Slate Olson to join Specialized in 2015 11/17/2014 bicycleretailer.com - Slate Olson, who is currently Rapha's chief marketing officer, will relocate from London to California next year to join Specialized as vice president of global marketing in March.

Bill James appointed as Chair of Triathlon England 11/17/2014 triathlonbusiness.com - Bill James has been appointed as Chair of Triathlon England, taking over from Jem Lawson, who steps down after serving the maximum number of terms in post.

Badwater Ultra to Return to Death Valley 11/17/2014 outsideonline.com - The grueling Badwater Ultramarathon is returning to California’s Death Valley National Park after a year in exile. The 135-mile race will be held July 28 to 30, 2015 along its traditional route...

IRONMAN Arizona Enjoys Fastest Sellout in US History 11/17/2014 ironman.com - RONMAN Arizona continued its trend as one of the most popular triathlon events in the world with a record-setting sellout. For the first time at an American IRONMAN event, entries sold out...

Newton Running Achieves Certified B Corporation Status 11/17/2014 sportsonesource.com - Newton Running announced its certification as a B Corporation. The prestigious designation is awarded to companies that strive to solve social and environmental problems and meet higher standards of social and environmental...

Sport has reached ‘new heights’ says British Cycling 11/15/2014 road.cc - British Cycling’s annual report for 2013/14 reveals that membership is now at an all-time high having hit 100,000 last month. President Bob Howden says that events like the Tour de France and...

Tequila Patrón Named Official Spirit Sponsor Rock ‘n’ Roll Las Vegas 11/15/2014 runnersweb.com - The Rock 'n' Roll Marathon Series today announced Roca Patrón, the first line of tequilas from Patrón Spirits as the Official Spirits Sponsor & title partner of the Start Line Festival for...

5WPR named PR agency for Skirt Sports 11/14/2014 triathlonbusiness.com - 5W Public Relationshas announced the addition of Skirt Sports to its diverse roster of fashion and lifestyle brands, for whom they will execute a comprehensive public relations program designed to position Skirt...

Why So Many CEOs Are Taking Up Cycling 11/13/2014 businessinsider.com - Emily Rookwood writes about the huge increase in CEOs and MDs taking part in cycling events who are participating in the sport due to much broader reasons - from a traditional motivator...

Interbike honored by trade show magazine 11/13/2014 bicycleretailer.com - The Interbike trade show ranked 54th on the list of Top 100 Trade Shows of 2013 published by Trade Show Executive magazine. The magazine began the ranking in 2007 and Interbike has...

Mizuno Shows Modest Gains in Fiscal Half 11/13/2014 sportsonesource.com - Mizuno Corp. reported sales in the six months totaled ¥90.0 billion ($779.3 mm), up 1.9 percent compared with the same period in the previous fiscal year. Operating income stood at ¥2.7...

Suzy Favor Hamilton Memoir Scheduled for June Publication 11/13/2014 runnersworld.com - Three-time Olympian Suzy Favor Hamilton will publish a memoir, Fast Girl: Running From Madness, in June 2015.

BPI Sports names Walt Freese as new company President & CEO 11/13/2014 triathlonbusiness.com - BPI Sports has added Walt Freese, a proven consumer products executive with 35 years of brand building experience as its new President & Chief Executive Officer.

Bicycling magazine ad pages up 20%, leads all audited titles in growth 11/13/2014 bicycleretailer.com - Bicycling magazine has seen a 20 percent increase in sold advertising pages in 2014, compared to the same period last year. The growth rate exceeds that of any U.S. magazine, in any...

Summer PressCamp moves a bit later 11/12/2014 bicycleretailer.com - Next year's PressCamp Summer event, the 7th annual, will be held June 22-26 at Deer Valley Resort in Park City. The event's date was shifted a bit later than traditional to coincide...

Kent International Acquires Canadian Counterpart 11/12/2014 sportsonesource.com - Kent International Inc., a global supplier of bicycles and accessories, has purchased Stoneridge Cycle Ltd., a Canadian-based supplier of bicycles and accessories.

Long-Term Weight Loss from Popular Commercial Diets is Modest 11/12/2014 runnersworld.com - If your goal is to lose weight and keep it off, you'll do at least as well following conventional advice as paying for four of the most popular commercial diets, according to...

Skechers Opens 1,000th Retail Store 11/12/2014 sportsonesource.com - Skechers achieved a new milestone: the opening of the one thousandth Skechers retail store. The company hit the thousandth store mark with the opening of a new store in Mexico City today,...

Mizuno Partners With Atlanta Track Club 11/12/2014 running.competitor.com - The Atlanta Track Club, host of the famed Peachtree Road Race, has partnered with Mizuno in a long-term deal. Starting Jan. 1, 2015, Mizuno will serve as the official footwear and apparel...

