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June 6, 2022
Serrieres, Zemanova win XTERRA Lake Garda
/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – Arthur Serrieres and Jindriska Zemanova captured the third annual XTERRA Italy - Lake Garda off-road triathlon elite titles in Toscolano-Maderno on Saturday, June 4, 2022, with winning times of 2:49:13 and 3:30:11, respectively. It's the 16th career XTERRA World Tour win for Serrieres (FRA) and the second for...
June 6, 2022
The nation’s biggest AR returns
/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – The nation’s largest adventure race returned this weekend, with a sold-out field of five hundred athletes take part. The seventh edition of the Rib Mountain Adventure Challenge, which includes three-, eight-, and eighteen-hour divisions, drew participants from fourteen states, ranging in age from seven to sixty-nine. While the...
June 6, 2022
Evan Perperis Completes First-Ever OCR Everest Challenge on Tough Mudder Course
BOSTON, Mass. (June 6, 2022)/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – Tough Mudder, the global leader in obstacle course adventures, today announced that Obstacle Course Racing (OCR) endurance athlete Evan Perperis has become the first person to complete the Everest Challenge on an obstacle course. Perperis completed the challenge on Tough Mudder’s New England course...
June 6, 2022
Eric Lagerstrom and Jackie Hering Claim Victories at 2022 Escape from Alcatraz™ Triathlon
SAN FRANCISCO /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ On Sunday, June 5, the foggy San Francisco Bay provided a challenging setting for the nearly 2,000 athletes who took the plunge into the 57.3-degree water to compete in the 41st Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon. Bend, Oregon resident Eric Lagerstrom and Cottage Grove, Wisconsin resident Jackie...
June 5, 2022
Runner sent the wrong way at Stockholm Marathon, still wins race
The leaders of Saturday’s Stockholm Marathon were in confusion and disbelief after being sent the wrong way for an extra kilometre. Felix Kirwa, Tesfaye Lencho Anbesa, and Merhawi Keste were pointed in the wrong direction by race officials around the 30 km mark of the marathon. Canadian Running
June 5, 2022
Heineken 0.0 Rock ‘n Roll Running Series San Diego Welcomes Back 22,000 Registered Participants to The Ultimate Foot Tour of America’s Finest City
SAN DIEGO, Calif. (June 5, 2022)/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – The 24th edition of the Heineken 0.0 Rock ‘n’ Roll® Running Series San Diego returned to its traditional June race date this weekend, taking place only seven months after hosting the 2021 event which was rescheduled due to the pandemic. This year the Original Rock...
June 5, 2022
Sofia Gomez Villafane and Ivar Slik Power Through Mud and Rain to Become the 200-mile Champions of the 2022 Garmin UNBOUND Gravel Presented by Craft Sportswear
EMPORIA, Kan., (June 5, 2022)/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – With 4,000 riders across all distances, Life Time’s (NYSE: LTH) Garmin UNBOUND Gravel presented by Craft Sportswear returned to Emporia, Kansas this weekend as riders took on the relentless Flint Hill gravel. Cyclists ranging in age from 10 to 89 representing all 50 states and...
June 5, 2022
History Made In The Pho3nix Sub7 Sub8 Challenge
/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – The Pho3nix Sub7 Sub8 Challenge aimed to encourage and inspire greater participation in sport among children all around the world History was made in the Pho3nix Sub7 Sub8 Challenge when Kristian Blummenfelt became the first male to go under 7 hours and Kat Matthews became the first female...
June 5, 2022
Thousands of Runners Cross the Finish Line in the Inaugural Bank of America Chicago 13.1
CHICAGO/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – Beneath an overcast sky and under nearly ideal race conditions, thousands of runners gathered on Chicago’s West Side to run the inaugural Bank of America Chicago 13.1. Starting and finishing in Garfield Park, runners toured Humboldt and Douglass Parks while traversing the neighborhoods that line the city’s historic...
June 3, 2022
Family of 6-year-old who ran Flying Pig tells their story on big screen with documentary
They have done the same thing for most of their other kids, some of whom also ran a marathon at that age. It was only after the explosion in media coverage and online backlash did Ben Crawford decide to turn it into a movie. Local 12
