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May 1, 2022
ShowcasedSDCCU OC Marathon Returns in Epic Fashion
COSTA MESA, Calif., May 1, 2022 /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - One thousand ninety-five days is a long time to wait to throw a party, but that’s how long it had been since the SDCCU OC Marathon Running Festival had been staged in its 26.2-mile entirety. COVID protocols limited the race to a...
May 1, 2022
Pallant-Browne Takes Emphatic Win and Steger Makes It Two in a Row at Challenge Riccione
/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - Near perfect conditions greeted over 1,200 athletes at Challenge Riccione on Italy’s Adriatic Coast today with Thomas Steger (AUT) successfully defending his title to make it two in a row in 3:37:40 and Emma Palant-Browne (GBR) taking a convincing win in 3:56:50. While Steger led out of...
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 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
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
RunSignup Announces Integration with U.S. Masters Swimming
April 28, 2022, Moorestown, NJ /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - RunSignup, the leading registration and technology solution provider for endurance events in the United States, announces its integration with U.S. Masters Swimming (USMS). With nearly 60,000 members, USMS is the industry standard for sanctioned adult swimming events, clubs, and associated training programs....
April 28, 2022
America’s Top Pro Cycling Race Maryland Cycling Classic Announces Course Route, Weekend Schedule of Events and Key Partners
BALTIMORE, Maryland/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – The Maryland Cycling Classic supported by UnitedHealthcare, America’s top-ranked professional road cycling race, today announced its inaugural course, a diverse 120-mile (194 kilometer) route that features the rolling pastoral countryside of Baltimore County and the urban landscape and waterfront of central Baltimore. The race will start at...
April 27, 2022
Salt Lake City, Utah Becomes Newest Rock ‘N’ Roll Running Series Host City
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah / TAMPA, Fla. (April 27, 2022) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - The Rock ‘n’ Roll® Running Series, the world’s largest running series, announced today with Sports Salt Lake, that Salt Lake City, Utah will become the newest destination for the Series. As part of the announcement the Utah Sports Commission will also come on...
April 27, 2022
Sam Long hit by car during St. George build up
American Ironman World Championship favorite Sam Long has been hit by a car while training for the upcoming Ironman World Championship race in St. George, Utah on May 7. Today he confirmed that despite the crash, he will be on the start line next week after the accident. Triathlon Canada