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August 6, 2025
Saucony Posts Sharp Jump in Q2 Sales for Wolverine WorldWide; Merrell Up 9.0 Percent
Wolverine World Wide, Inc., owner of the Merrell, Saucony, Chaco, Sweaty Betty, Hush Puppies, Wolverine, Bates, Hytest, and Stride Rite brands, and licensee of the Cat and Harley-Davidson brands for footwear, reported revenues for the 2025 second quarter increased 11.5 percent to $474.2 million for the three-month period ended June...
July 30, 2025
Grant Fisher wants his Grand Slam Track money: “Tomorrow would be the last day before I think people get pretty upset.”
Thursday is the first day of the 2025 USATF Outdoor Championships at Hayward Field, a day that will conclude with Grant Fisher attempting to win a second consecutive national title in the men’s 10,000-meter final. Thursday is also July 31 — which is the day by which Grand Slam Track has committed...
July 29, 2025
The Inaugural ‘$1 Backyard Ultra’ Marathon In NYC Made History. It Is Also A Challenge Only For Sickos
The first-ever ‘last man standing’ $1 Backyard Ultra in NYC was held last weekend in Manhattan and it made history along the way. The concept is: run a lap within an hour and then do it again the next hour, and so on until there is only one person left...
July 28, 2025
HOKA Outperforms Q1 Expectations
Deckers Brands delivered a strong start to fiscal 2026, with first-quarter revenue climbing 17% to $965 million as both HOKA and UGG exceeded expectations. The footwear giant’s earnings per share got a 24% boost to $0.93, demonstrating the ongoing strength of its premium brand portfolio despite an uncertain retail landscape. HOKA...
July 28, 2025
Runner killed at ultra-trail race in Romania
The Romanian ultra-trail community is shaken after a runner died during Saturday’s Bucovina Ultra Rocks race in Suceava county. A violent, unexpected thunderstorm struck the region, and a 50-year-old male from Bucharest who was participating in the 88K event was killed by a falling tree. Canadian Trail Running
July 25, 2025
Grand Slam Track Took Pride In Being Transparent. But Was It?
Grand Slam Track, commissioned by multi-time Olympic gold medalist Johnson, marketed itself on head-to-head competitions divided into event groups and boasted unprecedented prize pots for athletes. Each “Slam” event group winner was set to receive $100,000 at each meet, with competitors behind them also receiving significant earnings. Johnson first announced...
July 22, 2025
On’s campaign, Soft Wins, spotlights softness as a strategy for runners
Fronted by On athlete and four-time world champion Hellen Obiri, the latest chapter of On’s campaign, Soft Wins, spotlights softness as a strategy for resilience, recovery, and going the distance – alongside the launch of the new Cloudsurfer Max shoe. ENDURANCE.BIZ
July 17, 2025
Boliden mine to host world’s deepest marathon at 1,120m
The world’s deepest marathon will take part this October in an unprecedentedly challenging environment: 1,120 metres below sea level in one of Europe’s deepest mines. The event, set inside Boliden’s Garpenberg zinc mine in Sweden, will see 60 amateur runners from around the world gather underground with the aim of...
July 15, 2025
New Lazarus Lake book goes deep on the Barkley Marathons and Big’s Backyard Ultra
In the early 2000s, when writer Jared Beasley of New York City discovered his neighbour in apartment 244B was a grizzled veteran ultrarunner with a mysterious past, he had no idea it would change his life. The Pirate (as he refers to him, since he wouldn’t divulge his full name) didn’t just...
July 15, 2025
An 80-year-old man ran a 135-mile ultramarathon through Death Valley. Here’s what it took.
When 80-year-old Bob Becker crossed the finish line 135 miles from his starting point in the scorching Death Valley, he made history as the oldest runner to complete the Badwater 135. The ultramarathon, nicknamed the "world's toughest race," takes runners through a desert in southwestern California in the middle of...