Fitness
March 3, 2021
How Exercise Enhances Aging Brains
Sedentary, older adults who took aerobic dance classes twice a week showed improvements in brain areas critical for memory and thinking. The New York Times
February 10, 2021
Tim Cook Pivots to Fitness
Apple’s CEO wants to make health and wellness the company’s greatest legacy. Outside
February 8, 2021
GYMS Act To Provide $30 Billion Recovery Fund For The Fitness Industry Introduced In Congress
The act would establish a program to help distressed health club operators and would allow them to recoup as much as 45$ of 2019 revenue to replace revenue lost in 2020 due to COVID-19. Club Industry
January 19, 2021
How Covid-19 Has Permanently Changed the Fitness Industry
Virtual classes and mental health options were turbocharged by the pandemic. Gym chain executives expect that to continue. Bloomberg
January 14, 2021
The Best Fitness Tech of CES 2021
The fitness cupboard was hardly bare at this week's virtual Consumer Electronics Show, which showcased not only some excellent at-home fitness tech, but also promising releases for shaping up outside. Here are some eye-catching trends and items with the potential to have a big impact on your fitness ambitions in...
December 22, 2020
Will the Home Fitness Boom Stretch Beyond the Pandemic?
What will be the new “normal” for fitness? Are people are going to rush back to crowded gyms? With the surge in sales of home fitness equipment and the popularity of home and gym workouts, it looks like people have adapted to new fitness and workout habits. Front Office Sports
December 2, 2018
Record-breaking $11.2 million raised for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital® at 17th annual St. Jude Memphis Marathon® Weekend
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - In its biggest year yet, St. Jude Memphis Marathon® Weekend presented by Juice Plus+® raised a record $11.2 million for kids at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®. This year, 26,000 participants and 40,000 spectators from across the country and around the world gathered to take part in...
July 26, 2018
New race courses unveiled for 2018 St. Jude Memphis Marathon® Weekend
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – July 26, 2018 – St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital® announced new courses for all race distances in the 2018 St. Jude Memphis Marathon® Weekend presented by Juice Plus+®. The races will take place Saturday, Dec. 1, highlighting some of Memphis’ most well-known landmarks. This year’s event weekend will...
October 22, 2019
Brazos Bend 100, Site of the 2019 USATF 100 Mile Trail National Championship Race, Sells Out in Record Time
Houston, Texas – Trail Racing Over Texas, organizer of the Brazos Bend 100 Trail Race, announces today that the signature event has sold out every distance. Brazos Bend 100 is the largest ultramarathon event in Texas and the site for the 2019 USATF 100 Mile Trail National Championship. “I am...
October 1, 2019
TriDot Integrates Garmin Health Data into Triathlon Training Optimization
TriDot recently launched its integration with Garmin Health to incorporate athlete health data such as detailed daily stress, sleep, and heart rate data into its optimization algorithms. For the past decade and a half, TriDot has been using big data, advanced analytics, and artificial intelligence to optimize triathlon training programs...
August 26, 2019
National Black Marathoners Association forms partnership with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Today St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital® and the National Black Marathoners Association (NBMA) announced a new partnership to benefit the hospital’s lifesaving mission: Finding cures. Saving children.® Partnerships like the NBMA raise awareness and funds for the hospital to help ensure families never receive a bill from...
July 17, 2019
TriDot Selected as Training Software for Texas Tech and Toronto Triathlon Club
The Toronto Triathlon Club, Ontario’s largest tri club composed of over 500 members, and the Tech Triathlon Club, a multi-sport organization at Texas Tech University, have selected TriDot as their official training provider. The Toronto Triathlon Club is a not-for-profit organization bringing together and developing a community of adult multisport...
May 28, 2019
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital supporters, runners gear up for the 2019 St. Jude Rock ‘n’ Roll Seattle Marathon & ½ Marathon
Memphis, Tenn.(May 28, 2019) – On June 8-9, tens of thousands of people will gather in the Emerald City for the 2019 St. Jude Rock 'n' Roll Seattle Marathon & 1/2 Marathon as they aim to raise $300,000 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®. Among the anticipated 15,000 participants in...
April 29, 2019
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital supporters unite in Music City for St. Jude Rock ‘n’ Roll Nashville Marathon & 1/2 Marathon, NFL Draft
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (April 29, 2019) – Over the weekend hundreds of thousands of supporters gathered in the Music City for the 2019 St. Jude Rock ‘n’ Roll Nashville Marathon & 1/2 Marathon, which raised $2 million toward the mission of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®: Finding cures. Saving children.® Among...
February 28, 2019
St. Jude, Life Time to Host Nationwide Ride for a Reason on Saturday, March 9
CHANHASSEN, Minn., Feb. 28, 2019 – The fourth annual Ride for a Reason will take place on Saturday, March 9 in more than 115 Life Time destinations across the country. The four-hour cycling relay, open to both members and nonmembers of Life Time, will benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®...