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April 3, 2024
Time up for Old-School Altitude Camps? High-End Hypoxia Hotels Hope to Rival Time on Teide, Tignes
A 4,500m-high peak has burst into the skyline in low-lying West Flanders, and it’s hoping to overshadow the hulking altitude camp mecca of Mount Teide. The new Monte Marcella altitude resort in Belgium joins Denia’s wildly popular Syncrosfera hotel as an alternate option for riders looking to tap into the performance...
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April 3, 2024
A Chunk of the Big Sur Marathon Course Has Fallen Into the Ocean
With the news of Highway 1’s partial collapse near Rocky Creek Bridge earlier this week, Big Sur Marathon officials are scrambling to devise a solution before the race, set for April 28. “As you can imagine, we have a variety of agendas,” Josh Priester told the Monterey Herald. “We have 25...
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April 3, 2024
How fast are the Boston Marathon runners? Here are the qualifying times for the 2024 race
The Boston Athletic Association turned away a record number of applications for the 2024 Boston Marathon, and runners who got one of the coveted spots at the starting line were more than five minutes faster than the qualifying time for their age and gender group. The BAA said more than 33,000 qualified participants applied...
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April 2, 2024
iFIT Adds C-Suite Execs as AI Coach Launch Nears
IFIT is getting reinforcements at the executive level, announcing the hirings of Mark Phillips as chief marketing officer and Bart Muller as chief international officer as the connected fitness company looks to build out its artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities. Athletech News
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April 1, 2024
Beat Zaugg says he’s still CEO of Scott Sports
Industry veteran Beat Zaugg, who has been an owner of Scott Sports since 1998, says he remains the brand's CEO, a minority shareholder and chairman of its parent company board, despite a news release Friday saying that the board had fired him. "This announcement was made to destabilize the company...
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March 30, 2024
Up to one in seven cyclists are neurodivergent – including EF boss Vaughters, who considers it a superpower
Jonathan Vaughters believes that ASD especially is “fairly common in pro cycling.” From his experience, riders from nations where cycling isn’t a mainstream sport have a higher tendency for having a neurodiversity than, French and Italian riders. There are a number of tell-tale signs. Intense focus is one, as is...
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March 28, 2024
How Disney Created One Of The Most Intoxicating Running Cultures Ever
There are runners, and then there are Disney runners. While your local weekend racing crew is full of camaraderie and team culture, Disney runners form bonds that seem truly next level. These races involve live entertainment, exclusive character greetings, Disney jargon, elaborate costumes, and months of advance planning with friends...
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March 28, 2024
The Physiology Behind Women Kicking A** at Ultraman Races
When professional triathlete and multi-time iron-distance champion Michelle Vesterby crossed the finish line of Ultraman Arizona in 24:28:06 a couple of weeks ago and became the race’s overall champion, the first man didn’t follow until more than two hours later in 26:57:57. Further, five of the top 10 overall finishers at this year’s Ultraman...
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March 28, 2024
DJ Diplo creates run club with a cool twist
It seems like everyone and their cousin is part of a different run club in 2024, and it’s hard for one club to distinguish itself from another besides pace, meeting time and location. Grammy award-winning DJ and producer Diplo (Thomas Pentz) found a way to make his new run club a...
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March 27, 2024
How Do Olympic Athletes Sleep?
A new study in the International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, from sports scientists at the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee led by Travis Anderson, dives into the real-world sleep habits of more than 1,600 Olympic and Paralympic athletes. In the lead-up to the Tokyo Games in 2021, they filled out...
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