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October 28, 2021
Fleet Feet Chicago Celebrates 25 Years of Running Community
/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - Fleet Feet Chicago, one of the nation’s most influential running franchisees, celebrates its 25th anniversary on Friday, October 29. A year-long Celebration of Running will commence Friday morning with a 3-mile fun run set at their original location in Chicago’s Old Town neighborhood (details below). Fleet Feet...
October 28, 2021
Skechers Slightly Lowers 2021 Outlook On Q3 Miss
Profits at Skechers USA surged 61.0 percent in the third quarter ended September 30 on a 19.2 percent revenue gain, but both sales and earnings came were below guidance. The footwear giant slightly lowered its EPS and sales targets for the full year. Skechers achieved a new third quarter sales...
October 28, 2021
First ever GFNY Marathon was held at birthplace of endurance sports in America
/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - Last Sunday, October 24 marked the inaugural running event from GFNY Endurance Sports Series with GFNY Marathon Florida Sebring. The race couldn’t have started on more symbolic grounds than on the historic Sebring International Raceway, the “birthplace of endurance sports in America”. The illuminated race track just...
October 27, 2021
RunSignup Launches Participant SOS Alerts in RaceJoy
October 27, 2021 – Moorestown, NJ /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - GiveSignup | RunSignup announces the launch of RaceJoy’s new SOS participant emergency alert feature. GiveSignup | RunSignup’s race day mobile app, RaceJoy, offers live participant tracking and spectator engagement while empowering race organizers with the ability to monitor and communicate directly...
October 27, 2021
MYLAPS and Hermes partner up to offer best-in-class road race timing
ATLANTA/CLEVELAND (27 October, 2021) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - More than 80,000 runners in the Ohio region will benefit from the latest developments in timekeeping. Cleveland based timing company Hermes Sports & Events and MYLAPS partner up to offer best-in-class sports experiences to event organizers and their participants and fans. Hermes is...
October 26, 2021
The Georgina Marathon: a gamble that paid off in spades
At the end of July, co-race directors Cindy Lewis-Caballero and Sandie Orlando received approval from the town of Georgina, on Ontario’s Lake Simcoe, to put together the inaugural Georgina Marathon and Half Marathon, to take place Oct. 17. Both knew that two months seemed like an impossible timeline, but the...
October 26, 2021
Inaugural Rock ‘n’ Roll Running Series Clearwater Set to Take Place on October 1-2, 2022
CLEARWATER, Fla. (October 26, 2021) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - Following a two-year wait, the inaugural edition of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Running Series Clearwater is scheduled to take place on Saturday and Sunday, October 1-2, 2022, with distances including half marathon and 5K. With a distance for everyone, runners and walkers...
October 26, 2021
Pic2Go’s Finishers Experience Platform RunPage Exceeds 100,000 Registrations
/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ -RunPage is Pic2Go’s standard finisher gallery, claimed to be the richest finisher gallery in the market including: Race photos are auto-tagged and available for participants early on race day. Includes finisher's distance, finish time and custom digital medal. Industry leading sharing rate - 85% of participants using the...
October 25, 2021
Inaugural Rock ‘N’ Roll Running Series Atlantic City To Hit The Boardwalk On May 14-15, 2022
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (October 25, 2021) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - The Rock ‘n’ Roll® Running Series, a best-in-class running series Bringing the Fun to the Run™ through music, entertainment, and community immersion will make its way to the Atlantic City Boardwalk in 2022, following a two year wait. The inaugural edition of...
October 25, 2021
Beijing marathon postponed as China fights Delta outbreak
The Beijing marathon this weekend has been postponed until further notice, organisers said, as China seeks to stamp out a Covid outbreak and return to zero cases ahead of the Winter Olympics. There were some 30,000 people expected to take part on October 31. France24