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April 21, 2022
Run Show Chicago aligns with American Cancer Society DetermiNation Team to make your miles more meaningful
/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – Run Show Chicago, part of the Run Show USA series of events, has aligned with the American Cancer Society DetermiNation Team at its upcoming two-day event to help promote the work DetermiNation does to help save lives, celebrate lives, and lead the fight for a world without cancer....
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April 21, 2022
Atlanta Track Club Appoints Two to Leadership Team
ATLANTA – April 21, 2022/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – Atlanta Track Club added two new members to its leadership team today when it announced the promotion of two veteran Club employees. Jennie Coakley will serve as the Club’s Director of Events overseeing a portfolio of more than 25 road races, marathons, and cross...
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April 21, 2022
Racecheck and eventrac Ramp Up Reviews
/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – The exciting growth of the Racecheck review platform continues, with this latest announcement of an API integration with eventrac - the first partnership of its kind for the industry. Connecting a Racecheck account with eventrac will enable users to benefit from eventrac’s inbuilt email service to schedule...
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April 21, 2022
Spartan to Hold 2022 World Championship in Abu Dhabi
BOSTON, MASS. (April 21, 2022)/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – Spartan, the world’s leading endurance sports and extreme wellness brand, announced today that the 2022 Spartan World Championship will return to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, where the best obstacle course racing athletes on the globe will take on a challenging new course,...
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April 21, 2022
Ashworth Awards Marks 40 Years of Producing the Boston Marathon™ Finisher Medals
/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – The 126th Boston Marathon™ marked the 40th year anniversary of Ashworth Awards’ creation of the race’s finisher medals. Since the first year medals were awarded in 1983, Ashworth Awards has been heavily involved with the marathon. What started with 300 medals for the first 300 finishers in...
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April 21, 2022
Publix Battleship 12K registration now open
SPANISH FORT, AL /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - Registration is now open for the 2022 Publix Battleship 12K. The event, which happens annually around Veterans’ Day weekend, began in 2015 to pay tribute to those who defend our freedom and may not have received the heroes’ welcome those returning from WWII did....
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April 20, 2022
TrainingPeaks Announces Three New Partnerships with National Governing Bodies
Louisville, Colo., April 20, 2022/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – TrainingPeaks, a global leader in providing smart and effective digital training solutions for athletes and coaches, announced partnerships with Cycling Canada, the Singapore Cycling Federation and Danish Athletics. TrainingPeaks is now partnered with 30 National Governing Bodies (NGBs) around the world, including long-standing agreements...
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April 20, 2022
Course Record Comes Down to Milliseconds in 2022 Carmel Half Marathon Event
CARMEL, Ind. (April 20, 2022)/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – Race organizers for the 2022 Carmel Marathon Weekend have concluded the Carmel Half Marathon Presented by Drewry Simmons Vornehm course record was broken by just 15 milliseconds on Saturday, April 9. Raymond Magut finished the 13.1-mile race with a gun time of 1:04:22.735...
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April 20, 2022
Strength Running Celebrates 5 Million Podcast Downloads
DENVER, CO (April 19, 2022) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - Strength Running is excited to announce that it has achieved a key milestone: the Strength Running Podcast has been downloaded more than 5 million times. “The growth of the podcast is thanks to our listeners, who keep showing up every week for...
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April 19, 2022
Pikes Peak APEX Announces Partnership with Aravaipa Running
Colorado Springs, CO, April 19, 2022/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – Sports Strategies announces a partnership between Pikes Peak APEX and Aravaipa Running that will expand the 4-day event to include running in 2022. Aravaipa Running will join with The APEX to invite runners to choose from three distance options – all starting and...
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April 19, 2022
Trifecta Named Official Meal Delivery Service of Spartan U.S.
BOSTON, MASS. (April 19, 2022) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – Spartan, the world's leading endurance sports and extreme wellness brand, today announced a three-year partnership with Trifecta to be the Official Meal Delivery Service of Spartan U.S. through the 2024 race season. To celebrate the newly minted partnership, Trifecta and Spartan are...
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April 18, 2022
There’s New Data on How Your Arm Swing Affects Running
You can’t run fast without using your arms—or can you? Scientists have had a hard time agreeing on exactly why we swing our arms, and whether there are specific ways we can use our arms to speed ourselves up. The latest addition to a century’s worth of often conflicting research...
