EVENT NEWS
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July 20, 2021
Tough Mudder Makes Triumphant Return to Live Events in the UK After Last-Minute Event Cancellation in Scotland
LONDON, UK (July 17, 2021) – Tough Mudder™, part of Spartan®, the world’s leading endurance sports and extreme wellness brand, officially kicked off its 2021 UK season, hosting its world-famous class of teamwork-based obstacle course events in Henley-on-Thames, West London July 17-18. The sold-out event was met with great enthusiasm...
July 18, 2021
Mississippi’s Largest Cycling Event Raises Funds for Parkinson’s
Greenwood, Miss. — As live sporting events start to come back to center stage for athletes and fundraisers, the Davis Phinney Foundation is thrilled to be one of the beneficiaries of the Bikes Blues & Bayous cycling event in Mississippi on Aug. 7, 2021. The Greenwood-Leflore County Chamber of Commerce...
July 18, 2021
Athletes to sleep on ‘anti-sex’ cardboard beds at Olympic Games amid COVID
Jury still out if this is true or not, but how can we not publish! The world’s best sports competitors are set to spend their nights on cardboard beds — allegedly designed to collapse under the weight of fornicators to discourage sex amid COVID-19. “Beds will be able to withstand...
July 16, 2021
Punch Gunk Hosts Pedal For Pints Activation At 2021 Belgian Waffle Ride
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Punch Gunk, the award-winning performance therapeutics company shaking up the pain relief and workout recovery industry, is making its first appearance at the famed Belgian Waffle Ride in San Diego this weekend. Punch Gunk is presenting Pedal for Pints, where competitors and spectators who generate the...
July 15, 2021
Superfit former gymnast, 58, sues for more than £150,000 after smashing her leg in fall on Bear Grylls obstacle course
Former gymnast Margot Harrison was left with a dislocated shoulder and a shattered shin bone after falling from monkey rings during a 5km obstacle course designed by Mr Grylls. She claims those marshalling the race in north London on October 2016 negligently failed to adequately supervise the course, and that...
July 15, 2021
XTERRA Adventures TV Series Premieres July 15, XTERRA Beaver Creek this Sat
The first episode in an all-new season of XTERRA Adventures debuts on xterraplanet.com and Outside TV tonight, July 15, 2021, at 10pm EDT. The seven-episode TV series takes viewers to some of the most iconic destinations in all of endurance sports for an inside look into the races, places, and...
July 15, 2021
East Coast Greenway’s New York City-to-Philadelphia Ride has raised nearly $150,000 for trail development
DURHAM, North Carolina - Six weeks ahead of the inaugural New York City-to-Philadelphia Greenway Ride, registered participants have already raised nearly $150,000 in support of continued East Coast Greenway development in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania - an area with significant active transportation needs. Riding to improve access to...
July 15, 2021
GFNY tackles Tourmalet
NEW YORK CITY, Jul 15, 2021 – GFNY Lourdes Tourmalet is the latest addition, making this race the fourth in France on the GFNY calendar. Scheduled for June 12, 2022, riders get to race the iconic Col du Tourmalet (2115m) in the Pyrenees. It’s the most used mountain pass by...
July 14, 2021
Global poll finds weak interest in Tokyo Olympics as Thomas Bach makes China gaffe
A new international poll has revealed that global interest in the Tokyo Olympics is waning, with hosts Japan one of the least enthusiastic countries. The Ipsos Global Advisor survey of more than 19,000 adults across 28 countries found the lowest support for the Games was in South Korea, where just...
July 14, 2021
Barebells Fuels Athlete Ambassadors at This Year’s 2021 NOBULL CrossFit® Games
LOS ANGELES – Barebells – the revolutionary, high-in-protein, no added sugar* protein bar brand – is supporting several athlete ambassadors at The 2021 NOBULL CrossFit® Games. “Embodying hard work and determination, our ambassadors have been training for The 2021 NOBULL CrossFit® Games for quite some time,” said Ben Jones, CEO....