LATEST RUNNING AND MARATHON NEWS
March 31, 2023
Brooks to Invest $10 Million in New Initiative to Empower Young Runners
On Friday, the Seattle-based performance brand unveiled “Future Run,” a new program aimed at teaching young people the benefits of running. The new initiative is an evolution of the brand’s current community impact work and aims to reach one million young runners in the U.S. with a $10 million investment...
March 30, 2023
What You Do (and Don’t) Need in a Running Shoe
Humans have run for hundreds of thousands of years, most without the benefit of cushy, brightly colored footwear. But take a stroll around a sporting goods store or scroll through a running website, and you’ll find a dizzying array of options. Some promise speed, others comfort and injury reduction —...
March 27, 2023
Bank of America signs on as new Boston Marathon sponsor
The Boston Marathon has agreed to a 10-year sponsorship deal with Bank of America that organizers hope will allow the world’s oldest and most prestigious annual 26.2-mile road race to grow over the next decade while maintaining its historic character. Financial terms of the deal announced Monday were not disclosed....
March 24, 2023
Life Isn’t Fair. He Didn’t Want This Race to Be, Either.
Gary Cantrell, the mastermind behind the Barkley Marathons, is in a race of his own: against time. The convoy of minivans and U-Hauls eased down a narrow, winding two-lane street in northeastern Tennessee. It passed circles of razor wire, a prison and a cemetery to reach its destination: a race...
March 21, 2023
Nike Q3 Earnings Beat Expectations, Wholesale Revenue Up 18%
Nike reported better-than-expected results for the third quarter — despite recent inventory excesses and challenges in China. The athletic giant reported Q3 revenues of $12.4 billion, up 14% from the same time last year and ahead of expectations from analysts surveyed by Yahoo. Net income was $1.2 billion, down 11%...
March 21, 2023
On’s Revenues Surge 92 Percent In Fourth Quarter
On Holding AG significantly decreased its loss in the fourth quarter ended December 31 as sales vaulted 91.9 percent. For the current year, the Swiss running brand predicts sales will grow 39 percent. On finished the 2022 financial year on a high note and with a further record net sales...
March 14, 2023
2023 Barkley Marathons have kicked off, Damian Hall debuts
Laz Lake blew the conch at 8:54 a.m. on Tuesday, signifying that the 2023 Barkley Marathons would start in one hour. The race in Frozen Head State Park, near Wartburg, Tenn., is considered one of the world’s hardest ultras, in which a small field of runners are given 60 hours...
March 8, 2023
Milk Aims to Sponsor Every Woman Running a Marathon This Year
A powerful, experiential initiative, 26.2 is not only a commitment to sponsor this year's female marathon runners but an effort to generate awareness for the many gender inequalities in sport. As part of the campaign, Milk is launching the Every Women Sponsored Fund in a continued partnership with Girls on...
March 8, 2023
Study of marathoners shows running not linked to knee or hip arthritis
It's a widely held belief that running puts wear and tear on the legs, leading to arthritis down the road. But a new study from the University of California, San Francisco looked at more than 3,800 marathoners and found running itself was not linked to the development of knee or...
March 7, 2023
What running does to the knees, according to a large survey of marathon runners
The new research surveyed 3,804 recreational runners who participated in the Chicago Marathon in 2019 or 2021 with questions from how many years they’d been running and their average running paces to whether they had family histories of arthritis. It's widely believed, even among doctors, that using the joints more...