LATEST RUNNING AND MARATHON NEWS
October 28, 2020
How to Run a Race in a Time of Surging Coronavirus
Runners registered for races must decide whether they feel comfortable racing in-person and, if so, how they can best protect ourselves and other runners. To learn more and gather cautions and reassurance about racing safely, New York Times spoke with race officials and infection-control researchers. This is what they had...
October 28, 2020
Next year’s Boston Marathon will be postponed, BAA announces, with eye toward Fall 2021 date
The marathon will not be held on its traditional Patriots' Day date in 2021, but the org is aiming to reschedule the race later in the year. Massachusetts' reopening plan, which prohibits road races until the state can enter Phase 4, is cited as one of the reasons for the...
October 28, 2020
Running USA Launches 2020 Global Runner Survey
(October 28, 2020) – Running USA, the non-profit trade organization for the sport of running, has revamped and rebranded its annual runner survey, which will now be global. Running events and businesses of all kinds, worldwide, are encouraged to share the survey for widest possible response. The 2020 survey edition...
October 28, 2020
Without Limits™ Launches COVID Safe In-Person Events
October 28, 2020 - Wilmington, North Carolina. After months without in-person racing, the Without Limits team is thinking outside the box to produce safe events that are COVID-19 compliant. “We eat, sleep and breath races, so when it became necessary to shut down live events we immediately went to work...
October 27, 2020
Mind Body Tri presented by Hyperice Announces Successful Inaugural Event Featuring World Class Yoga, Famous Race Announcer and Top Notch Prizes
October 27, 2020 – Organizers of the Mind Body Tri presented by Hyperice celebrates its successful inaugural virtual event held on October 24, 2020. Participants from 26 states and six countries exercised their bodies and calmed their minds at this one-of-a-kind online event that brought together families, friends, triathlon clubs,...
October 27, 2020
Rock ‘n’ Road Trip heads to the Pacific Northwest for St. Jude Rock ‘N’ Roll VR Seattle, offering participants a Virtual Running Tour of the Emerald City with Marathon, Half Marathon, 5K, and Remix Challenge Options
SEATTLE, Wash. / TAMPA, Fla. (October 28, 2020) – After a run in the sun that included over 6,500 participants hitting the virtual sugar sand beaches and crystal-clear waters of Florida’s Gulf Coast for the Rock ‘n’ Roll VR® Clearwater, the Rock ‘n’ Road Trip tour bus heads to the...
October 27, 2020
Running Tour Company Expanding Across U.S.
October 27, 2020 – Nashville Running Tours, a tour operating company based in Nashville, Tennessee specializing in running and walking tours, has rebranded to Running Tours USA and is expanding operations to markets across the United States. In addition to Nashville, Running Tours USA will be setting up operations in...
October 27, 2020
Introducing: #VirtuallyMiamiFamous wired by 2021 Life Time Miami Marathon and Half Marathon presented by cbdMD
MIAMI, Fla., Oct 27, 2020 — Following the cancellation of the 2021 Life Time Miami Marathon and Half Marathon presented by cbdMD and Life Time Tropical 5K, Life Time today announced #VirtuallyMiamiFamous, a virtual experience available to U.S. and international participants. The event offers a trio of distance options including...
October 21, 2020
The RunnerBox Named to Runner’s World “Best Gift Subscription Boxes for Runners” List
The RunnerBox has been named to “The Best Subscription Boxes for Runners” by Runner’s World Magazine, an authority in the running community and essential guide for everyone who runs. Published ahead of the holiday season, the exclusive list contains 14 subscriptions ranging from coffee and beer to runner-centric goods and...
October 21, 2020
Running Insight Announces Launch of Footwear Week December 1-4, 2020
PORTLAND, Maine (October 21, 2020) — Running Insight, the leading news source focused on the business and sport of running, today announced the launch of Footwear Week, a new event that connects specialty retailers with the running industry’s leading footwear brands. It will take place virtually from December 1-4, 2020;...
