LATEST RUNNING AND MARATHON NEWS
March 8, 2022
Working Together to Save the Penguins and Raise Awareness
BOSTON, MA – March 8, 2022 /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - Recently, on unseasonably mild days, Marathon Tours & Travel held the 21 and 22 running of the Antarctica Marathon® and Half-Marathon, which has taken place on King George Island since its inception in 1995. Back then, runners dealt with brutal conditions,...
March 8, 2022
NOVA Timing Enters into Agreement to Transition Major Event Timing Clients to DelMoPRO
/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - In an important step for its continued growth, DelMoPRO has entered into an agreement with NOVA Timing Systems to transition NOVA’s long standing major event timing clients to DelMoPRO’s fast growing major event production and timing business. Ed Hartwell, NOVA’s CEO, will remain involved with the DelMoPRO team...
March 7, 2022
Publix named Title Partner for Rock ‘n’ Roll Running Series Clearwater Scheduled to take place October 1-2, 2022
TAMPA, Fla. (March 7, 2022) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - The Rock ‘n’ Roll® Running Series announced today that Publix Super Markets, Inc., the largest employee-owned grocery retailer in the country, will serve as the title partner for the inaugural Publix Rock ‘n’ Roll Running Series Clearwater scheduled to take place on Oct. 1-2,...
March 7, 2022
New UPMC Health Plan Pittsburgh BACK Half Marathon Celebrates Outstanding Charity Runners with Red Carpet Experience
PITTSBURGH, PA (March 7, 2022)/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - This year P3R is unrolling the red carpet and celebrating outstanding charity runners with the new UPMC Health Plan Pittsburgh BACK Half Marathon. Limited to the first 500 runners who fundraise $1,500 or more for charity, the new race will start in Shadyside...
March 7, 2022
3,200 Runners Take On Baptist Health 305 Half Marathon & 5K produced by Life Time March 5
MIAMI, Fla., Mar. 6, 2022/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - More than 3,200 runners hit the pavement today at the Baptist Health 305 Half Marathon and “305K”, owned and produced by Life Time. As a fast follow to the Miami Marathon, which is also produced by Life Time, the 305 Half offers runners the...
March 7, 2022
World’s Most Accomplished Mountain Athlete Kilian Jornet Joins Team COROS
Irvine, CA, March 7, 2022/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - COROS Wearables Inc., makers of innovative performance GPS watches is introducing Mountain Running and Ski Mountaineering World Champion Kilian Jornet and World Champion Mountain Runner Emelie Forsberg as its newest Pro Athlete Ambassadors. This partnership is yet another sign of the COROS brand’s commitment...
March 7, 2022
Pic2Go Partnered with The Ventura Marathon to deliver Race Day Photos and Rich Finisher Galleries!
/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - The fast and scenic Ventura Marathon returned this year, offering a point-to-point marathon (and half marathon) with the perfect amount of downhill starting in Ojai and ending in Ventura. This year the organizers have partnered with Pic2Go to enhance the participants’ experience with auto-delivered free race day...
March 6, 2022
Two Kenyan marathoners suspended for doping
The two prominent Kenyan marathoners have been suspended from competition. The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has banned Paul Lonyangata for 19 months for use of the drug Furosemide, and Edward Kiprop Kibet has been banned for three years for nandrolone. Running Magazine
March 4, 2022
Supreme Court reimposes death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber
The Supreme Court on Friday reimposed the death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, reversing a federal appeals court ruling that had voided it. By a vote of 6-3, the court rejected defense claims that the judge at Tsarnaev’s 2015 trial improperly restricted the questioning of prospective jurors and was wrong...
March 4, 2022
Shamrock Run Portland Returns for 44th year
PORTLAND, Ore. – March 4, 2022 /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - For those who love lacing up their running shoes and pounding the pavement, imagine Beantown minus the Boston Marathon. Think of the Big Apple missing the New York City Marathon. For two years, that’s what it’s been like for the Portland...
