March 8, 2024

Launch Week for the 2024 Mississippi Gulf Coast Marathon and the 2025 Louisiana Marathon starts Monday

BATON ROUGE, LA. /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - Registration for duo of the Mississippi Gulf Coast Marathon and the Louisiana Marathon launch registration on Monday, March 11th. The weekend-long events bookend the holiday season with Coastal Mississippi hosting on December 14-15, 2024, and Baton Rouge is hosting on January 18-19, 2025. Runners...

March 8, 2024

Bikeflights Announces 2024 Brand Ambassadors

PORTLAND, OR (March 8, 2024) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - Bikeflights, a bicycle shipping service trusted by riders worldwide, is pleased to introduce its roster of 2024 Brand Ambassadors and Sponsored Teams. "What Bikeflights offers is hugely helpful in managing logistics, reducing stress and saving time and money for Ambassadors who are...

March 7, 2024

HotelPlanner Expands Partnership with Ventures Endurance on Athlete Hotel Bookings

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - HotelPlanner, a leading travel technology platform and hotel booking engine, today announced an expanded sponsorship with Ventures Endurance, a subsidiary of Gannett’s USA TODAY NETWORK Ventures, to share revenue on athlete hotel bookings for more than 115 annual endurance and adventure races and...

March 7, 2024

TrainingPeaks Partners with German Cycling as Official Software Provider

Louisville, Colo., March 7, 2024 /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – TrainingPeaks, the industry-leading training app for endurance coaches and athletes, is now the exclusive training software provider for the German Cycling Federation (BDR). TrainingPeaks will be used by BDR’s elite riders and their coaches for 2024 and beyond. The platform will also...

March 7, 2024

How did the Barkley Marathons start? The story behind the world’s toughest ultramarathon

Deliberately obscure, and designed to be near-impossible to finish. The Barkley Marathons is perhaps one of the most famous events that everyone knows next to nothing about. The start date is kept secret for all but the 40 runners brave enough to try and tame the Barkley beast. The route changes year...

March 7, 2024

‘It’s a joke’ – Anti-doping testers swoop Spanish amateur race, 130 riders abandon

An astonishing story has exposed the potential extent of doping on the amateur circuit in Spain, with 130 riders abandoning a race in Valencia at the weekend. The suspected reason: the presence of anti-doping authorities at the finish line. Spanish cycling website Ciclo21 carries anonymous quotes from riders who, without...

March 7, 2024

Trek will cut spending by 10%

According to the memo, which Bike Retailer obtained, Burke outlined a strategy where Trek will reduce both its overall inventory volume – by some 20% measured by days in stock – and the number of SKUs (stock keeping units) in its lineup by an even larger 40% by the 2026...

March 7, 2024

Has Pro Cycling Maxed-out on Caffeine?

Riders have been slamming espresso since way before flat whites were a “thing” in the chase for caffeine’s benefits on perceived effort, muscle pain, and mental acuity. “Caffeine has consistently been shown to improve endurance by 2-4 percent across dozens of studies using doses of 3-6 mg/kg body mass,” read a...

March 7, 2024

Can Running Brands Like Hoka and On Help Foot Locker Get Back on Track as It Recalibrates Nike Relationship?

Foot Locker’s financial results were weaker than expected in 2023, which prompted the company to delay its long-term sales targets by two years. The company has also begun to close about 125 underperforming locations of its Champs banner. The retailer on Wednesday said its percentage of non-Nike brand sales in...

March 7, 2024

Giro hits back at UCI in helmet row, as expert says manufacturers could look at ‘legal options’

Giro, the helmet manufacturer, has insisted it "plays by the rules" after the UCI announced a review into time trial helmets, a move seemingly triggered by the launch of the new Giro Aerohead II. In a post on Instagram on Wednesday evening, Giro revealed that the UCI had authorised the...