BUSINESS NEWS
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January 31, 2024
International run travel experts Marathon Tours & Travel acquires Kangaroo Island Marathon
January 31, 2024/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – Kangaroo Island lies 14km off the mainland of South Australia, a short 90-minute drive from the city of Adelaide. Kangaroo Island was recently named one of the top ten travel destinations in the world by Lonely Planet and the New York Times. One third of the island...
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January 31, 2024
Doping-approved “Enhanced Games” receives millions in financial backing
The man behind the doping-enthused Enhanced Games, Aron D’Souza, has revealed he received millions of dollars in financial backing for his entrepreneurial idea a year and a half before his first planned Games in the summer of 2025. In an interview with Sifted magazine, D’Souza revealed that he has teamed up with...
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January 31, 2024
CLASH Endurance Miami to Host First Event of new 2024 PTO Tour
/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - Today, CLASH Endurance and PTO, (Professional Triathletes Organization), announces their collaboration for the 2024 event season at CLASH Endurance Miami weekend taking place at the Homestead-Miami Speedway in Florida, March 9-10. In addition to a variety of CLASH Endurance race offerings scheduled during the festival-style weekend, PTO...
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January 31, 2024
Raleigh, North Carolina, Endurance Sport Nutrition Researcher and clinician Dr, Mikki Williden joins SFuels
/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – SFuels proudly welcomes the appointment of Dr. Mikki Williden as Director of Nutrition, solidifying the company's dedication to popularizing the RIGHT FUEL RIGHT TIME® approach in mainstream sports nutrition. In collaboration with the SFuels team, Dr. Williden will contribute to the ongoing delivery of high-quality products and...
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January 30, 2024
PTO Announces Blockbuster Eight-Stop 2024 Calendar. Relaunching As The T100 Triathlon World Tour
London, UK/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - The Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) and World Triathlon have announced today a significant relaunch of the PTO Tour, with 40 of the world’s highest ranked athletes competing in an expanded 2024 calendar that will feature eight races and will be known as the T100 Triathlon World...
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January 30, 2024
Gympass Hits 2.6M Subscribers as Corporate Wellness Demand Grows
Gympass reached a staggering 2.6 million subscribers in the month of January, when many consumers typically turn towards wellness and fitness initiatives, and over 400 million cumulative employee check-ins across its partner network. The corporate wellness platform also reports that it grew its customer base to over 15,000 in 2023,...
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January 30, 2024
Filippo Pozzato to Ride Gran Fondo Asheville p/b Applewood Manor
(Gettysburg, PA – January 30, 2024) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - Gran Fondo National Series today announced that former professional cyclist Filippo “Pippo” Pozzato will ride the 2024 Gran Fondo Asheville and participate in VIP Experiences at Applewood Manor during the weekend of July 14-16, 2024. Winner of Milan-San Remo, stages of...
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January 30, 2024
BibRave Drives Surge in Registrations for the Allianz Partners Richmond Marathon
Richmond, VA /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – BibRave, the leading-edge endurance and fitness marketing agency, recently partnered with event organizer Sports Backers to drive hundreds of registrations for the Allianz Partners Richmond Marathon. BibRave's expertise in influencer marketing and management proved instrumental in boosting registration numbers for the Allianz Partners Richmond Marathon, also...
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January 29, 2024
The IRONMAN Group Names Scott Derue as Chief Executive Officer
TAMPA, Fla. (Jan. 29, 2024) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - The IRONMAN Group has announced today the appointment of Scott DeRue as its Chief Executive Officer. DeRue joins The IRONMAN Group from Equinox where he served as President. DeRue will join The IRONMAN Group’s Board of Directors. DeRue’s career has been dedicated...
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January 29, 2024
ShowcasedEndurance Sportswire Executive Interview Series – Michael Bleau, CEO of EventHub
Sponsorship dollars are crucial for race organizations, offering vital funding and enhancing the event experience. Exhibitors play a key role in both bolstering financial support and enriching participant experiences through their offerings. Our latest interview is with Michael Bleau, the CEO of EventHub, a leading race expo software platform. Could...
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January 29, 2024
Ironman taps Equinox president as new CEO in effort to woo more type-A executives
Ironman Group said Monday that it has hired the president of the high-end gym chain Equinox, Scott DeRue, to be its next chief executive as the endurance sports event organizer navigates a drop in race participation a decade after its peak. DeRue, who joined Equinox in 2021 to help the...
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January 29, 2024
Athletes fight — and win — over $1 million bicycle dispute
Mountain View triathlete Jimmy Dworkin puts himself through the paces. “I’ve been doing triathlons since 1995,” he said. But lately, he’s endured an unexpected obstacle course: a marathon battle over his custom bike. To compete in Spain in September, Jimmy paid a company he’d previously used, called TriBike Transport, $824...
