LATEST RUNNING AND MARATHON NEWS
June 3, 2020
The 2020 Monterey Bay Half Marathon is Now a Virtual Event
CARMEL, CA – Monterey Bay Half Marathon organizers announced Wednesday that the 2020 race, originally scheduled for Saturday November 14th, will now be a virtual event. The Big Sur Marathon Foundation’s governance board made this difficult decision to cancel the in-person road races as they continued to monitor updates on...
June 3, 2020
35th Annual Big Sur Marathon, Originally Postponed, Has Been Cancelled Due to COVID-19
CARMEL, CA – The 2020 Big Sur International Marathon, originally rescheduled from its late April date to November 15th, has been cancelled. The Big Sur Marathon Foundation’s governance board made this difficult decision as they continued to monitor updates from county, state, federal, and international public safety and health agencies...
June 3, 2020
iFit Celebrates #GlobalRunningDay with Streaming Training Programs for 5K and 10K Distances
(LOGAN, Utah, June 3, 2020) — iFit, the leader in at-home connected fitness, celebrates Global Running Day on June 3 with streaming progressive training programs for 5K and 10K distances. With races postponed to fall, runners are faced with a new challenge: training in dangerous summer heat and humidity. iFit’s...
June 3, 2020
Gourdy’s Pumpkin Run Partners with Girls On The Run
NEW YORK - Gourdy’s Pumpkin Run, the popular and award-winning fall race, has teamed up with Girls on the Run, a nationally recognized Charlotte, NC based nonprofit that uses running and physical activity as a platform for teaching young girls essential life skills. The partnership will last throughout the 2020...
June 2, 2020
New Study Shows Uplifting Power of Running in a World of Lockdown, Reveals ASICS
ASICS surveyed more than 14,000 regular exercisers across 12 countries and found that more than a third (36% globally) of them are more active now than they were before the COVID-19 pandemic began – despite most sports being brought to a standstill by social distancing measures. Read more study results here.
June 2, 2020
DMSE Sports Unveils New Cross-Country Virtual Event Aimed at Fitness and Philanthropy
Boston - Registration is open for Medford2Medford, a virtual team running event powered by DMSE Sports, that strives to bring fellow runners together while they’re apart, and to help raise some much-needed funds for charities. The M2M is modeled after Dave McGillivray’s 1978 run from Medford, OR, to Medford, MA....
June 2, 2020
PWR Lab Launches ‘Distributed Racing’ Services for Innovative Event Directors
Santa Cruz, CA (June 2, 2020) – PWR Lab, an innovative running analytics company leveraging training data from wearables to help runners avoid injuries, announces today the official launch of a full suite of Distributed Racing services. While the COVID-19 pandemic continues to shake up sporting and mass-start events, PWR...
June 2, 2020
Registration for The Trans-Texas Virtual Run—A Race as Big as Texas—Is Open
Houston, Texas (June 2, 2020) – Trail Racing Over Texas (TROT), the largest trail racing company in Texas, announces the launch of a new event today: The Trans-Texas Virtual Run. This event is as large as the State of Texas and with all the swagger. Individuals and relay teams will...
June 1, 2020
Do Runners Need to Wear Masks?
Some people have taken to yelling (online and off) at people exercising without masks. But does it really matter? Read more in NYT.
June 1, 2020
SweatWorks acquires wodRocket
Arlington, VA. - SweatWorks, the digital agency that created Conquest Events™, has completed the acquisition of wodRocket - a leading functional fitness event platform. “wodRocket was one of the first digital platforms in functional fitness and took the lead in innovating several features. We are excited to welcome wodRocket events...