LATEST RUNNING AND MARATHON NEWS
June 4, 2024
Investigation: Lab Tests Confirm Spring Energy Misrepresents Carbs and Calories, 7 Other Brands Have Accurate Labels
Spring Energy’s Awesome Sauce gel was a product that seemed too good to be true. A staple in many ultrarunners’ nutrition plans, it promised to deliver high carbohydrates and calories in a small package of easy-to-digest applesauce-like gel. The 180-calorie gel offered nearly double that of its competition with 45 grams...
June 4, 2024
Boston Marathon qualifying standards to remain the same for 2025 and 2026
The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) announced that they will not raise the entry standards for the 2025 and 2026 Boston Marathons. According to the B.A.A., the qualifying standards across all age brackets will remain the same as they were for the 2024 Boston Marathon. However, achieving a qualifying standard does not...
May 30, 2024
Ultrarunning Growth in the U.S. Through a Geographic Lens
Ultrarunning and trail running have experienced explosive growth over the past several decades. In the United States alone, this proliferation has attracted new audiences and people from every corner of the country and beyond. This pattern is reflected globally as well. iRunFar
May 29, 2024
What drugs are ultrarunners using?
Recently, some of the most renowned ultras in the world, UTMB and Western States 100, have implemented new drug testing regimes, in a renewed committment to preserving integrity in ultrarunning. But what is the prevalence of drug usage among ultrarunners, and what, exactly, are these runners using? A study recently published in Medicine...
May 23, 2024
Slow running is on the rise… but what’s the appeal?
In modern life it can often feel like everything is a race. Racing to get a promotion in work, meet a partner, buy a house. And yet amid the rat race that is modern life a quiet revolution is taking place: slow running. When people think about running they might...
May 22, 2024
Ultra runners face risk of kidney damage, finds study
And a recent study carried out in France and published in Physiological Reports reveals that ultra-trail runners face an elevated risk of acute kidney injury (AKI), particularly during the first half of a race. The study, lead by Jean‐Charles Vauthier of the Département de Médecine Générale, Faculté de Médecine in Nancy,...
May 14, 2024
EXEC: On Holding Shares Hit 52-Week Highs as Q1 Results, DTC Gains Please the Street
On Holding AG pushed first quarter net sales past the half billion Swiss francs (CHF) mark for any quarter in its relatively short history, and did so with nearly 30 percent growth for the period ended March 31. The strong Q1 results made Wall Street forget about the tumultuous day...
May 13, 2024
Rich Running Fan Pays Boston Marathon Winner After Organizers Still Haven’t
Buzunesh Deba was named the official winner in 2016 after Rita Jeptoo was disqualified for doping. But the Boston Athletic Association has held up paying her the $100,000 she’s due—$75,000 for winning and $25,000 for setting a course record—because it’s been unable to recover the money from Jeptoo. The Wall Street Journal wrote about Deba’s...
May 10, 2024
Asics Delivers Q1 Wholesale Growth in North America, Bolstered By Speciality Run Channel
Asics North America got a lift in wholesale sales during the first quarter of 2024. And U.S. sales in the specialty run channel were a large part of that. The Japan-based athletic brand‘s sales in the United States, Canada and Mexico all saw double-digit growth in the quarter compared to the prior...
May 10, 2024
She’s the First Woman to Finish the Barkley Marathons—Ever. Here’s How She Did It.
The Barkley Marathons is not a race in the traditional sense. It’s a war of attrition where participants, at times, work together more than they want to beat each other to the finish line. Completing five 20-ish mile laps under the 60-hour time limit is the goal—the order of the finishers is...