EVENT NEWS
Want to stay up to date on the latest press releases and news about running, cycling and triathlon races and events? Scroll below to view all endurance sports event news.
November 30, 2021
China claims new COVID-19 variant will not force Beijing 2022 postponement
Omicron, the new strain of COVID-19, will not force the cancellation of next year's Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Beijing, the Chinese Government claimed today. Japan, which hosted the re-arranged 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games earlier this year, today became the 19th country to confirm a case of...
November 27, 2021
Beijing Marathon suffers second straight cancellation due to COVID-19
Organisers have confirmed the cancellation of the Beijing Marathon for the second consecutive year due to COVID-19, highlighting the challenges faced by those in charge of the upcoming Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Beijing Marathon was officially postponed last month, due to an increase in COVID-19 cases domestically. Inside...
November 22, 2021
Six Times Triathlon Weirdly Got Mainstream Attention
Our little sport doesn’t always make the news, but when it does you can be sure it’ll be for something wacky. Triathlete
November 18, 2021
Not a Prank: The Cutoff for the 2022 Boston Marathon is 0 Minutes and 0 Seconds
On Thursday morning, the Boston Athletic Association announced that if you ran a qualifying time for your age group and gender and applied during the registration window, you’re in for April 18, 2022. Seriously: the Boston Marathon cutoff time is 0 minutes and 0 seconds. Women's Running
November 17, 2021
Should Road Races Separate the Pros from the Masses?
While the benefit to giving elite women their own race seems obvious, the question of giving male marathoners a separate start is more contentious. Earlier this month, for the first time in its 50-year history, the New York City Marathon had a separate start time for the men’s elite field,...
November 11, 2021
Shanghai Marathon postponed indefinitely due to COVID-19
China is battling a fresh Delta-driven outbreak that has spread across the country and sparked tough new measures to stamp out the virus before the Beijing Winter Olympics in February. Organizers of the Beijing and Wuhan marathons both announced last month that those races were also postponed due to the...
November 11, 2021
Richard Branson, 71, shows off gruesome injuries from ‘colossal cycling crash’ and reveals his helmet saved his life after his brakes failed during British Virgin Islands charity bike ride
Sir Richard Branson has suffered a 'colossal' bicycle crash after his brakes failed while taking part in an endurance charity race across the British Virgin Islands this week. The 71-year-old billionaire feared he had broken his back after colliding with another rider during day two of the Strive BVI event...
November 9, 2021
Teen Driver Who Hit Cyclists While ‘Rolling Coal’ On Them Faces Felony Charges In Texas
Waller County, Texas, officials announced felony charges on Monday against a 16-year-old pickup driver accused of crashing into a group of cyclists while trying to blow exhaust on them. The collision sent four bicyclists to the hospital. HuffPost
November 4, 2021
Father breaks world record for longest triathlon in undisturbed 30 hours
A dad has broken the world record for the longest triathlon in a staggering 30 hours of swimming, running, and cycling in one go without breaks. Dad of two Ian Lambert ran, swam and cycled a combined to an epic 220 miles, beating the previous Guinness World Record of 180 miles....
November 2, 2021
Does the future of US racing include jerseys with rider names and numbers?
Into the Lion's Den provided a regional-teams blueprint of what promoters say is the way forward for criterium racing. Velo News