The Bad Air in Our Gyms 11/12/2014 nytimes.com - A new study of air quality in gyms raises some interesting questions about whether the places in which we work out are as healthy as they should be. Science and common sense...

GoPro plans secondary public offering 11/11/2014 bicycleretailer.com - Action camera maker GoPro Inc., plans to raise $800 million in a secondary stock offering. The company, which went public in June, plans to offer $100 million in shares, while current shareholders,...

Pittalugas open their fifth store in Phoenix area, as a Giant Partner Store 11/11/2014 bicycleretailer.com - Randy and Sally Pittaluga have opened their fifth bike shop in the Phoenix area, Bike Masters Ahwatukee, a Giant Partner Store. The Pittalugas, co-owners of the Bike Masters and Bikes Direct store...

Annual NBC broadcast of GoPro Ironman World Championship 11/11/2014 triathlonbusiness.com - The much-anticipated broadcast of the 2014 IRONMAN World Championship presented by GoPro will air on NBC on Saturday 15 November 2014 at 13:30 ET. The IRONMAN World Championship coverage on NBC has...

12% sales increase for ASICS Europe in year to September 11/11/2014 triathlonbusiness.com - ASICS Europe has announced accelerated growth across its Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) division. The increase was largely driven by strong growth across apparel and footwear in the brand’s running and...

Watts joins USA Cycling Board of Directors as Cyclo-cross Committee Representative 11/10/2014 usacycling.org - Brook Watts, a longtime marketing and promotions executive with more than 35 years of sporting events production experience, was appointed to the USA Cycling Board of Directors as the Cyclo-cross Committee Representative...

Blue Bicycles hires Orli Chinea as Western regional sales manager 11/07/2014 bicycleretailer.com - Blue Bicycles has hired Orli Chinea as the brand's Western regional sales manager. Chinea will lead Blue's sales efforts west of the Mississippi River.

How Music and Video Can Aid Hard Treadmill Workouts 11/07/2014 m.runnersworld.com - Turning some of your attention to music and video can make even the hardest treadmill workout more enjoyable, suggests research published in the Journal of Sport & Exercise Physiology. It's not news...

Athlete sues USA Triathlon for allegedly reducing number of athletes on its board 11/07/2014 mynewsla.com - Jarrod Shoemaker, a professional triathlete sued the national governing body last Friday for allegedly reducing the number of top athletes on the board of directors in violation of California law. In...

Felt adds one, promotes one in its product department 11/07/2014 bicycleretailer.com - Felt Bicycles has hired industry-news veteran Robert Kahler as its new lifestyle brand manager and has promoted Scott Matsuda from dealer support to the brand's product development department.

Bike shop visits declining: Gluskin-Townley report 11/07/2014 bicycleretailer.com - Fewer shoppers are visiting bike shops, according to The Gluskin Townley Group, an industry-news research firm. Gluskin Townley bases its report on the American Bicyclist Study, an electronic survey of a nationally...

Eddy Merckx Cycles USA bolsters staff as it transitions to IBD sales 11/07/2014 bicycleretailer.com - Eddy Merckx Cycles USA has hired several new employees, including a new sales manager and director, as it transitions from consumer direct sales to IBD sales. Peter Vanham, who had led the...

Trek sponsors Matrix Fitness Pro Cycling women’s team in 2015 11/06/2014 road.cc - Following the news that Matrix Fitness Pro Cycling will be registered as a UCI professional team next season and having signed British road champion and two times Olympic gold medallist Laura Trott,...

Problems With Antidoping System Cast a Shadow on Kenyan Runners 11/06/2014 nytimes.com - When Rita Jeptoo, a Kenyan who has won the Boston Marathon three times and the Chicago Marathon twice, failed an initial doping screening last month for the endurance-boosting substance EPO, it raised...

Smith Optics Drives 16.8 Percent Growth at Safilo Sports in Q3 11/06/2014 sportsonesource.com - Safilo Group S.p.A. reported net sales of Smith Optics sunglasses, goggles and helmets drove a 16.8 percent increase at its Sports Product segment in the third quarter ended Sept. 30.

BikeFlights.com hires Sue George for marketing and communications 11/06/2014 bicycleretailer.com - BikeFlights.com has brought on board Sue George to further develop and manage the bike shipping company's global communications and marketing.

Polar Bottle makes two hires in operations 11/06/2014 bicycleretailer.com - Polar Bottle's parent company, Product Architects, Inc., has created and filled two new positions in its operations department. Ken Austin joins the Boulder-based company as director of operations and Tracy Lindsey becomes...

Alonso insists he will form pro cycling team in the future 11/06/2014 velonews.competitor.com - Formula One driver Fernando Alonso still wants to create a cycling team, but he admitted it won’t be happening anytime soon. The two-time world champion confirmed statements this week from Paolo Bettini...

Analysis: Why cycling needs to improve its TV product 11/06/2014 velonews.competitor.com - Perhaps there is no sport in the world that’s as exciting to participate in yet is as boring to watch on television as bike racing. But does TV really accurately capture the...

