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May 15, 2024
What Was Triathlon Like 40 Years Ago?
At its core, triathlon has remained unchanged through the years – it’s still a swim, bike, and run. But not everything has stayed the same – there have been massive changes to fueling, training, gear, and technology since tri’s earliest iterations in the 1980s. It’s easy to romanticize the “good...
May 14, 2024
Strava urged to delete popular London cycling segment after deadly crash
The operator of Regent's Park, The Royal Parks, has written to Strava and other cycling apps to ask for the removal of the Outer Circle from its leaderboards. It follows a collision involving Hilda Griffiths, 81, a pedestrian who was hit by a cyclist, Brian Fitzgerald, in June 2022, and later died...
May 14, 2024
EXEC: On Holding Shares Hit 52-Week Highs as Q1 Results, DTC Gains Please the Street
On Holding AG pushed first quarter net sales past the half billion Swiss francs (CHF) mark for any quarter in its relatively short history, and did so with nearly 30 percent growth for the period ended March 31. The strong Q1 results made Wall Street forget about the tumultuous day...
May 13, 2024
Rich Running Fan Pays Boston Marathon Winner After Organizers Still Haven’t
Buzunesh Deba was named the official winner in 2016 after Rita Jeptoo was disqualified for doping. But the Boston Athletic Association has held up paying her the $100,000 she’s due—$75,000 for winning and $25,000 for setting a course record—because it’s been unable to recover the money from Jeptoo. The Wall Street Journal wrote about Deba’s...
May 13, 2024
Is Bike Retail on the Road to Recovery?
Encouraging quarterly results from Fox Factory, Shimano, MIPS, and Thule as well a favorable reports from Circana and PeopleForBikes offers some optimism that the bike industry may be finally moving past its crippling destocking phase to resume growth in the second half. However, the National Bicycle Dealers Association (NBDA) still...
May 10, 2024
Asics Delivers Q1 Wholesale Growth in North America, Bolstered By Speciality Run Channel
Asics North America got a lift in wholesale sales during the first quarter of 2024. And U.S. sales in the specialty run channel were a large part of that. The Japan-based athletic brand‘s sales in the United States, Canada and Mexico all saw double-digit growth in the quarter compared to the prior...
May 10, 2024
She’s the First Woman to Finish the Barkley Marathons—Ever. Here’s How She Did It.
The Barkley Marathons is not a race in the traditional sense. It’s a war of attrition where participants, at times, work together more than they want to beat each other to the finish line. Completing five 20-ish mile laps under the 60-hour time limit is the goal—the order of the finishers is...
May 10, 2024
‘Remarkable’ Commuter Helmet Has Turn Signals that Work by Nodding Your Head
Gamel’s ‘The Remarkable’ is the first helmet to offer integrated turn signals activated by a simple nod of your head. The helmet also includes an automatic brake light function. Gamel first introduced The Remarkable luminous helmet with a successful Kickstarter campaign last year. They’re now offering a full production model...
May 7, 2024
Eliud Kipchoge’s family threatened after death of Kelvin Kiptum
Two-time Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge says he feared for the lives of his family during a campaign of online abuse that wrongly linked him to the death of fellow Kenyan marathon runner Kelvin Kiptum. Kiptum, the world record holder who looked set to challenge Kipchoge's dominance over 26.2 miles, died aged...
May 7, 2024
The Toronto Marathon: a series of unfortunate events
This year’s Toronto Marathon reached unprecedented levels of disorganization. There were overcrowded buses to the starting line, too few meals and fluids available to runners and plenty of other chaotic obstacles for participants to endure. Here’s how thousands survived. Running Magazine
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