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April 5, 2023
Eating too much ‘free sugar’ has 45 negative health effects, study finds
Are you a sweet tooth? In a large review of 73 meta-analyses - which included 8,601 studies - high consumption of added sugar was associated with significantly higher risks of 45 negative health outcomes, including diabetes, gout, obesity, high blood pressure, heart attack, stroke, cancer, asthma, tooth decay, depression and early death....
April 4, 2023
Athletics Integrity Unit suspects doping conspiracy in Kenya
On Tuesday, Kenyan doping-related suspensions reached a new high with the eight-year suspension of the 26-year-old 800m runner and Commonwealth Games finalist Eglay Nalyanya. The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) found some alarming similarities between Nalyanya’s case and the previous case of Betty Lempus, uncovering a savvy operation that helps Kenyan...
April 4, 2023
UCI really doesn’t like OnlyFans sponsoring Lewis Buchanan
When Lewis Buchanan announced his new sponsorship for 2023, it quickly made waves on the internet. Which is exactly what it was supposed to do, of course. Now, it looks like the enduro racer’s sponsorship is attracting the wrong kind of attention. The notoriously stuffy Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) notified...
April 4, 2023
After Hitting $1 Billion, Here’s How Hoka Plans to Surpass Its Next Sales Milestone
What a decade. As one of footwear’s newest billion-dollar brands, Hoka has skyrocketed under Deckers direction. It’s an impressive feat given that the performance running brand had sales of less than $3 million when the company acquired the brand in 2012. FN
April 4, 2023
Lessons From Race Directing in 2023
Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way — 2023 marks my fifteenth year producing running and triathlon races. I’ve transitioned out of producing events as either part of my day job or as my day job. For the last eight years, my wife and I have co-produced a...
April 2, 2023
Horrendous Tour of Flanders crash sees Bahrain Victorious pro disqualified
Bahrain Victorious' Filip Maciejuk was disqualified from the Tour of Flanders for causing a shocking crash which brought down most of the men's peloton, injuring many riders. road.cc
April 1, 2023
Trail running events contribute microplastic pollution to conservation and wilderness areas
Clothing and footwear designed for trail running shed microplastics (MPs) during use. Trail running events may therefore present a significant source of MP pollution in conservation and wilderness areas. Microplastics may present long-term risks to biodiversity and endemic plant and animal species in such areas. In this study, we used...
April 1, 2023
Vista Outdoor makes layoffs at Bell and Giro as Fox Racing integration continues
Sources at Bell and Giro tell BRAIN that the Vista Outdoor brands made significant staff layoffs this week, especially in the marketing, brand, and creative departments. One source said Vista Outdoor is closing the Bell/Giro facility in Scotts Valley and consolidating the brands' staff at the Fox Racing headquarters in Irvine....
March 31, 2023
Brooks to Invest $10 Million in New Initiative to Empower Young Runners
On Friday, the Seattle-based performance brand unveiled “Future Run,” a new program aimed at teaching young people the benefits of running. The new initiative is an evolution of the brand’s current community impact work and aims to reach one million young runners in the U.S. with a $10 million investment...
March 30, 2023
What You Do (and Don’t) Need in a Running Shoe
Humans have run for hundreds of thousands of years, most without the benefit of cushy, brightly colored footwear. But take a stroll around a sporting goods store or scroll through a running website, and you’ll find a dizzying array of options. Some promise speed, others comfort and injury reduction —...