September 24, 2021

P3R Joins Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank Sports and Media Coalition

PITTSBURGH (Sept. 24, 2021) – P3R, the engine behind Pittsburgh’s greatest races – including the DICK’S Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon – is honored to share that it has joined the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank’s new initiative aimed at ending childhood hunger. The Sports and Media Coalition is a collaborative...

September 24, 2021

Fastest For Now: Ultra-endurance mountain bikers Kait Boyle and Kurt Refsnider pursue temporary records on the Kokopelli Trail

September 24, 2021: Traversing 137 miles of majestic high-desert, the Kokopelli Trail is one of the most iconic long mountain bike routes in the West. Wrought with as much challenge as beauty, the rugged Kokopelli provides passage from Moab Utah’s La Sal Mountains to Loma, Colorado. The trail is popular...

September 24, 2021

Boston Marathon to test travellers with mixed COVID vaccine doses

A Canadian-based marathoner who requested anonymity has been informed by the B.A.A. that runners arriving at the Boston Marathon expo next month must provide proof that they have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, or be tested onsite. Runners who received doses from different vaccine brands (which a significant number of...

September 23, 2021

Nike Misses Q1 Revenue Estimates, Shares Fall

Overall, the athletic giant on Thursday reported growth, with revenues for the quarter at $12.2 billion, up 16% year over year. However, this fell short of estimates of $12.46 billion in revenues from a survey of analysts. Net income was $1.9 billion, up 23% year over year, with diluted earnings per...

September 23, 2021

IRONMAN World Championship Returns in May 2022 with First World Championship Outside Hawai`I Before Returning to Kona in October with First-Ever Two-Day Format

TAMPA, Fla. (Sept. 23, 2021) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/-- IRONMAN, in collaboration with both Greater Zion and St. George, Utah officials and local and state Hawai`i officials, announced today that the IRONMAN® World Championship® will move outside of Hawai`i for the first time, taking place in St. George, Utah on May 7,...

September 23, 2021

Colnago Becomes First Cycling Manufacturer To Adopt Digital Product Passport Powered By Blockchain

Beginning with the bike that will be raced by 2020 and 2021 Tour de France champion, Tadej Pogačar this coming Sunday at the 2021 UCI Road Racing World Championship in Belgium, Colnago will integrate blockchain technology into its new bicycles. As the first manufacturer to link its physical products to a virtual, distributed...

September 23, 2021

Enduro Bearings Launches New Maxhit™ Line; Zero Stack Headset First Product

Oakland, California (September 23, 2021) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/-- Enduro Bearings has long been renowned for solving problems associated with bicycle bearing performance and durability, and with the imminent launch of their new Maxhit™ headsets they’ve done it again. With the everchanging design of rigid and suspension bicycle frames, traditional components can...

September 23, 2021

School project, “Rotterdam Cycling on Tour” is underway using a virtual cycling format

Rotterdam, Netherlands / September 23, 2021 /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/-- The 2024/2025 Tour de France Grand Départ hopes unveiled in Rotterdam: from this week on, the “Rotterdam Cycling on Tour”, a school project, will be running in the city. In a specially equipped truck, secondary school students will get on smart trainers...

September 23, 2021

Lululemon becomes official outfitter for Team Canada in new eight-year deal

The Canadian Olympic Committee has signed a new deal with lululemon, as the Vancouver-based apparel brand best known for its stretchy pants has become the official outfitter for Team Canada’s Olympic and Paralympic teams. National Post

September 23, 2021

Why aren’t more big bike firms tracking their environmental impact?

Trek, one of the world’s biggest bicycle brands, recently released its sustainability report for 2021. Remarkably, this appears to be the first time a major bike company has published such a document. While some other manufacturers make broad sustainability pledges or tout their success in reducing packaging waste, Trek’s report...