both fire and snow years at the Hardrock 100, and a...
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May 6, 2022
Adidas, Pummeled by China Lockdowns, Offers Weak Guidance
Adidas is the latest global retailer to report headwinds to its business due to lockdowns in China. The German athletic-wear brand on Friday reported that currency-adjusted sales in Q1 dropped by 3% to 5.3 billion euros ($5.58 billion). Net income dropped 38%, to 310 million euros ($327.8 million). Footwear News
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May 2, 2022
Endur Apparel rebrands to Outway following 3.2 million dollar investment
Canadian performance sock brand Endur Apparel has rebranded to Outway following a 3.2 million dollar investment. The investment was led by Andrew Wilkinson, the co-founder of Canadian holding company Tiny. Fashion United
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April 30, 2022
‘Nonbinary Runners Have Been Here the Whole Time’
In the past year, road races have debuted a nonbinary category, typically with around two dozen or fewer such competitors at each event. The nonbinary category in races has not drawn as much public controversy. Most nonbinary runners go unnoticed on race day, running alongside tens of thousands of other...