PRESS RELEASES
Browse the latest press releases from companies serving the running, cycling and triathlon industries. You’ll find news regarding new hires, promotions, products, partnerships, mergers, acquisitions, special announcements, and more.
June 2, 2020
DMSE Sports Unveils New Cross-Country Virtual Event Aimed at Fitness and Philanthropy
Boston - Registration is open for Medford2Medford, a virtual team running event powered by DMSE Sports, that strives to bring fellow runners together while they’re apart, and to help raise some much-needed funds for charities. The M2M is modeled after Dave McGillivray’s 1978 run from Medford, OR, to Medford, MA....
June 2, 2020
PWR Lab Launches ‘Distributed Racing’ Services for Innovative Event Directors
Santa Cruz, CA (June 2, 2020) – PWR Lab, an innovative running analytics company leveraging training data from wearables to help runners avoid injuries, announces today the official launch of a full suite of Distributed Racing services. While the COVID-19 pandemic continues to shake up sporting and mass-start events, PWR...
June 2, 2020
Co2uT Announces Salsa Cycles as Title Sponsor
FRUITA, CO — Desert Gravel is proud to announce Salsa Cycles as the title sponsor of Co2uT gravel race for 2020 and 2021. The inaugural event (scheduled for October 10th, 2020) travels around and across the Colorado-Utah borderlands and is officially open to all for registration. “Our event aligns perfectly...
June 2, 2020
Registration for The Trans-Texas Virtual Run—A Race as Big as Texas—Is Open
Houston, Texas (June 2, 2020) – Trail Racing Over Texas (TROT), the largest trail racing company in Texas, announces the launch of a new event today: The Trans-Texas Virtual Run. This event is as large as the State of Texas and with all the swagger. Individuals and relay teams will...
June 2, 2020
Encouraged by a real astronaut, ReSport helps 32 nations “Row to the Moon”
Realtime Experience Sport (ReSport), a platform for advanced virtual races and challenges, mapping, registration, results, and race tracking systems, successfully implemented a "Row to the Moon" virtual challenge over the past ten days in partnership with British Rowing, Rowing Australia, Rowing Canada Aviron, and Rowing New Zealand. Thirty-two nations took...
June 1, 2020
Next Evolution of IRONMAN Virtual Racing Unveiled with Launch of The Championship Series, Providing Athletes Multi-Week Competition with IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship Slots on The Line
TAMPA, Fla. (June 1, 2020) — IRONMAN today announced the formation of the IRONMAN® Virtual Racing™ (VR™) Championship Series, a four-week long regulated age-group competition designed to reward top-performing athletes. In a structured and competitive virtual environment, an athlete’s overall standing will be based upon their top three performances in...
June 1, 2020
SweatWorks acquires wodRocket
Arlington, VA. - SweatWorks, the digital agency that created Conquest Events™, has completed the acquisition of wodRocket - a leading functional fitness event platform. “wodRocket was one of the first digital platforms in functional fitness and took the lead in innovating several features. We are excited to welcome wodRocket events...
June 1, 2020
Chevron Houston Marathon Launches Global Running Day Virtual Challenge
Global Running Day, a day that brings the entire world together through the celebration of running, is set for Wednesday, June 3, 2020. This year, social gatherings for Global Running Day events may be paused but people will be uniting virtually in a global effort to continue to encourage physical...
May 31, 2020
Emma Pallant (GBR) and Sam Long (USA) Take Titles in Battle of Champions During IRONMAN VR9 Pro Challenge Weekend
TAMPA, Fla. (May 31, 2020) – The ninth edition of the IRONMAN® VR™ Pro Challenge featured a battle of champions with the professional women and professional men winners of the IRONMAN VR1-VR4 Pro Challenges, along with one featured guest each day, going head-to-head-to-head-to-head over two days of racing on the...
May 29, 2020
USA Triathlon Announces Rescheduled 2020 Collegiate Club and High School, Duathlon National Championships
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — USA Triathlon today announced the dates and locations for its rescheduled 2020 Collegiate Club & High School National Championships and 2020 Duathlon National Championships, both of which were initially set for this spring but were postponed due to the COVID-pandemic. Both events are now scheduled for...