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March 26, 2020
A Guide for Switching Your Event to a Virtual Race
COVID-19 is spreading, forcing event organizers around the world to take measures to protect their communities. Whether or not the virus has affected your area yet, you’re probably at least planning for what you will do if it becomes unsafe to hold your race on its scheduled date. While postponement...
March 25, 2020
Running USA Releases Latest U.S. Running Trends Report
DETROIT (March 25, 2020) – The number of runners registering for organized races in the U.S. was down slightly in 2019, continuing a six-year gradual drawback of mass participation in recreational road racing. According to Running USA data analysis, the industry peaked in 2013, when 19 million runners crossed the...
March 19, 2020
Professional Triathletes Organisation Pays Athletes $2,500,000 In Response To COVID-19
LONDON, ENGLAND. The Professional Triathletes Organisation today announced its response to COVID-19 by increasing its Year-End Annual Bonus Programme from $2,000,000 to $2,500,000 and paying it all immediately based on the PTO World Rankings. The $500,000 increase would go to men and women athletes ranked 21-50, who previously would have...
March 16, 2020
We can now estimate the effect of blood doping
Russian women got slower after the Athlete Biological Passport was introduced in 2012. Anti-doping officials think they know why. An analysis of Russian female distance runners before and after the implementation of a new anti-doping technique reveals a starkly incriminating pattern, and provides a back-of-the-envelope estimate of how big of a...
March 9, 2020
Tips for Raising More Money for Race Charity Partners
One of the most rewarding parts of race organizing is selecting a charity partner to fundraise for. Your race may have just one charity partner or it may allow participants to fundraise for the charity of their choice. Regardless, you want to make sure that your race raises as the...
March 5, 2020
2020 TBI Industry Confidence Study
Triathlon Business International (TBI), the industry organisation dedicated to promoting the sport and the business of triathlon, has today announced the results of its sixth annual Industry Confidence Study. Via an extensive survey and analysis process, conducted by independent firm MultiSport Research, there are nine main data points that form...
March 4, 2020
Can short bouts of running lengthen lives?
A systematic review and meta-analysis in the British Journal of Sports Medicine of 14 observational studies has considered whether running — and what “dose” of running — affects the risk for death from any cause, and from cardiovascular health problems or cancer. The researchers looked at pooled data from just over 230,000 participants who were...
March 2, 2020
Sorry, hard core athletes, those electrolytes don’t help as much as you may think
Ultramarathoners and other endurance runners take note: You can't rely on electrolyte sports drinks and supplements to keep essential salt levels in balance and prevent illness during and after these grueling races, according to a new study. Read all about the study on CNN.com.
February 26, 2020
BodyBio Study Reveals Two Key Consumer Groups in Supplement Industry
Millville, New Jersey (February 26, 2020)–BodyBio, the leader in fatty acid research for the last 20 years, has identified two key groups of supplement consumers: treaters and preventers. A recent New Hope study with nearly 500 participants of avid supplement users indicates that supplement purchases are made for two predominate...
February 18, 2020
Why we run, according to Strava
Strava surveyed over 25,000 runners about why they run. The survey explored common themes and patterns in motivation across a mosaic of people spanning the globe and uncovered five types of runners based on the benefits that a person values and the extent that they run in social settings like groups or races. Read...
February 12, 2020
The Great Fitness Scam
The U.S. spends, by far, the most money of any developed nation on health care per person but ranks toward the bottom (if not last) on common measures of actual health, such as chronic disease, life expectancy, infant mortality, disability, and drug-related deaths. Outside discusses the discrepancy.
February 7, 2020
RunSignup Releases 2019 100 Largest US Road Races Report
(Moorestown, NJ)– RunSignup, the leading technology provider for races in the US, has assembled a list of the 100 Largest Road Races in the US. This is the second year that the report has been released in an effort to build a better understanding of the top tier of the...
February 6, 2020
Do CBD lotions and balms actually work?
In surveys of CBD users, pain management is always one of the top reasons given for using nonintoxicating cannabis products. So it makes sense that nearly all brands, especially those targeting athletes, now offer topical solutions meant to be applied directly to achy areas. Are these balms, salves, creams, lotions, roll-ons, patches, and sprays an intriguing advance in sports medicine? Or...
