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January 30, 2024
How to Watch: 2024 US Olympic Trials Marathon | Track and Field
Here's how to watch the 2024 US Olympic Trials Marathon on FloTrack. The 2024 US Olympic Trials Marathon starts on Feb 3, 2024. Video footage from the event will be archived and stored in a video library for FloTrack subscribers to watch for the duration of their subscription. Flotrack
January 30, 2024
U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials unveil huge prize pool
We are less than a week away from one of the most exciting pre-Olympic qualification events: the 2024 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials (on Feb. 3). Not only will the top three men and women have the opportunity to represent Team USA in the marathon at the 2024 Paris Olympics, they...
January 30, 2024
Miami Marathon finisher medals spark airport security concerns
Finishers of the 2024 Miami Marathon on Jan. 28 were warned, but still, hundreds of participants went home without their medals when the TSA (Transportation Security Administration, for Canadians) confiscated the medals, likening them to deadly ninja throwing stars. The 2024 medal is shaped like a golden sun with the...
January 29, 2024
Ironman taps Equinox president as new CEO in effort to woo more type-A executives
Ironman Group said Monday that it has hired the president of the high-end gym chain Equinox, Scott DeRue, to be its next chief executive as the endurance sports event organizer navigates a drop in race participation a decade after its peak. DeRue, who joined Equinox in 2021 to help the...
January 28, 2024
How was fugitive Kaitlin Armstrong caught? She answered U.S. Marshals’ ad for a yoga instructor
One month after Kaitlin Armstrong disappeared, the U.S. Marshals were in hot pursuit of her in another area of Costa Rica. A source had suggested she might have gone to a small village on the Pacific coast. The U.S. Marshals took a ferry to reach a remote peninsula. Once there,...
January 25, 2024
David Lappartient hints that AI could combat mechanical doping in pro cycling
UCI president David Lappartient travelled to Abu Dhabi to attend the MyWhoosh presentation, grateful the indoor cycling app is to become a sponsor of the outdoor road World Championships and curious about a future role MyWhoosh’s data could play in the fight against mechanical doping. MyWhoosh has replaced Zwift as...
January 24, 2024
How Much Does It Cost To Be A Competitive Trail Runner?
In so many ways, elite trail runners are extremely fortunate folks. They spend a lot of their time on a sport we all love. They compete in bucket-list events on breathtakingly beautiful routes. Occasionally, the rest of us get to peek behind the curtain at the highs and lows of...
January 24, 2024
Runners Are Racing More than Ever
This month, Strava released its annual Year in Sport, with fascinating insights about where running might be headed. Running was the most-uploaded sport in 2023. (Hear that? That’s the sound of job security!) Most runners log their miles solo, 9 percent are in groups of three or more people, and...
January 23, 2024
Electric Bike Market Value Projected at $62B
The global electric bike market is currently valued at $49.1 billion. With a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.9%, the market is projected to reach $62.3 billion by 2023–2030, predicts Persistence Market Research. The increasing awareness of environmental sustainability, government incentives and advancements in battery technology are driving market expansion. RV...
January 21, 2024
Peloton Offloads Output Park Factory in $33M Deal
Peloton has sold its spacious Peloton Output Park (POP) facility and land in Ohio to First Solar for a cool $33 million. The commercial real estate transaction closed on January 11, according to Wood County records. Athletech News