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September 29, 2021

Study: women’s hearts respond differently to marathon training than men’s

A recent study looking at the differences between male and female marathoners found that women’s hearts actually respond differently than men’s after training for a marathon. Researchers found that women who have completed multiple marathons do not have reduced left ventricle function or aortic stiffness compared to male marathoners or female recreationally...

September 29, 2021

Amazon Makes Major Fitness Push

Amazon is making its move into personal fitness, launching a workout class platform and nutrition planning service tied to its Halo wearables. The new services were announced on Tuesday, along with a diverse lineup of new products, including its new wearable device, the Halo View. FOS

September 29, 2021

Why Exercise Is More Important Than Weight Loss for a Longer Life

For better health and a longer life span, exercise is more important than weight loss, especially if you are overweight or obese, according to an interesting new review of the relationships between fitness, weight, heart health and longevity. The study, which analyzed the results of hundreds of previous studies of weight loss...

September 28, 2021

Mike’s Bikes Partners With Giant Bicycle

Mike’s Bikes, the largest specialty bike retailer in the Western U.S., with 12 current retail locations and a national online presence, has signed with Giant Bicycles USA as a new full-line brand partner. SGB Media

September 27, 2021

NordicTrack-owner iFIT targets valuation of nearly $7 bln in U.S. IPO

IFIT Health & Fitness Inc, owner of the NordicTrack fitness brand, is looking to raise as much as $646.15 million through a U.S. initial public offering, valuing the company at $6.61 billion, according to a regulatory filing on Monday. Reuters

September 27, 2021

Illinois runner wins marathon after bicyclist mistakenly takes race leaders off course

An Illinois man unexpectedly won the Quad Cities Marathon this weekend when the two runners who had far outpaced him were disqualified after being diverted off the course by a race volunteer bicyclist. AP

September 27, 2021

Sea Otter Europe draws to a close with 45,000 visitors

The fifth edition of the Sea Otter Europe Costa Brava-Girona Bike Show closed its doors yesterday, exceeding the organisers’ best forecasts with around 45,000 visitors. Larger spaces, together with distancing between exhibitors and pre-booked tickets for visitors, helped keep capacity limitations in the expo zone and race areas ‘under control’,...

September 27, 2021

Specialized buys McLain Cycle & Fitness, other purchases rumored

After 44 years in business, Bob and Kris McLain have sold McLain Cycle & Fitness to Specialized Bicycle Components. Specialized has not confirmed the purchase and has declined to comment on this or other recent retail acquisitions. But industry sources tell BRAIN the company has purchased, or is close to...

September 26, 2021

Study: do ultra-endurance events harm your long-term health?

Ultras rarely result in serious acute health problems, but research shows they may have a negative impact over time. Canadian Running

September 24, 2021

Boston Marathon to test travellers with mixed COVID vaccine doses

A Canadian-based marathoner who requested anonymity has been informed by the B.A.A. that runners arriving at the Boston Marathon expo next month must provide proof that they have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, or be tested onsite. Runners who received doses from different vaccine brands (which a significant number of...

September 23, 2021

Nike Misses Q1 Revenue Estimates, Shares Fall

Overall, the athletic giant on Thursday reported growth, with revenues for the quarter at $12.2 billion, up 16% year over year. However, this fell short of estimates of $12.46 billion in revenues from a survey of analysts. Net income was $1.9 billion, up 23% year over year, with diluted earnings per...

September 23, 2021

Colnago Becomes First Cycling Manufacturer To Adopt Digital Product Passport Powered By Blockchain

Beginning with the bike that will be raced by 2020 and 2021 Tour de France champion, Tadej Pogačar this coming Sunday at the 2021 UCI Road Racing World Championship in Belgium, Colnago will integrate blockchain technology into its new bicycles. As the first manufacturer to link its physical products to a virtual, distributed...

