News Topics
-
May 1, 2022
17,000 MOVERS Braved the Weather to Return to the Streets of Pittsburgh for Marathon Sunday
PITTSBURGH, PA (May 1, 2022)/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – At the 14th DICK’S Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon under rainy and sometimes downpour conditions on Sunday morning, more than 17,000 runners braved the weather to return to the in-person Pittsburgh Marathon. Runners have spent the past two years running virtually through the pandemic,...
-
April 30, 2022
‘Nonbinary Runners Have Been Here the Whole Time’
In the past year, road races have debuted a nonbinary category, typically with around two dozen or fewer such competitors at each event. The nonbinary category in races has not drawn as much public controversy. Most nonbinary runners go unnoticed on race day, running alongside tens of thousands of other...
-
April 29, 2022
GFNY Passista: mechanical watches for cyclists
New York City /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/- GFNY Global Endurance Sports Series launches an automatic watch made specifically for bike racing: the GFNY Passista Professional 300 in titanium, hardened with Diamond Like Carbon (DLC) and a Swiss movement with Incabloc shock resistance. The GFNY Passista 200 in steel is your daily all-rounder...
-
April 28, 2022
EVENT INSIGHTS: How Covid-19 Has Created a New Kind of Audience for Events
Whether you are putting on an virtual or in person event, participants have been changed by the pandemic and are evaluating a new set of priorities when choosing their next race. Race directors need to embrace that future by adopting these essential best practices in today's changing landscape. MORE
-
April 28, 2022
Are the US Olympic Marathon Trials Broken? Examining the Business Model of America’s Greatest Marathon
Brant Kotch did not want to host the US Olympic Marathon Trials in 2012. Kotch, an affable, mustachioed Texan, has served as the race director of the Houston Marathon since 2002. And as USATF searched for bidders in 2009 for the next Olympic Trials, Kotch had been the target of a...
-
April 28, 2022
How Super Shoes are Upending Running’s Sponsorship Model
Last week’s Boston Marathon sparked yet another debate about shoe tech in professional running. This time, the question wasn’t whether super shoes were undermining cherished notions of competitive fairness, but whether pro runners are being forced to choose between getting the best possible sponsorship deal and maximizing their chances of...
-
April 28, 2022
Arthritis Foundation Adds Arthritis Challenge Experience to the 2022 California Coast Classic Bicycle Tour, Presented by Amgen
LOS ANGELES - April 28, 2022/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – Organizers of the 2022 California Coast Classic Bicycle Tour + Arthritis Challenge Experience presented by Amgen, today announced that 70 spaces remain for its 8-day, 525-mile, in-person tour down the California Coast this September 10-17. May is Arthritis Awareness Month and Bike Month,...
-
April 28, 2022
Two Additional Goalball Paralympians Elected to USABA Board
(COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – As the newly-certified national governing body for the Paralympic team sports of goalball and blind soccer, the United States Association of Blind Athletes (USABA) has announced the election of two additional athlete representatives to its Board of Directors. Paralympians Zach Buhler (Huntington, Ind.) and...
-
April 28, 2022
Science in Sport set to disrupt the world of endurance fuelling with groundbreaking new scientific study
/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – Science in Sport’s Beta Fuel range is leading a revolution in endurance fuelling, having famously powered Chris Froome’s sensational 80km solo ride on Stage 19 of the 2018 Giro D’Italia - widely believed to be the elite athlete’s greatest ever feat on a bike. And now, Science...
-
April 28, 2022
San Francisco Marathon Partners Up With Nella by FitBiomics
San Francisco, CA /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – The San Francisco Marathon is happy to announce a partnership with FitBiomics and their first product Nella, a performance probiotic geared specifically toward people with active lifestyles. “Gut bacteria play an important role in human health, such as supplying essential nutrients, synthesizing vitamin K,...
