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March 23, 2021
Hospital Hill Run Opens the 2021 Half Marathon Season in Kansas City
Kansas City, MO - The Hospital Hill Run will be the first Half Marathon offering a live in-person event in the Kansas City Metro area in 2021. The event weekend includes a Half Marathon, 10k, and 5k distances and will take place in Kansas City, MO on June 5, 2021....
March 23, 2021
2021 Austin Half Marathon is Officially Ready to Run Austin
AUSTIN, Texas, March 23, 2021 -- The return to Austin running begins April 25th with the Ascension Seton Austin Half Marathon presented by Under Armour. Formal approval has been issued by the City of Austin through the special event permitting process with Austin Center for Events (ACE) and Austin Public...
March 22, 2021
Nike posts mixed results as sales fall short of estimates, hurt by U.S. port congestion
Nike reported net income of $1.45 billion, or 90 cents per share, compared with $847 million, or 53 cents per share, a year earlier. In North America, revenue dropped 10% year over year, hurt by shipment delays. CNBC
March 22, 2021
How the Women Leading the Running Industry Diversity Coalition Are Using Sport to Create a Better Tomorrow
Created as an agent for change, the Running Industry Diversity Coalition is led by several of the most inspiring women run today. Read how they are using their connection to the sport to create a better world. Footwear News
March 22, 2021
Dunkin’ Becomes Official Coffee and Donut of the DICK’S Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon
PITTSBURGH, PA (March 22, 2021) –Pittsburgh runs on Dunkin’ is taking on a whole new meaning this week, as P3R and Dunkin' team up for the DICK'S Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon. Through this collaboration, Dunkin’ will serve as the official coffee and donut of the DICK’S Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon, to...
March 22, 2021
Celebrating 25 years of KINeSYS Performance Sunscreen
22 March 2021 - Performance sunscreen brand KINeSYS is celebrating 25 years of protecting active outdoor people. The milestone has brought a perfect opportunity to reminisce on the past, define what makes the brand unique, and welcome a new era of KINeSYS. The KINeSYS mission is to develop innovative sun...
March 19, 2021
Award Winning Film, All the Way: The Making of Swimrun Champions, Premieres March 24
San Francisco, CA (March 19, 2021)– All the Way: The Making of Swimrun Champions will hold its global virtual premiere on Wednesday, March 24, 2021. Made by award-winning documentary filmmaker Carl Eneroth at Sthlm Social Innovation Lab, All the Way is a heart-pounding, intimate, and mind-expanding portrait of the Swimrun team...
March 18, 2021
The Barkley Marathons 2021 are underway
The race (with only 40 participants) involves completing five 20-mile loops on unforgiving and steep terrain in under 60 hours. Five and a half hours into the race, someone had already dropped, and only 15 people have completed in its 35-year history. Read more about the race here and follow...
March 18, 2021
Dick Hoyt, who ran 32 Boston Marathons while pushing his son, dies at 80
Dick Hoyt, who competed in 32 Boston Marathons while pushing his son, Rick, in a custom racing chair, has died at the age of 80, according to the Boston Athletic Association. Hoyt died Wednesday morning of heart failure. Boston 25 News
March 18, 2021
Peloton instructors design a new Adidas clothing line
The 11-piece line, called the adidas x Peloton SS21 collection, is priced between $30 to $85 and consists of tank tops, pants shorts and hoodies. Peloton has other branded clothes with athletic companies, like Nike and Lululemon, but this is the first designed with the help of its instructors, who...