LATEST RUNNING AND MARATHON NEWS
January 27, 2022
Specialized to add consumer-direct sales on Feb. 1
Specialized Bicycle Components will begin direct online sales of bikes to U.S. consumers next week, adding a “Rider Direct” option for the purchase of non-electric bikes from its website. Bicycle Retailer
January 27, 2022
As events return, amateur athletes exercise their pent-up demand for travel
Destination athletic events are reporting big spikes in interest and selling out quickly. And there are reasons travel and competing in person in athletic events are among the things people particularly missed during the pandemic. Boston Globe (paywall)
January 27, 2022
25 women to watch in Run Specialty in 2022
This month's issue of Running Insight is devoted to the women who have changed the run specialty business for the better and their impact on the running business at all levels. Running Insight
January 27, 2022
Women’s Running Inspires Female Empowerment in New 360 YOU Program
BOULDER, CO — January 27, 2022 /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - Women’s Running, owned by Outside Interactive, Inc., the world’s leading creator of active & healthy lifestyle content, events, and experiences, has announced 360 YOU, a member-only program designed to empower female runners. The program will feature a different female pro athlete...
January 26, 2022
Peloton’s archrival – maker of NordicTrack bikes – faces crippling lawsuit
The maker of NordicTrack exercise bikes has been slapped with a $300 million lawsuit that threatens to force the company toward bankruptcy, The Post has learned. iFIT Health & Fitness – which scrapped plans to go public in October after archrival Peloton revealed pandemic-driven demand for exercise bikes was tanking...
January 26, 2022
Spartan to Hold North American Championship at Canada’s Big White Mountain
KELOWNA, BC (January 26, 2022) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - The toughest obstacle course racers in North America will be crowned at Big White Mountain this summer as Spartan, the world's leading endurance sports and extreme wellness brand, announced today that it will hold its North American Championship in Kelowna, British Columbia....
January 26, 2022
Adidas Plans More Than 2,800 New Hires In 2022
Adidas said it plans to hire more than 2,800 employees in 2022, including more than 800 in its home country of Germany. Adidas said the majority of the new employees, more than 900 people, will be hired to work in Adidas retail stores. More than 500 positions will be filled in the...
January 26, 2022
World’s Coldest Marathon Held in the “Coldest Town on Earth”
Sixty-five runners braved minus 63 degree Fahrenheit temperatures to run the 2022 marathon, half, and 5k races in the Russian region of Yakutia. Local runner Vasily Lukin won the full marathon distance with a time of 3:22. The win marked the second time Lukin, a teacher from Churapcha Institute of Physical Culture and...
January 26, 2022
Make Someone’s Heart Race with The RunnerBox and RiderBox’s Special Edition Valentine’s Day Box
/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - The Runner and The RiderBox, leaders in the endurance sport gift industry, have released a special Valentine’s Day box which is available for sale on a first-come, first-served basis. Piggy backing on the success of the sold-out Holiday Special Edition, the Valentine’s Day box looks to be no...
January 26, 2022
WaterMonster Mini Manifold
Kerrville, Texas (January 2022) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - Event Hydration Solutions introduces its newest touch-free mass hydration solution, the Mini Manifold. Event Hydration Solutions, also known as WaterMonster is reinventing how the common water cooler is utilized. In 2020 when everything changed, they introduced the UltraSpout and FootPedal. A rapid fill...