September 23, 2021

Lululemon becomes official outfitter for Team Canada in new eight-year deal

The Canadian Olympic Committee has signed a new deal with lululemon, as the Vancouver-based apparel brand best known for its stretchy pants has become the official outfitter for Team Canada’s Olympic and Paralympic teams. National Post

September 23, 2021

Why aren’t more big bike firms tracking their environmental impact?

Trek, one of the world’s biggest bicycle brands, recently released its sustainability report for 2021. Remarkably, this appears to be the first time a major bike company has published such a document. While some other manufacturers make broad sustainability pledges or tout their success in reducing packaging waste, Trek’s report...

September 22, 2021

They Can Get You Disqualified, But are Thicker Shoes Faster?

The recent disqualification of the Derara Hurisa from the Vienna marathon was the first high-profile disqualification of an athlete for a violation of the new footwear rules from World Athletics on the roads. Hurisa’s shoe, the Adidas Adizero Prime X, had all the ingredients of a super shoe, including better...

September 22, 2021

Asma Jan, Kanza Malik making history for Pakistani women at world championships

Asma Jan and Kanza Malik made history at the world championships. The two riders became the first women from Pakistan to compete at an international cycling event when they took on the women’s individual time trial Monday. They are part of a four-rider team, along with two men, that is competing in...

September 22, 2021

Strava Testing ‘Mute Activity’ Option to Reduce Feed Spam

Strava is testing a new feature to some 50% of their user base that allows people to mute an activity of their feed when publishing. The idea being that many of us might have more trivial workouts or even commutes that we want on Strava for historical/challenge/segments sake, but don’t...

September 22, 2021

UCI announces gravel series and official world championships

The UCI has announced the creation of an officially sanctioned gravel series and world championships adding a tenth discipline to the international federation's events. The federation has partnered with Belgian event organiser Golazo to create a UCI Gravel World Series of mass-participation races which will serve as qualifying events for the new UCI...

September 21, 2021

10 of the Worst Training Tips You Hear in Running

There are lots of ways to find your running potential. This article points out 10 tips, with each of them usually starting at a place of well-meaning associations, and sometimes ending at a place of actively unhelpful misinformation. Women's Running

September 21, 2021

How Nike Became the Most Marketable Athletic Brand, According to SportsPro

The Swoosh earned the top spot for the second year in a row, beating out Adidas and Emirates, which placed second and third, respectively. For this year’s ranking, the company analyzed postings from more than 30,000 organizations and athletes for the period of August 15, 2020 to August 15, 2021....

September 21, 2021

Rowing start-up Hydrow scores fresh financing from Lizzo, Justin Timberlake, as at-home fitness competition heats up

Hydrow, the maker of a connected rowing machine, said Tuesday it has secured nearly $200 million in financing after its latest funding round with celebrity backers including Lizzo and Justin Timberlake. Founder and Chief Executive Bruce Smith said a portion of the funding will be used to make sure it...

September 20, 2021

Peloton Expanding Into Hotels, Health Clubs

The fitness leader is leveraging April’s $420 million acquisition of Precor — which supplies workout machines to hotels, health clubs, and universities — to get hotel guests and others to sample its offerings. FOS

September 18, 2021

Tokyo Marathon postponed, 2022 race canceled due to COVID-19

The Tokyo Marathon has been postponed until March, and the 2022 edition canceled due to the COVID-19 state of emergency in Japan's capital. The race had been set for Oct. 17 but has now been moved to March 6, according to the Tokyo Marathon Foundation website. ESPN

September 18, 2021

Chris Anker Sørensen killed in crash while cycling at world championships

Retired pro rider and television pundit Chris Anker Sørensen has been killed after being struck by a van driver while cycling in Belgium. Sørensen was attending the world championships to work for Danish television channel TV2 Sport at the time of the incident on Saturday. VeloNews

September 16, 2021

Ironman Hints World Championships Could Be Moved From Kona

Ironman CEO Andrew Messick suggested today that the Ironman World Championship—which throughout its 40-year history has always been staged in Kona, Hawaii—could be moved, saying that the company is considering all possibilities. Triathlete