EVENT NEWS
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September 27, 2021
Athletic Brewing Hosts First Official Non-Alcoholic Beer Mile
STRATFORD, CT AND SAN DIEGO, CA (September 27, 2021) -- Leading craft non-alcoholic beer maker Athletic Brewing Co. is excited to announce that it will host the first-ever NA Beer Mile on October 17 in Stratford, Conn. The 1-mile race, invented by a group of Canadian runners in 1989, combines...
September 27, 2021
ShowcasedRegistration Opens Friday for 2022 Grandma’s Marathon Weekend
(DULUTH, MINN.) --- Registration will open this Friday, October 1 for the 2022 Grandma’s Marathon weekend, which will again be at full capacity after the COVID-19 pandemic altered race plans in both 2020 and 2021. Organizers are preparing to welcome close to 20,000 participants to Duluth and the surrounding communities...
September 27, 2021
10th Annual Kerrville Triathlon Festival Hosts Largest Field in Event History
AUSTIN, Texas, September 27, 2021 -- Nearly 5000 triathletes and their friends and family traveled to Kerrville, Texas, for the 10th annual Kerrville Triathlon Festival. More than 1800 triathletes from 20 states, most in event history, registered for the Most Scenic Triathlon in Texas. Participants gave their all during a...
September 27, 2021
Life Time Hosts More than 7,200 at 24th Annual HOKA ONE ONE Chicago Half Marathon/5K
Chicago – (September 26, 2021) The HOKA ONE ONE Chicago Half Marathon and 5K, owned and produced by Life Time, was held for the 24th time today in Chicago’s historic Jackson Park, after a year off due to COVID-19. More than 7,200 runners toed the line to enjoy the course,...
September 26, 2021
Nearly 7,500 Runners Return to Live Start Line for 44th Richard S. Caliguiri City of Pittsburgh Great Race
PITTSBURGH (September 26, 2021) – After a virtual-only event in 2020, more than 7,500 runners returned to a live start line for the 44th running of the Richard S. Caliguiri City of Pittsburgh Great Race. This year’s One Great Weekend, which also included the Dollar Bank Junior Great Race, featured...
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
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
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
Inaugural St. Jude IRONMAN 70.3 Memphis Readies for its Big Debut at Shelby Farms on Oct. 2 with Over 2,400 Triathletes
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Sept. 23, 2021) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/-- Over 2,400 registered triathletes from all 50 states will descend upon Shelby Farms Park, one of the largest urban parks in the country, to compete in the inaugural St. Jude IRONMAN® 70.3®Memphis triathlon on Saturday, Oct. 2, benefiting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®. Among...
September 23, 2021
XTERRA Fall Championships unfold in Utah, Italy this weekend
September 23, 2021 /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/-- This weekend, September 25-26, the best amateur and elite off-road triathletes, duathletes, and trail runners will spring into action at the XTERRA USA Championships in Ogden, Utah and XTERRA Trentino Dolomiti Paganella in Molveno, Italy, which will double as the Europe Cross Duathlon and Triathlon...