October 16, 2023

Lease a Bike to become title sponsor of Jumbo-Visma

Jumbo-Visma will be known as Visma-Lease a Bike in 2024, following a search to find a new sponsor to replace outgoing sponsor Jumbo. The news brings an end to weeks of speculation surrounding the future of Jumbo-Visma. The chatter included discussions about a merger with Soudal Quick-Step, which was ultimately...

October 16, 2023

Lululemon Athletica to Join S&P 500 Index

Lululemon Athletica will join the S&P 500 index before the stock market opens on October 18. Stocks added to the S&P 500 and other benchmarks often see a solid near-term boost as investors add their shares to funds that track the major indices. Lululemon, which went public in 2007, has a...

October 16, 2023

Course Cutting/Bib Cheating Prevalent at The Chicago Marathon

An early analysis of The 2023 Chicago Marathon shows that over 275 runners have been removed from the marathon results. To The Chicago Marathon’s credit, they removed the questionable finishers almost immediately. Unfortunately, for me, that makes it a bit more difficult to analyze those specific results. If you search...

October 16, 2023

Over 1,300 Registered Runners Took on Kodiak Ultra Marathons by UTMB Over Three Days

BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - The 2023 UTMB® World Series continued with the 2023 Kodiak Ultra Marathons by UTMB® on Oct. 13 - 15. The 10th anniversary of the race featured over 1,300 registered runners from 40 States and 27 countries, regions, and territories as they descended on...

October 16, 2023

Concept2 to Offer Kinomap Demonstrations at World’s Largest Regatta

BOSTON (Oct. 16, 2023) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - Kinomap is thrilled to announce that its groundbreaking interactive indoor training app for rowers will be available for demonstration at the Head of the Charles Regatta, taking place Oct. 20-22. The Concept2 demonstration area will be located in Attager Row: Rowing & Fitness...

October 16, 2023

One For the Record Books: History Is Made at The First-Ever Women’s Only Vinfast IRONMAN World Championship in Kailua-Kona, Hawai`I

KAILUA-KONA, Hawai`i /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - For the first time in IRONMAN’s 40+ year history, Kailua-Kona played host to a standalone women’s VinFast IRONMAN World Championship. Not only was this a moment for the record books, but history was also made on the course across both the women’s professional and age-group...

October 16, 2023

Haley Batten and Keegan Swenson win inaugural Life Time Little Sugar MTB race to kick off Big Sugar Classic week

Bentonville/Bella Vista, Ark., (Oct. 15, 2023) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - Northwest Arkansas saw a stacked field of the world’s top mountain bike racers at the Life Time Little Sugar MTB, in which Haley Batten of Santa Cruz, Calif. and Keegan Swenson of Heber City, Utah took first in the elite 100K...

October 16, 2023

They Did It Again! Back-to-Back Win for Keulen and Simmonds at Challenge Peguera-Mallorca

/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - It was a thrilling day of racing on the island of Mallorca with a new Challenge Peguera-Mallorca course record set by Youri Keulen (NED) and another convincing win for Imogen Simmonds (SUI), both taking back-to-back wins two weekends in a row. Both Keulen and Simmonds took the...

October 15, 2023

Lucy Charles-Barclay (GBR) Soars atop Stellar Field to Become The 2023 Vinfast Ironman World Champion in Kailua-Kona, Hawai`I

KAILUA-KONA, Hawai`i  /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - History was made today in Kailua-Kona, Hawai`i as the first-ever women’s-only VinFast IRONMAN World Championship unfolded on triathlon’s historic homeland, with Great Britain’s Lucy Charles-Barclay earning the crown in a perfectly executed performance. The female professional field featured defending and past IRONMAN World Champions, as...

October 14, 2023

The Women’s 2023 Hawaii Ironman World Championship Bike Count

Unlike back in September when Canyon took a surprising and commanding victory in the Ironman World Championship bike count, longtime bike count champion Cervelo is back to its old tricks at the top of the heap. In Nice, Cervelo was roughly 4% behind Canyon, but in Kona we see Canyon...