August 24, 2023

Super Sunday: two GFNY races on same day

/EMDIRANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - GFNY Sweden Uppsala The inaugural edition of GFNY Uppsala starts from Ulva Kvarn and offers racers a 133.8 km long course with 1592m of climbing. The course will take riders along rolling hills of glorious Uppsala countryside. There will also be hard packed unpaved road segments which...

August 24, 2023

Expedicion Guarani is the last 2023 Adventure Racing World Championship Qualifier

/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – Expedicion Guarani in Paraguay offers the last available qualifying place for the last the 2023 Adventure Racing World Championship in South Africa in October. Expedición Guaraní is far from taking a break after organizing their own triumphant World Championships last year. The organizing team, led by the...

August 24, 2023

Scarab Cycles Launches Darien Mountain Bike

EL RETIRO, Colombia /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - Scarab Cycles, is thrilled to announce the launch of the Scarab Darien, an adventure-ready, yet racy, hardtail mountain bike. Inspired by the legendary Darien Gap, a remote and challenging stretch of untamed jungle that is so deep that has kept South America disconnected by...

August 24, 2023

The Kerrville Tri and evamor Enhance Partnership

AUSTIN, Texas /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – The Kerrville Triathlon Festival welcomes evamor as Official Water sponsor for the second year in a row. In addition to providing water to all finishers, the company will keep staff and volunteers hydrated as well as offer the public a chance to try the water at...

August 23, 2023

New York City Marathon changes pregnancy deferral policy – but it requires athletes to pay to defer

New York Road Runners (NYRR) – organisers of the New York City Marathon – updated the organisation’s pregnancy and postpartum cancellation policy in an attempt to become a ‘more diverse, equitable, inclusive, and socially responsible organisation’. It means that the New York City Marathon is now the fifth World Marathon Major to allow women...

August 23, 2023

Malibu Triathlon Returns to Benefit Pediatric Cancer Research Program at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

MALIBU, Calif. /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - The Malibu Triathlon, presented by Super League Triathlon returns to Zuma Beach for its 38th Annual swim-bike-run race weekend on Sept. 30 - Oct. 1, 2023. More than 5,000 athletes, including Hollywood celebrities, will test their fitness as they raise critical funds for the Pediatric Cancer...

August 23, 2023

Peloton shares drop 20% after posting wider-than-expected loss, falling sales due to Bike recall, seasonality

Pelotonon Wednesday reported a wider-than-expected loss and a quarterly drop in new subscribers that it blamed on its recall of its Bike seat post and seasonality, sending shares plunging about 20%. The company fell short of analysts’ earnings estimates but beat sales expectations. CNBC

August 23, 2023

Gympass Hits $2.4B Valuation After Latest Funding Round

Gympass, a top corporate wellness platform, has raised $85 million in a Series F funding round at a valuation of $2.4 billion, an eye-watering number given the struggles of other fitness industry companies in the current economic environment. EQT Growth led the funding round, with participation from Neuberger Berman Group...

August 22, 2023

Lotto Dstny sports director Allan Davis fired after sending “inappropriate” messages to women

Davis, who won the Tour Down Under and finished second at Milan-San Remo during his 14-year professional career, was removed from Lotto Dstny's Tour de France coaching team after the allegations came to light in June, a female Twitter user telling road.cc that several other women had contacted her with details of similar...

August 22, 2023

Dick’s Lays Off 250 Workers, Cites Theft for Q2 Profit Drop

After a second quarter where profitability fell short, Dick’s Sporting Goods announced a business optimization program that involved laying off 250 employees at the corporate level, as first reported by Bloomberg Business. Dick’s said that the business optimization plan is intended to better align its talent, organization design, and spending....