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September 1, 2025
BMW Berlin-Marathon to allow open-ear headphones for first time
Taking place on September 21, 2025, the BMW Berlin-Marathon is allowing participants to wear open-ear headphones for the first time in the event’s history. The decision marks a change to a decades-long restriction on runners listening to music during the marathon. With event organiser SCC Events now approving open ear headphones, the...
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August 31, 2025
Beet juice secretly helps older adults lower blood pressure in just two weeks
The blood pressure lowering effect of nitrate-rich beetroot juice in older people may be due to specific changes in their oral microbiome, according to the largest study of its kind. Researchers at the University of Exeter conducted the study, published in the journal Free Radical Biology and Medicine, comparing responses between...
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August 29, 2025
Peloton Must Face Investor Lawsuit as It Pivots to Wellness
During COVID, Peloton couldn’t make bikes fast enough. By 2021, demand sputtered and warehouses swelled with unsold equipment and now those woes are at the center of a revived shareholder lawsuit. On Wednesday, a federal appeals panel in Manhattan reversed in part a lower court’s dismissal, saying investors can move...
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August 29, 2025
EXEC: Accell Group Ending All Bicycle Manufacturing in the Netherlands
Accell Group, parent of the Haibike, Winora, Ghost, Batavus, Koga, Lapierre, Raleigh, Sparta, Babboe, and Carqon bike brands, will close its Heerenveen factory, ending all production in the Netherlands and resulting in the loss of about 160 jobs. The company will shift production to Hungary, and the factory there will...
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August 29, 2025
A Colorado-based Brand Makes Highly Rated Recovery Tools — and It’s Putting Forth Shoes as Another
Tools in a runner’s recovery arsenal may include a foam roller, compression boots or a massage gun. Roll Recovery — a Boulder, Colo.-based company that makes those very items, as well as an analog massage contraption that looks something like an elaborate bench vise — is making the case that...
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August 28, 2025
Ethiopian Runners Wear Wrong Bibs, Confuse Everyone In $50,000 Race
On Thursday evening in Zurich, Ethiopia’s Aleshign Baweke was announced as the Diamond League 3,000-meter champion and winner of $50,000. The woman who won in Zurich on Thursday is actually another Ethiopian named Fantaye Belayneh. LETSRUN.com
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August 28, 2025
Another Huge Raid: Bikes Worth $260,000 Stolen from Team TotalEnergies
Team TotalEnergies was the latest victim of a flurry of high-profile, high-value bike robberies. Such news is becoming an ugly trend in the peak of this race season. Visma-Lease a Bike was hit by a huge raid only this weekend. Eighteen of the team’s Cervelos were stolen in Italy after...
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August 27, 2025
How much prize money does a Vuelta a España winner receive compared to those in the Tour de France and Giro d’Italia?
Bunch sprints, summit finishes and a GC battle that is already starting to sizzle, the Vuelta a España has so far treated fans to thrills and spills aplenty. Much as they love riding bikes, every rider present has earned their spot the hard way, living an austere lifestyle and facing down the risks...
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August 27, 2025
USA Triathlon to Issue Full Refunds for Athletes Affected by 2025 Sprint and Paratriathlon Nationals Cancellation
USA Triathlon today announced that all athletes registered for the 2025 USA Triathlon Sprint National Championships and Paratriathlon National Championships will receive a full refund of their registration fees, following the cancellation of the event on Aug. 10 due to an unprecedented weather event that impacted the City of Milwaukee and surrounding communities. Affected...
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August 27, 2025
Strava gives a peek into mid-year Year In Sport trends
Strava, the app for active people, has released some mid-year findings from its annual Year in Sport Trend Report, revealing how users are tracking and training to reach their 2025 goals, and what’s keeping them motivated. With five months still to go in 2025, Strava notes that 41% of its subscribers...
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