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May 2, 2022
Endur Apparel rebrands to Outway following 3.2 million dollar investment
Canadian performance sock brand Endur Apparel has rebranded to Outway following a 3.2 million dollar investment. The investment was led by Andrew Wilkinson, the co-founder of Canadian holding company Tiny. Fashion United
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May 2, 2022
Scientists say they have nailed down the ideal amount of sleep in middle and old age
New research has found that around seven hours of sleep is the ideal night's rest, with insufficient and excessive sleep associated with a reduced ability to pay attention, remember and learn new things, solve problems and make decisions. CNN
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May 2, 2022
Kiptoo, Rotich Set Course Records at 2022 UPMC Health Plan Pittsburgh Half Marathon
PITTSBURGH, PA (May 1, 2022)/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – Rainy conditions Sunday morning in the City of Champions did not slow down Kenyan runners Wesley Kiptoo and Caroline Rotich from breaking course records and taking home the first prize of $10,000 at the 2022 UPMC Health Plan Pittsburgh Half Marathon. In the...
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May 2, 2022
More than 15,000 Participated in “Family Day” at the 2022 DICK’S Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon Weekend of Events
PITTSBURGH, PA (April 30, 2022)/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – “Family Day” at the DICK’S Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon Weekend of Events featured more than 15,000 participants. MOVERS of all ages participated in four events, which included the UPMC Health Plan / UPMC Sports Medicine Pittsburgh 5K Run, Chick-fil-A Pittsburgh Kids Marathon, Sheetz...
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May 2, 2022
The Running Event Opens 2022 Call for Education
PORTLAND, Maine (May 2, 2022)/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – The Running Event (TRE), North America’s premier run specialty conference and trade show, is now accepting proposals for speaking opportunities in the 2022 educational program. The Running Event will be held November 29 through December 1 in Austin, TX. “Our goal for this year’s...
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May 2, 2022
Registration Now Open for the 2022 BMW Dallas Marathon Festival
(DALLAS)/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – On your mark. Get set. Go! Registration for the 2022 BMW Dallas Marathon Festival weekend is officially open. Marathon organizers are hoping to break attendance records by making this year’s race weekend a destination for athletes and families of all ages and experience. “The BMW Dallas Marathon...
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May 2, 2022
Former Tour de France winner Stephen Roche guilty of fraud
Roche has been ordered to repay $1.1 million after a Spanish court proved that he negligently bankrupted his Majorca firm, using its assets to pay for his own extravagant lifestyle. The civil court ruling determined that Roche used funds from his cycling tour company to pay for his own bills, as...
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May 2, 2022
Running USA Launches 2022 Global Runner Survey
(May 2, 2022) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - Running USA, the non-profit trade organization for the sport of running, has relaunched its popular runner sentiment survey for 2022. Running events and businesses serving the endurance space are encouraged to share the survey for the widest possible response. The 2022 survey edition will...
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May 2, 2022
Tennis Prodigy and Rising Triathlon Star Added to The Pho3nix Team Roster
/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - The Pho3nix Foundation is proud to announce the signing of triple Olympic medallist Jonathan Brownlee, world U14 #1 tennis player Flynn Thomas and rising long-course triathlete Imogen Simmonds to the Pho3nix Team. The three join an elite squad who embody the Pho3nix Foundation’s ideals. As a sport...
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May 2, 2022
Registration for the 2023 Ascension Seton Austin Marathon Officially Opens May 2
AUSTIN, Texas, May 2, 2022 /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ Registration for the 2023 Ascension Seton Austin Marathon® officially opens Monday, May 2nd. The 31st Annual Austin Marathon is scheduled to take place on Sunday, February 19, 2023, in Austin, Texas. The initial pricing structure is offered during Launch Week of May 2-9...
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May 1, 2022
ShowcasedSDCCU OC Marathon Returns in Epic Fashion
COSTA MESA, Calif., May 1, 2022 /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - One thousand ninety-five days is a long time to wait to throw a party, but that’s how long it had been since the SDCCU OC Marathon Running Festival had been staged in its 26.2-mile entirety. COVID protocols limited the race to a...
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May 1, 2022
Pallant-Browne Takes Emphatic Win and Steger Makes It Two in a Row at Challenge Riccione
/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - Near perfect conditions greeted over 1,200 athletes at Challenge Riccione on Italy’s Adriatic Coast today with Thomas Steger (AUT) successfully defending his title to make it two in a row in 3:37:40 and Emma Palant-Browne (GBR) taking a convincing win in 3:56:50. While Steger led out of...
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May 1, 2022
17,000 MOVERS Braved the Weather to Return to the Streets of Pittsburgh for Marathon Sunday
PITTSBURGH, PA (May 1, 2022)/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – At the 14th DICK’S Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon under rainy and sometimes downpour conditions on Sunday morning, more than 17,000 runners braved the weather to return to the in-person Pittsburgh Marathon. Runners have spent the past two years running virtually through the pandemic,...