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January 26, 2024
Canyon Coureur Cycling Announces San Diego Based Scalar Wheels as Premier Wheel Partner For 2024
San Diego, CA - January 26, 2024 /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - Canyon Coureur Cycling presented by The Feed, San Diego's premier cycling team with over 300 members is proud to announce Scalar Wheels as its premier wheel partner in 2024. Scalar Wheels, also based in San Diego, launched in early 2023...
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January 25, 2024
RaceTimes Magazine launches RaceTimes Dash Email Column
St. Louis MO/ ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - RaceTimes Magazine proudly announces that Hilary JM Topper joined us as a columnist for our new email column, RaceTimes Dash. This new column will launch the first week of February 2024 and be emailed to more than 760,000 subscribers: endurance sport enthusiasts, runners, cyclists,...
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January 25, 2024
Can Arnold Schwarzenegger Build the Ultimate Fitness App?
Arnold Schwarzenegger has done it all: former professional bodybuilder, actor, businessman, politician. Now 76, The Terminator is focused on his wellness media company, Arnold’s Pump Club, and a new fitness app. Dubbed “The Pump,” the app opened as a soft launch to its 5,000 founding members last April, quickly amassing...
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January 25, 2024
RunSignup Releases Beta of Next Gen Membership Product
Moorestown, NJ - January 25, 2024 /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – RunSignup, the leading registration and technology provider for races in the U.S, has released the beta version of their next generation Membership system to select customers. Memberships builds on the popular Clubs offering used by hundreds of running, cycling and triathlon clubs...
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January 25, 2024
Almost Heaven Adventure Race Unveils Transition from Adventure Enablers to Adventure Source
Davis, West Virginia /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – Almost Heaven Adventure Race is thrilled to announce its transition to a new management company – moving from Adventure Enablers to Adventure Source Racing. This strategic change represents an exciting new chapter in the history of the race, promising a future filled with innovation, excitement,...
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January 24, 2024
Virtual & Online Fitness Market To Top $250B as Demand Rises
The burgeoning global virtual and online fitness market is anticipated to reach a staggering $256.97 billion by 2032, a substantial increase from its 2022 valuation of $15.82 billion, according to recent findings by The Brainy Insights, a market research firm. Even better — the market is fertile ground for fitness...
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January 24, 2024
2024 PTO Tour Heads To Fabulous Lake Las Vegas
London, UK /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - The Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) has announced the 2024 PTO Tour will be going to Lake Las Vegas in Henderson, Nevada, with the creation of the inaugural PTO Lake Las Vegas Open on 19-20 October, 2024. Taking place around the picturesque Lake Las Vegas on the...
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January 24, 2024
How Much Does It Cost To Be A Competitive Trail Runner?
In so many ways, elite trail runners are extremely fortunate folks. They spend a lot of their time on a sport we all love. They compete in bucket-list events on breathtakingly beautiful routes. Occasionally, the rest of us get to peek behind the curtain at the highs and lows of...
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January 24, 2024
Adam Swansen Joins Big River Race Management
ST. LOUIS (January 24, 2024)/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – Adam Swansen, a timing industry veteran with more than a decade of experience, has joined Big River Race Management as their Senior Director of Timing of Scoring. Adam joined the company’s office in St. Louis in September 2023. “We could not be more excited to...
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January 24, 2024
BibRave and CAMA Bag Team Up to Redefine Brand Presence in Endurance Events
Chicago, IL /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ –BibRave, the leading-edge endurance and fitness marketing agency, partnered in 2023 with CAMA, the brand known for its elite odor-absorbing, moisture-wicking bag constructed with athletes and fitness enthusiasts in mind, to elevate brand integrations and partnerships at endurance events in ways that go outside of the booth....
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January 23, 2024
Electric Bike Market Value Projected at $62B
The global electric bike market is currently valued at $49.1 billion. With a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.9%, the market is projected to reach $62.3 billion by 2023–2030, predicts Persistence Market Research. The increasing awareness of environmental sustainability, government incentives and advancements in battery technology are driving market expansion. RV...
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January 23, 2024
ShowcasedPublix Florida Marathon Weekend Hosts Intellectual Impaired Division for All Races
/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - Smooth Running, LLC, the producer of the Publix Florida Marathon Weekend and other leading Central Florida triathlons, distance running races and professional surfing tournaments is proud to partner with the Chris Nikic 1% Better Foundation to feature an Intellectually Impaired (I. I.) division in each of its...
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January 22, 2024
MyFitnessPal Appoints New CEO, Collabs With Kate Hudson
MyFitnessPal has named Mike Fisher as its new CEO, a move that comes after the global nutrition and food tracking app recently announced a new partnership with Kate Hudson. Fisher, who has previously served at Etsy, Quigo, AKF Partners and PayPal, succeeds Dinesh Lathi, who will remain involved with MyFitnessPal...