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October 11, 2022
Badger 100 Runner Claims 2nd Place – After Being Removed from Result
Missing splits and inconsistencies in the runner's story leads to removal from results. Marathon Investigation
October 9, 2022
Ironman World Championship: Increased equality comes at a cost
The question many are pondering at this year's Ironman World Championship is whether the decision to have the female triathletes compete two days before the men has been an entirely positive development. The organizers argued that having the women compete in a separate event on a different day than the men generates more attention...
October 5, 2022
Bank of America Marathon in Chicago adds nonbinary division for 1st time ever
The Chicago Marathon opened a nonbinary runner category for the first time ever ahead of the 2022 weekend event. Jessica Gorden-Song is an accomplished runner who works at Fleet Feet Sports, coaches other runners and runs an Instagram page for non-binary runners. abc 7 Chicago
October 3, 2022
Rock ‘N’ Roll Elite Half Marathon Series Returns as Runners Prepare to Take on The United Airlines Rock ‘N’ Roll Running Series San Jose on October 8-9, 2022
SAN JOSE, Calif. (October 3, 2022) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - Speed City, USA is set to host the United Airlines Rock ‘n’ Roll® Running Series San Jose on Saturday and Sunday, October 8-9, 2022 as the Rock ‘n’ Roll EliteTM Half Marathon Series makes its return to the west coast. Race...
September 30, 2022
Hawaii Ironman World Championships 2022: By The Numbers
For the first time in the event’s 40-plus year history, the 2022 Ironman World Championship race will be held as a two-day event, on Thursday, Oct. 6 (led by the women’s pro field and half the age-groupers) and on Saturday, Oct. 8 (with the men’s pros and more age-groupers). The...
September 27, 2022
Kona Locals Ask Ironman Visitors for Respect
The relationship between Kona and Ironman is a complicated one. Certainly, tourism is a large part of the island’s economy, and during the COVID pandemic, a decline in travel meant a loss for most residents. Many businesses closed, and hotels and restaurants operated at a fraction of their capacity. When...
September 27, 2022
‘Disappointing’: HOKA runners didn’t complete full half marathon on South Side, organizers reveal
There are no signs of the HOKA Chicago Half Marathon in Jackson Park that happened Sunday. But, there has been an adjustment online. The distance that had been advertised as 13.1 miles is now 12.6. Steele said she began training in April with 13.1 miles as her goal. She said...
September 21, 2022
Runners Can Exhale! No Cutoff for 2023 Boston Marathon
The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) announced on September 21 that there is no cutoff time for the 2023 race. Applicants who ran a verified qualifying time for their age group and gender during the qualifying period will be accepted into the race, which will be held on April 17, 2023....
September 21, 2022
Ironman’s Big Bet On Trail Running
When the news broke in May 2021 that Ironman and UTMB were joining forces, the small corner of the internet that hosts the trail running community nearly lost its collective mind. Skeptics lamented the end of trail running’s eccentric, community-centric culture, while optimists celebrated the likelihood of better race organization,...
September 20, 2022
How Is Ironman Going to Pull off Two Days of Racing in Kona?
It’s been three years since the last Ironman World Championship race in Kona, though one would not be faulted for feeling like it’s been much, much longer. After all, so much has happened in the world and in the sport since Jan Frodeno and Anne Haug broke the finish-line tape...