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June 3, 2020
Banned track coach Salazar gets court date for doping appeal
Banned track and field coach Alberto Salazar will try to overturn his four-year suspension at sport’s highest court in November. The Court of Arbitration for Sport said Tuesday it will hear appeals from Salazar and endocrinologist Jeffrey Brown between Nov. 8-16. Read more on Associated Press.
June 3, 2020
The 2020 Monterey Bay Half Marathon is Now a Virtual Event
CARMEL, CA – Monterey Bay Half Marathon organizers announced Wednesday that the 2020 race, originally scheduled for Saturday November 14th, will now be a virtual event. The Big Sur Marathon Foundation’s governance board made this difficult decision to cancel the in-person road races as they continued to monitor updates on...
June 3, 2020
35th Annual Big Sur Marathon, Originally Postponed, Has Been Cancelled Due to COVID-19
CARMEL, CA – The 2020 Big Sur International Marathon, originally rescheduled from its late April date to November 15th, has been cancelled. The Big Sur Marathon Foundation’s governance board made this difficult decision as they continued to monitor updates from county, state, federal, and international public safety and health agencies...
June 3, 2020
Swedish group tests 27 helmets to determine the safest for cyclists
Swedish insurance company Folksam oversaw a test of 27 popular helmets for safety. Four of the top-ranked helmets are available for consumers in the United States. Read more on VeloNews.
June 3, 2020
BASF Triathlon-Cup Rhein-Neckar 2020 goes virtual on June 7 – Hawaii winner Anne Haug, Florian Angert and Julian Erhardt at the start
Ladenburg, June 3 - Who wouldn't even want to test their strength against the world champion Anne Haug or the winners of the BASF Triathlon Cup Rhein-Neckar (TCRN), Florian Angert and Julian Erhardt? This will be possible with the virtual TCRN races in 2020. Although the traditional events "on site"...
June 3, 2020
iFit Celebrates #GlobalRunningDay with Streaming Training Programs for 5K and 10K Distances
(LOGAN, Utah, June 3, 2020) — iFit, the leader in at-home connected fitness, celebrates Global Running Day on June 3 with streaming progressive training programs for 5K and 10K distances. With races postponed to fall, runners are faced with a new challenge: training in dangerous summer heat and humidity. iFit’s...
June 3, 2020
Gourdy’s Pumpkin Run Partners with Girls On The Run
NEW YORK - Gourdy’s Pumpkin Run, the popular and award-winning fall race, has teamed up with Girls on the Run, a nationally recognized Charlotte, NC based nonprofit that uses running and physical activity as a platform for teaching young girls essential life skills. The partnership will last throughout the 2020...
June 2, 2020
Dick’s online growth accelerates In Q1, in-store regaining momentum
Dick’s Sporting Goods joined most other retailers in reporting a steep loss in the first quarter due to the coronavirus pandemic. Online growth, however, accelerated with a boost from curbside pickup, and in-store sales are showing a nice recovery as stores reopen. Find out what their earnings were at SGBMedia.
June 2, 2020
Nike is keeping kids and parents moving with its first-ever NTC app program for children
The sportswear giant announced that it has developed six new workouts aimed specifically at children, which will be available via its free Nike Training Club app. Find out who is teaching the class and what it entails on Footwear News.
June 2, 2020
New Study Shows Uplifting Power of Running in a World of Lockdown, Reveals ASICS
ASICS surveyed more than 14,000 regular exercisers across 12 countries and found that more than a third (36% globally) of them are more active now than they were before the COVID-19 pandemic began – despite most sports being brought to a standstill by social distancing measures. Read more study results here.
June 2, 2020
Alabama Cycling Classic to Reschedule Criteriums in 2021
Anniston, Ala. (June 2, 2020) - Event organizers and City of Anniston officials have confirmed that this year’s Alabama Cycling Classic, and Noble Street Festival, have been cancelled due to continuing challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Originally set for April 18-19, the Alabama Cycling Classic had been postponed while...
June 2, 2020
Greyp Bikes Officially Launches in US; Tech-Forward E-MTB’s Now Available
San Pedro, California (June 2, 2020) — Croatian upstart e-bike brand Greyp Bikes (pr: grape) is incredibly proud to have officially launched its US operations on May 28th. The award-winning, flagship G6 electric-assist mountain bike line – featuring an unprecedented combination of app integration, connectivity and on-board data – is...
June 2, 2020
Tour Des Stations Unveiled A New Partnership With Rouvy – Share The Cycling Emotion Anywhere Anytime
Today, the Tour des Stations, part of Marmotte Series, announced a multi-year partnership with ROUVY, an industry leader in virtual cycling. As the Official Virtual Training Partner, ROUVY will offer up to 11 main climbs of the Tour des Stations on its platform, providing athletes from around the world a virtual...
June 2, 2020
Cotopaxi Produces Essential PPE Masks
Salt Lake City, UT. June 2, 2020 -- Cotopaxi, Benefit Corporation and outdoors brand, has stepped up to support COVID-19 relief in not only its home state of Utah but also globally, by pivoting to create and provide essential PPE face masks. On the heels of the Governor of Utah’s...
June 2, 2020
5km of Pure Fun: Challenge Women Virtual Run powered by GARMIN – 4/5 July 2020
Each July, 2,000 women of all ages and nationalities line up for the 5km Challenge Women run in the lead up to the world’s largest long distance triathlon, DATEV Challenge Roth in Bavaria, Germany. This year, while the event can no longer take place in Roth due to COVID-19, that’s not stopping event organisers, fiedler concepts...
June 2, 2020
More than 3 Million Athletes from Over 100 Countries Registered for Spartan’s Virtual Obstacle Course Race with World OCR
BOSTON, Mass. – Spartan, the world’s leading endurance and extreme wellness brand, succeeded in hosting its biggest event yet in collaboration with World OCR – with more than 40,000 athletes posting results in 24 hours cross the virtual finish lines in more than 100 countries during “Project Unbreakable: The World’s...
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
A directory of brands and retailers that have spoken out against racism
in light of recent events, including the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery, Gear Patrol has put out a growing list of brands and retailers who have spoken out against systemic racism and their public statements.
June 1, 2020
Identical twins compared a vegan diet with meat-eating in 12 week experiment
The Turner twins have climbed a mountain and trekked to the most inaccessible points on every continent, all in the name of research, charitable causes, and exploration. For their latest adventure, brothers Hugo and Ross Turner trekked into even more fraught territory — comparing the effects of a vegan diet to an omnivorous...
June 1, 2020
Bikes have won big in pandemic equipment sales
Gear sales have gone topsy-turvy since the crisis began, with some sectors up and others disastrously down. But through it all, bikes have soared. Read more on SNEWS.
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...