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August 17, 2021
Heineken USA Teams Up with Rock ‘n’ Roll Running Series to Become Official Beer Partner
TAMPA, Fla. (August 17, 2020) – The Rock ‘n’ Roll® Running Series is excited to announce a new partnership with HEINEKEN USA as the Official Non-Alcoholic Beer Partner for the Rock ‘n’ Roll Running Series. The new partnership will feature the Heineken® 0.0 Beer Garden at the Finish Line Festival...
August 17, 2021
COROS Introduces VERTIX 2 GPS Adventure Watch and Eliud Kipchoge Edition PACE 2
Irvine, CA, August 17, 2021 – COROS Wearables Inc., makers of performance sports wearables, announced today the introduction of several new products including the VERTIX 2 GPS Adventure Watch and the Eliud Kipchoge Edition of its award-winning PACE 2 GPS Sports Watch. These two new styles celebrate the best of...
August 17, 2021
Saucony® Launches the All-New Triumph 19
WALTHAM, MA (August 17, 2021) – According to the latest Running USA Survey, 61 percent of runners expect to participate in more races in 2021 than they were able to in 2020. With this optimism comes the need to reset, refresh, and rebuild for fall race season. Today, global performance...
August 17, 2021
Top Athletes Headline the 2021 Bank of America Chicago Marathon Elite Athlete Field
CHICAGO – The Bank of America Chicago Marathon announced today that it will host some of the world’s best elite athletes as it prepares for the 43rd running of the event. In addition to previously announced Americans Galen Rupp and Sara Hall, Getaneh Molla (ETH), Seifu Tura (ETH), Ruth Chepngetich...
August 17, 2021
Road Runners Club of America Welcomes Four Additional Instructors to its Popular Coaching Certification Program
Arlington, VA – August 13 – The Road Runners Club of America (RRCA) is pleased to welcome Beofra Butler, Benson Langat, Alex Morrow and Christine Rockey to its Coaching Certification program instruction team. The four new instructors will join the RRCA’s Director of Coaching Education Randy Accetta, Brent Ayer, Bobby...
August 16, 2021
Pale Fire Capital invests $6 million in ROUVY, the popular augmented reality app for indoor training
Prague, Czech Republic / August 17th, 2021 – The Pale Fire Capital investment group acquires a major stake in VirtualTraining, a Czech company behind the ROUVY indoor cycling and running software application. Thus, Pale Fire Capital is positioned to become the majority shareholder in ROUVY and close the deal by...
August 14, 2021
Runners Bring Back The Roar At Big Blue 5K
August 14, 2021 – NORFOLK, VIRGINIA – Local runners and walkers crossed the finish line of The MSP Design Group Big Blue 5K presented by Bon Secours In Motion to help support the Old Dominion Athletic Foundation. “This was the 8th running of the MSP Design Group Big Blue 5K. We are...
August 14, 2021
Light of Life Hosts Largest Yinzer 4.12K in Event History in Partnership with P3R
PITTSBURGH (August 14, 2021) – With a brand-new course distance, the Yinzer 4.12K had record-breaking participation along its North Shore course with nearly 700 Yinzers celebrating the best of Steel City, as well as raising the most funds for the mission in event history. The event is annually held by...
August 13, 2021
Asics North America Sales Surge In Second Quarter
Asics’ performance run category grew by 51.8 percent in the United States year-over-year for the region buoyed by the success of the Gel-Kayano and Gel-Nimbus. SGBMedia
August 12, 2021
2021 London Marathon Elite Fields Are Released And The Field Are Faster Than Ever
This year’s race will be held Sunday, October 3rd and both the men’s and women’s races could set new records for quality if there are no withdrawals between now and race day. Let's Run