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April 18, 2022
ShowcasediFIT Trainer Tommy Rivers Puzey To Lead iFIT Race Series Filmed Live During 2022 Boston Marathon
LOGAN, UT (April 18, 2022)— iFIT, a global leader in connected fitness software, content and equipment, today announced that iFIT Trainer and elite runner Tommy Rivers “Rivs” Puzey will lead the iFIT Race Series during the 2022 Boston Marathon on Monday, April 18. iFIT will film the race live as...
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April 15, 2022
Amy Scheuneman Named P3R’s Youth Programming Director
PITTSBURGH (April 15, 2022) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - P3R announced today that Amy Scheuneman has been named the organization’s youth programming director, effective June 1. Scheuneman brings more than 20 years’ experience in sports and youth program management to the P3R team. For the past two years, she has served as...
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April 14, 2022
The Unnecessary Fallout from Shelby Houlihan’s Doping Ban
The Bowerman Track Club failed its own athletes by not being transparent about its relationship with the suspended star. Outside
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April 14, 2022
As Running Sales Continue to Sprint Ahead, REI Is Making a Bigger Play for the Category
The retailer said on Thursday that it is continuing to invest in a multi-year strategy that builds upon recent category growth. According to REI Co-op, customer demand for running and fitness products has doubled since the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the retailer aims to meet this demand by broadening...
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April 14, 2022
It doesn’t take a lot of exercise to fight depression, study says
The meta-analysis, published Wednesday in the journal JAMA Psychiatry, looked at 15 studies involving over 190,000 people to determine how much exercise was needed to reduce depression. Adults who did activities equivalent to 1.25 hours of brisk walking per week had an 18% lower risk of depression compared with those who...
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April 14, 2022
Dates Announced for 2023 National Senior Games in Pittsburgh
/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ The National Senior Games Association (NSGA) has released the dates for the 2023 National Senior Games presented by Humana, scheduled for Pittsburgh. The massive, multi-sport championship event for adults 50 and older will be held in the City of Champions July 7-18, 2023. The Games will be hosted...
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April 14, 2022
Battleship 12K Announces Publix as Official Title Sponsor
SPANISH FORT, AL. /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – FRESHJUNKIE Racing and the Battleship 12K are proud to announce that Publix will be the new Title Sponsor of the 7th annual Battleship 12K in Spanish Fort, AL. The Veterans’ Day celebration began in 2015 to pay tribute to those who defend our freedom...
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April 14, 2022
Around the Crown 10K presented by Truist Laces Up with Darby Communications
Charlotte, NC -- April 14, 2022/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – Around the Crown 10K presented by Truist, a Charlotte, NC running race with year-round activities focused on building community, celebrating diversity, and implementing sustainability in every facet of their event productions, has retained Asheville, NC-based Darby Communications as its PR agency of record....
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April 14, 2022
ShowcasedOlympic Medalist Molly Seidel Chooses 100% Performance Eyewear
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – April 14, 2022 - /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ 100%®, the San Diego-based sport performance company, has announced the signing of elite runner, Molly Seidel — who will now race and train in eyewear from 100% 's Sport Performance and Active Performance collections. “Molly is a tenacious, strategic and...
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April 14, 2022
CTS Adds 3 New Coaches to Expanding Coaching Staff
(Colorado Springs, April 14, 2022) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – CTS, a pioneer in the endurance coaching and camps industry, today announced three new additions to their staff of 50+ professional coaches. Addison Smith, Kerry Bonar, and Izzy Forrest are available to take new athletes immediately. CTS Founder and Head Coach, Chris...
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April 13, 2022
New Balance Continues to Expand in Boston With an Innovative Multisport Facility
Today, the athletic giant revealed The Track at New Balance, which is located across from its global headquarters at Boston Landing. The company described the new building as a place where Team New Balance, as well as professional and community athletes, will train and compete year-round. Yahoo Life
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April 13, 2022
North Shore Striders Reunion Planned for 2022 Grandma’s Marathon Weekend
(DULUTH, MINN.)/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – A running club that showed vision and persistence in the humble beginnings of what is now one of the largest road races in the United States will again be together for a Duluth reunion during the 2022 Grandma’s Marathon weekend. The North Shore Striders will be...
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April 13, 2022
Saucony® Unveils Reimagined Stopwatch Apparel Collection
WALTHAM, MA (April 13, 2022)/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – Today, global performance running lifestyle brand Saucony unveiled the reimagined, all-new Stopwatch Apparel Collection, made from 100 percent recycled polyester and featuring best-in-class wicking and drying technologies to keep runners comfortable in all seasons. An assortment of essential performance running tops, the Stopwatch Collection...