January 17, 2020
RunSignup’s RaceTrends Report Shows Slight Increase in Race Participation
Moorestown, NJ – RunSignup released their Fourth Annual RaceTrends Report exploring the state of the endurance industry. The report was built by mining RunSignup registration and finisher data over a five-year period to generate transparent statistics, identify trends in the industry, and provide recommendations to keep endurance events competitive in a crowded market....
January 16, 2020
How Fitbits can help predict flu outbreaks
A study in the United States has found that heart rate and sleep data from wearable fitness tracker watches can predict and alert public health officials to real-time outbreaks of flu more accurately than current surveillance methods. The study used data from more than 47,000 Fitbit users in five U.S. states....
January 13, 2020
What artificial intelligence says about running form
The act of running, it turns out, is surprisingly complicated. The bob of your head, the rotation of your hips, the angle of your foot—all these factors and many others can vary in endless ways. However, a new study from researchers at the University of Jyväskylä in Finland and the University of...
January 9, 2020
The State of Ultra Running 2020 reveals findings
The study, undertaken by run shoe review site RunRepeat in collaboration with the International Association of Ultrarunners (IAU), explores the trends in ultra running over the last 23 years. Impressively, they analyzed 5,010,730 results from 15,451 ultra running events, making this the largest study ever done on the sport. Read the...
January 6, 2020
Study Shows: A simple beginner marathon plan can produce big heart health benefits
A new study of first-time London Marathon runners found that their basic training program produced important health benefits. After four months, the runners had lower blood pressure and greater flexibility in their cardiac arteries. The researchers judged the subjects to have erased four years from their “vascular age.” Read more about...
January 2, 2020
Endurance Sportswire Names its Most Popular Press Releases and Industry News Items of 2019
San Diego, Calif. - As we embark on 2020, Endurance Sportswire has put together a list of its most viewed press releases and industry news items over the past year. MOST VIEWED ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE PRESS RELEASES Professional Triathletes Organisation Approaches Wanda Sports Board Proposing to Enter Into Discussions to Acquire...
December 30, 2019
Wearable tech named top fitness trend for 2020
More than 3,000 health and fitness pros surveyed by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) were surveyed as part of ACSM’s annual fitness trend forecast in the article “Worldwide Survey of Fitness Trends for 2020” published in the November/December issue of ACSM’s Health & Fitness Journal. According to the 14th annual...
December 26, 2019
Eating in a 6-hour window and fasting for 18 hours might help you live longer
A review of past animal and human studies in The New England Journal of Medicine suggests that intermittent fasting can reduce blood pressure, aid in weight loss and improve longevity. The report functions as a road map of sorts for physicians to prescribe fasting as a method of prevention or treatment for obesity, cancer, diabetes...
December 16, 2019
Most fitness-friendly places for 2020
SmartAsset examined the data to find the most affordable fitness-friendly places for the upcoming year. Data was gathered on 317 metro areas across five metrics: percentage of residents who walk or bike to work, fitness professionals per 10,000 workers, fitness establishments per 10,000 establishments, percentage of restaurants that are fast...
December 16, 2019
Eating chilies cuts risk of death from heart attack and stroke, study says
For many years, chili has been hailed for its therapeutic properties, and now researchers have found that eating chili peppers regularly can cut the risk of death from heart disease and stroke. Carried out in Italy, where chili is a common ingredient, the study compared the risk of death among 23,000 people, some of whom...
December 12, 2019
Would exercise advice on food labels change your eating habits?
While all packaged food must display certain nutritional information, such as calorie content, a new study backs another approach to labelling: displaying small symbols showing how much physical activity is needed to compensate for consuming the item. A fizzy drink containing 138 calories, for example, could be accompanied by a small symbol...
December 11, 2019
Marathon running may be good for your knees
A myth-toppling new study of novice, middle-aged runners finds that taking up distance running rebuilds the health of certain essential components of middle-aged knees, even if the joints start off somewhat tattered and worn. But the results also contain a caution. Read the NYT for full details.
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