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January 18, 2023
Amanda Duke Boulet Named USABA Director of Sport Performance
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – The U.S. Association of Blind Athletes (USABA) is pleased to announce the hiring of Amanda Duke Boulet as director of sport performance, a new and integral position within the organization. Duke Boulet has been a leader in the U.S. Paralympic movement for the past 15...
January 18, 2023
BibRave Boosts Missoula Marathon Social Following By More Than 28 Percent
Honolulu, HI /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – BibRave, the leading-edge endurance and fitness marketing agency, worked with the Missoula Marathon to create a simple but effective sweepstakes to increase the race’s social following across all platforms and boost engagement and other social media metrics. “We rely on BibRave to manage all of our...
January 17, 2023
Rebranded RUN Varsity Aims to Support Teenagers Moving
PITTSBURGH /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – P3R has announced that 4RUN2 Varsity has rebranded to RUN Varsity. The rebrand is designed to be more inclusive of ALL youth in the area. RUN Varsity adds to P3R’s robust programming to motivate any and all to MOVE and will continue to support, educate and encourage teenage...
January 17, 2023
National Cycling League (NCL) announces ZIeL Concept Store as the Miami Race Fan Headquarters and Club House for the Miami Nights Cycling Club
Miami, FL, January 17, 2023 /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – The National Cycling League, the first of its kind in professional sports built around 21st century values of diverse ownership, gender equality, technology, and sustainability, today announced that it has selected ZIeL Concept store, Miami’s preeminent cycling resource and lifestyle community store as the...
January 16, 2023
The Cult of Bike Helmets
Last year, health officials in Seattle decided to stop requiring bicyclists to wear helmets. Independent research found that nearly half of Seattle’s helmet tickets in recent years went to unhoused people, while Black and Native American cyclists in the city were four times and two times more likely, respectively, than white...
January 13, 2023
2023 ICR: Fitness Chains Resume Aggressive Growth Plans
Speaking at the 2023 ICR Conference, executives from Planet Fitness, Life Time Group and Xponential Fitness indicated that their respective health clubs continue to see healthy recovery post-pandemic while noting stepped-up expansion plans. SGB Media
January 13, 2023
Can Outdoor Specialty Retailers Conquer the Booming Running Market?
The running market has always been hyper-competitive, but new retail challengers from the outdoor world are raising the stakes for players in the space. For the past three years, the running category has been the footwear industry’s biggest success story. As gyms closed amid the pandemic, a staggering number of...
January 13, 2023
DMSE Sports Serves More Than 120,000 Participants In 2022
BOSTON /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – DMSE Sports has released key facts and figures from their 2022 events, showing evidence of road racing’s recovery over the past year. The leading event operations organization founded and lead by Dave McGillivray assisted with the planning and production of 24 events this year, ushering more than...
January 12, 2023
Runners take over Baton Rouge for the running festival with lagniappe
BATON ROUGE, LA. /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - Thousands of runners from over 47 states, Canada, Mexico, and Honduras will celebrate more than a decade’s worth of passion for running and Louisiana culture at this weekend’s Louisiana Marathon. Celebrating its 12th year, the Louisiana Marathon aims to encourage the community to embrace...
January 12, 2023
Strava Has Laid Off Employees Ahead of Rising Prices. Here’s What Your Subscription Will Cost Next Month
The layoffs predated the reported uptick in price for premium features. The previous $7.99 monthly rate will increase to $11.99 on February 6—a significant 50 percent increase. Aol