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April 30, 2022
‘Nonbinary Runners Have Been Here the Whole Time’
In the past year, road races have debuted a nonbinary category, typically with around two dozen or fewer such competitors at each event. The nonbinary category in races has not drawn as much public controversy. Most nonbinary runners go unnoticed on race day, running alongside tens of thousands of other...
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April 29, 2022
GFNY Passista: mechanical watches for cyclists
New York City /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/- GFNY Global Endurance Sports Series launches an automatic watch made specifically for bike racing: the GFNY Passista Professional 300 in titanium, hardened with Diamond Like Carbon (DLC) and a Swiss movement with Incabloc shock resistance. The GFNY Passista 200 in steel is your daily all-rounder...
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April 28, 2022
EVENT INSIGHTS: How Covid-19 Has Created a New Kind of Audience for Events
Whether you are putting on an virtual or in person event, participants have been changed by the pandemic and are evaluating a new set of priorities when choosing their next race. Race directors need to embrace that future by adopting these essential best practices in today's changing landscape. MORE
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April 28, 2022
Are the US Olympic Marathon Trials Broken? Examining the Business Model of America’s Greatest Marathon
Brant Kotch did not want to host the US Olympic Marathon Trials in 2012. Kotch, an affable, mustachioed Texan, has served as the race director of the Houston Marathon since 2002. And as USATF searched for bidders in 2009 for the next Olympic Trials, Kotch had been the target of a...
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April 28, 2022
How Super Shoes are Upending Running’s Sponsorship Model
Last week’s Boston Marathon sparked yet another debate about shoe tech in professional running. This time, the question wasn’t whether super shoes were undermining cherished notions of competitive fairness, but whether pro runners are being forced to choose between getting the best possible sponsorship deal and maximizing their chances of...
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April 28, 2022
Arthritis Foundation Adds Arthritis Challenge Experience to the 2022 California Coast Classic Bicycle Tour, Presented by Amgen
LOS ANGELES - April 28, 2022/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – Organizers of the 2022 California Coast Classic Bicycle Tour + Arthritis Challenge Experience presented by Amgen, today announced that 70 spaces remain for its 8-day, 525-mile, in-person tour down the California Coast this September 10-17. May is Arthritis Awareness Month and Bike Month,...
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April 28, 2022
Two Additional Goalball Paralympians Elected to USABA Board
(COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – As the newly-certified national governing body for the Paralympic team sports of goalball and blind soccer, the United States Association of Blind Athletes (USABA) has announced the election of two additional athlete representatives to its Board of Directors. Paralympians Zach Buhler (Huntington, Ind.) and...
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April 28, 2022
Science in Sport set to disrupt the world of endurance fuelling with groundbreaking new scientific study
/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – Science in Sport’s Beta Fuel range is leading a revolution in endurance fuelling, having famously powered Chris Froome’s sensational 80km solo ride on Stage 19 of the 2018 Giro D’Italia - widely believed to be the elite athlete’s greatest ever feat on a bike. And now, Science...
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April 28, 2022
San Francisco Marathon Partners Up With Nella by FitBiomics
San Francisco, CA /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – The San Francisco Marathon is happy to announce a partnership with FitBiomics and their first product Nella, a performance probiotic geared specifically toward people with active lifestyles. “Gut bacteria play an important role in human health, such as supplying essential nutrients, synthesizing vitamin K,...
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April 28, 2022
USATF Engages RealResponse In Fight Against Abuse In Sport
April 28, 2022 Indianapolis, Ind. And Charlotte, NC /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – USA Track and Field (USATF) today announced it has engaged RealResponse, (@RealResponseHQ), the award-winning leading safe and secure feedback, monitoring and anonymous reporting platform for athletic teams and organizations, as their platform to track, monitor and proactively address issues encountered by...
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April 28, 2022
WSG will be the official partner of the European Running Business Conference 2022 in Stockholm
/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – ERBC is a biennial event arranged by European Athletics. It is one of six Area Associations of World Athletics, the sport’s global governing body which has 51 members and is headquartered in Lausanne. Link to the conference: https://erbc2022.european-athletics.com/ The conference attracts delegates from all over the world...
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April 28, 2022
Pacing to Perfection: FORM and Pho3nix Sub7Sub8 Partner to Break Barriers
Sydney, Australia 28 April 2022 /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - Today, Mana Global and the Pho3nix Foundation announce FORM as the official Swim Technology Partner of the Pho3nix Sub7 and Sub8 Project, Powered by Zwift. Set for June 5, 2022 at the Dekra Lausitzring racetrack in Germany, the Pho3nix Sub7 and Sub8...