EVENT NEWS
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November 8, 2025
Lance Armstrong pays for Sir Bradley Wiggins’s stay at top U.S. trauma clinic
Sir Bradley Wiggins says he has checked into one of the U.S.’s leading trauma rehabilitation clinics, with none other than Lance Armstrong picking up the bill. The 2012 Tour de France champion told the Daily Mail (I know, sorry) he will receive treatment at a facility in Utah, arranged and...
October 31, 2025
Popular Bay Area ultramarathon abruptly canceled
Ultramarathoners preparing to run 30 miles up and around Mount Tamalpais soon got a shock Friday when they learned that the event was cancelled due to the government shutdown. Many park service employees were put on furlough. The run included events at a range of lengths that runners typically spend...
October 30, 2025
Eurobike’s future in doubt as two key partners pull out of world’s biggest cycling trade show
Two of Germany’s most influential cycling industry bodies have pulled out of Eurobike, signalling waning confidence in what was once the world’s leading cycling trade show. The two groups – which represent most of the German cycling industry – had presented a 10-point plan aimed at strengthening Eurobike’s importance to...
October 29, 2025
New York City Marathon 2025: A Guide to Brand Events for the Week
The 53rd edition of the 42-kilometer New York Marathon starts from the Island and ends in Central Park, Manhattan after passing through Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx. The 2025 New York City Marathon is almost upon us, but the brand activations have already begun. Many of the major players will go all-out...
October 29, 2025
Digging deep: Marathoners go over a kilometre underground to set world records
A field of 55 runners from 18 countries have just ventured where no marathoners have gone before – 1,120 metres below the Earth’s surface – to complete the World’s Deepest Marathon inside Boliden’s Garpenberg zinc mine in Sweden. And they set two new Guinness World Records in the process in an event...
October 28, 2025
Niagara Falls Marathon disqualifies winners after leading them the wrong way
The 2025 Niagara Falls International Marathon race weekend turned into what one participant called “an absolute nightmare”–and judging by reactions from other runners, they’re not alone in that assessment. On Sunday, the top three runners in both the 10K and half-marathon races unknowingly followed the lead cyclist in the wrong...
October 28, 2025
Running out of ‘cool days’ — how climate change is affecting marathons
Apart from causing wide-ranging adverse repercussions, climate change is also affecting sports by rapidly shrinking the window of "cool days" that allow marathon runners to achieve their best performances, posing an increasing challenge for athletes and organisers of the world's premier long-distance races. THEW NEWS
October 28, 2025
You’ve heard of the Backyard Ultra – now meet the Hourglass
Mad Hatters’ John Yelland, who came up with the concept, basically put a Backyard Ultra in a blender with a beep test and produced something he describes as ‘the world’s first Frontyard Marathon’. Although the thought of running faster as the race progresses is perturbing, there’s a significant positive. RUNNER'S WORLD
October 23, 2025
Banned French sprint champion joins Enhanced Games
After serving two doping bans for as many years, former French sprinter Mouhamadou Fallhas found an event that welcomes him back to the track with open arms. On Thursday, the doping-encouraged Enhanced Games announced that Fall is officially the first French athlete to join the start-up, and will compete in the...
October 23, 2025
Australian ultrarunner wins Big’s Backyard Ultra after 114 hours of running
After more than 750 kilometres and 114 hours of running, the world record holder in the backyard ultrarunning format, Australia’s Phil Gore, was crowned the winner of the Big’s Backyard Ultra World Championship on Thursday morning. Canadian Running Magazine
