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October 6, 2021
Road Runners Club of America Announces 2022 National Championship Event Series
Arlington, VA - The RRCA Championship Event Series is one of the oldest distance running traditions in the US, dating back to 1958 when the RRCA awarded its first championship designation. The goal of the RRCA Championship Event Series is to shine a spotlight on well-run, community-based events, and to...
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October 6, 2021
Shalane Flanagan Partners with InsideTracker to Make Professional-Level Blood Data Insights Accessible to Every Athlete
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.— Oct. 6, 2021— InsideTracker, the leading truly personalized performance and nutrition system, today announced a limited-edition blood biometric panel created alongside Olympic medalist and New York City Marathon champion, Shalane Flanagan. The InsideTracker x Shalane Flanagan Panel tests more than 20 key biomarkers that are critical to endurance...
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October 6, 2021
Gnarly Nutrition Transitions to Recyclable Steel Packaging
SALT LAKE CITY, UT (October 6, 2021) -- Gnarly Sports Nutrition, the makers of clean, effective, and great tasting sports nutrition supplements, is proud to announce that they will be transitioning all of their product packaging from plastic tubs to highly recyclable tin coated steel cans. As the first sports...
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October 5, 2021
Ultramarathon runner dies after collapsing during six-day race
Tragedy has hit the Marathon des Sables as organisers confirmed the death of a competitor after he suffered a cardiac arrest. The six day, 156-mile ultra marathon race, approximately the distance of six regular marathons, is currently taking place in its traditional venue of the Sahara desert in southern Morocco. The...
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October 5, 2021
‘Ran for Our Lives’: How the Deadliest Ultramarathon Claimed 21 Runners
In all, 21 of 172 runners who started the race would die as a sudden cold front from Mongolia drove temperatures to as low as 23 degrees Fahrenheit, with snow pellets and wind gusts strong enough to tear apart foil blankets. The scale of the tragedy has confounded the international...
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October 5, 2021
Nike Announces Vaccine Mandate For All U.S. Office-Based Employees
Nike will now require office-based U.S. employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19. In a statement to FN on Tuesday, Nike said it would require all U.S. office-based employees to get the vaccine in order to support “the effort to bring people safely back to their workplaces.” Nike said it aims...
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October 5, 2021
No, Running Doesn’t Wear Down Your Cartilage. It Strengthens Your Joints.
Numerous studies have shown that, contrary to what your sedentary friends may sometimes argue, running does not cause arthritis. New research shows, in fact, that running may actually help strengthen your joints against future wear and tear. Podium Runner
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October 5, 2021
Alta Cycling Group Implements Live Data Program to Offer Real-Time Local Dealer Inventory for Consumers
KENT, Wash., (October, 5, 2021) — Alta Cycling Group, the premiere cycling company whose brands include Diamondback, iZip, Redline and Haibike, is offering its authorized dealers a new way to keep consumers that are shopping their brand’s websites informed when a bike is available locally and direct consumers to that ...
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October 5, 2021
Purity Products Releases Muscle Accelerator to Enhance Muscle Strength and Size
Plainview, NY (October 5, 2021) - Purity Products®, the leading science-backed supplement brand recently announced a new addition to its product line, Purity’s Muscle Accelerator, that works to promote muscle strength, increase muscle size and support endurance. “We have been testing and formulating this unique, patented product for over two...
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October 5, 2021
World-Class Athletes Head to Inaugural Challenge Budva-Montenegro
Following last year’s cancellation due to COVID, CHALLENGEBUDVA-MONTENEGRO is ready to go this Sunday with a strong field of world-class athletes ready to compete against each other in spectacular Montenegro. From Nils Frommhold (DEU) and Magnus Ditlev (DEN) to Patrick Lange (DEU), recently the winner of DATEV CHALLENGEROTH, each has...
