EVENT NEWS
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September 19, 2023
Endangered fish endangers Malibu Triathlon
This year's Malibu Triathlon appeared bound for cancellation Tuesday due to a combination of a flooded underpass, an endangered fish and concerns about proper public notification about a change in the race route. But the Malibu Planning Commission on Monday may have doomed the event by rejecting a needed permit....
September 7, 2023
How to Know When to DNF
When an athlete stands on the start line of a race, there are always feelings of possibility, opportunity, and nerves, no matter the distance. The hours of training and preparation that go into making it to the start line are an endurance event on their own. On average, it costs...
September 5, 2023
Mexico Marathon disqualifies 11,000 of their 30,000 runners after finding THOUSANDS cheated, including using cars and public transport mid-race, by investigating their electronic trackers
Organisers of the Mexico Marathon have reportedly disqualified 11,000 runners after electronic trackers revealed the participants had not completed the full course. Over 30,000 runners participated at the 40th anniversary edition of the race in Mexico City on August 27. Mexico Marathon organisers were forced to investigate anonymous complaints from participants...
August 24, 2023
ÖTILLÖ splashes out in USA with acquisition of Ödyssey Swimrun Series
Swimrun AG, the Swiss-based owner of ÖTILLÖ, The Swimrun World Championship, and the ÖTILLÖ Swimrun World Series, has acquired a majority stake in Swimrun USA, a leading organizer of swimrun races in the US and the company behind the Ödyssey Swimrun Series. All Ödyssey Swimrun races will become part of...
August 23, 2023
New York City Marathon changes pregnancy deferral policy – but it requires athletes to pay to defer
New York Road Runners (NYRR) – organisers of the New York City Marathon – updated the organisation’s pregnancy and postpartum cancellation policy in an attempt to become a ‘more diverse, equitable, inclusive, and socially responsible organisation’. It means that the New York City Marathon is now the fifth World Marathon Major to allow women...
August 21, 2023
How This 52-Year-Old Crushed His First Ultra, One of the Hardest Races in the World
Ken Rideout had never slept in a tent, run with a backpack, or been in a race longer than 26.2 miles — but when the 52-year-old heard about the grueling Gobi March ultramarathon, something told him he could win it. Not only did Rideout win the Gobi March at 52, taking...
August 20, 2023
Two men die in Ironman Cork competition in Ireland
Two men died during the swimming portion of an Ironman event in Ireland on Sunday, local authorities said. Irish broadcaster RTE said the two men, one in his mid-60s and one in his mid-40s, died in separate incidents during the 1.9 kilometer (1.2 mile) swimming portion of the competition. espn
August 16, 2023
A Vulnerable, Inside Look at What It Takes to Run the Cocodona 250
The Arizona-based race has only been around since 2020, but already it’s developed a reputation for requiring top-notch physical and mental fortitude to complete. Runners depart from Black Canyon City and wind their way through, up, and over central and northern Arizona’s famously challenging terrain to Flagstaff. Over the 250-mile...
August 9, 2023
The Dangerous Promise of the Pro-Doping “Enhanced Games”
Why would we want something like the Enhanced Games? When I spoke with Brett Fraser, a former Olympic swimmer for the Cayman Islands who serves as the organization’s “Chief Athletes Officer,” he told me that the idea was to “create a better environment for athletes to perform in.” In practice,...
August 7, 2023
Watch This Barkley Marathons Doc, and Thank Your Lucky Stars You Aren’t Competing
Dubbed “the race that eats its young,” the world-famously grueling event is hosted by eccentrically cheerful sadist Gary Cantrell, aka Lazarus Lake. Covering 100 miles of frigid Tennessee mountain country, the race is part trail run, part scavenger hunt, part extreme test of mental and physical fortitude. Racers navigate via...