Dorel reports gains in Q3 revenue at its bike division 11/06/2014 bicycleretailer.com - Dorel Industries posted yet another quarter of positive growth in its bike business. Both gross and operating profit were up, 14.5 and 4.7 percent, respectively.

Fit Right Acquired by Former Fleet Feet Franchise Owners 11/06/2014 sportsonesource.com - Fit Right, the Pacific Northwest’s nationally-renowned specialty running and walking store, announces that on Nov. 20 the husband-and-wife team of Alan Rice and Susan Zepernick will take ownership of Fit Right...

Spy Inc Resumes Growth in Third Quarter 11/05/2014 sportsonesource.com - Spy Inc. reported third quarter sales were $11.0 million in 2014, an increase of 8.1 percent or $0.8 million more than in the third quarter of 2013. The increase in net sales...

Emerald Expositions shakes up management at Outdoor Retailer 11/05/2014 bicycleretailer.com - Kenji Haroutunian, Outdoor Retailer’s veteran show director, has been let go by Emerald Expositions, which asked for his resignation in part as a budget reduction measure. The company has appointed Marisa...

Bettini confirms Alonso project is dead in water 11/05/2014 velonews.competitor.com - The high profile, on-again, off-again project of Formula One driver Fernando Alonso looks dead in the water for 2015. Appointed team manager Paolo Bettini has confirmed that there will not be a...

Final four bid cities announced for 2017, 2018 CX National Championships 11/05/2014 usacycling.org - USA Cycling announced Wednesday the four finalists to host the 2017-18 Cyclo-cross National Championships, a list that has been narrowed from 11 applicants. Two of the final four cities will be awarded...

Armstrong to Skip Charity Bicycle Race After Registering 11/05/2014 mobile.businessweek.com - Lance Armstrong won’t participate in a time-trial cycling race this weekend, two weeks after he was prohibited from participating in a South Carolina charity ride.

Survey: Inactivity Pandemic Impacting industry-news Revenue 11/05/2014 sportsonesource.com - According to a recent survey by PHIT America of more than 50 leaders in the sports, health, and fitness industries , more than 90 percent agree that the ‘Inactivity Pandemic’ is an...

CamelBak Sales Drift Lower in Third Quarter 11/05/2014 sportsonesource.com - Camelbak Products' net sales declined 3.4 percent to $33.5 million during the third quarter ended Sept. 30, compared to the same period in 2013, its parent company Compass Diversified Holdings Inc....

GoPro Names Content Chief 11/05/2014 sportsonesource.com - GoPro appointed Zander Lurie as Senior Vice President of Media, effective immediately. He will report to GoPro President Tony Bates. In this role, Lurie will provide strategic leadership of the creation, curation...

10 Year Growth of Ultrarunning Events and Races 11/05/2014 ultrarunning.com - Here's a look into the growth of ultrarunning in terms of individual events and number of overall races for the past 10 years.

Manchester Marathon to Give Prize Money to Leaders Who Went Off Course 11/05/2014 runnersworld.com - Two men fighting for the win in Sunday's Manchester Marathon experienced a racer's nightmare when they went off course after 24 miles and didn't find their way back to the race route....

Armstrong Signs Up for Time-Trial Charity Cycling Event 11/04/2014 bloomberg.com - Lance Armstrong signed up to participate in a two-man team time-trial cycling race this weekend, two weeks after he was banned from participating in a South Carolina charity ride.

USA Pro Challenge Adds Women’s Race 11/04/2014 outsideonline.com - Organizers of the USA Pro Challenge, one of the most prestigious and fastest-growing road cycling races in the United States, have announced that they will add a multistage race for women during...

Margaret Schlachter Joins Mud Run Guide 11/04/2014 mudrunguide.com - Award-Winning Blogger, Author, Athlete, TV Host, Magazine Columnist and undisputed influencer to tens of thousands of athletes in the sport of obstacle course racing has joined forces with Mud Run Guide, starting...

Jackie Fairweather RIP 11/04/2014 slowtwitch.com - Jackie Fairweather, high performance manager, coach, event commentator and ITU board member, died on Monday one week before her 47th birthday. Australia’s Gold Coast Bulletin reported that Fairweather took her own life,...

Is Exercising in Polluted Areas Worth the Risk? 11/04/2014 runnersworld.com - The rise of pollution worldwide, combined with the increase in the popularity of running, has raised the question of whether there comes a point at which exercising outdoors is no longer healthful....

Meb Keflezighi Nominated for Sports Illustrated’s Sportsman of the Year 11/04/2014 runnersworld.com - Boston Marathon winner Meb Keflezighi has been nominated by Sports Illustrated writer Tim Layden for the magazine's 2014 Sportsman of the Year award. Sports Illustrated has named a Sportsman of the Year...

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