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March 8, 2023
Milk Aims to Sponsor Every Woman Running a Marathon This Year
A powerful, experiential initiative, 26.2 is not only a commitment to sponsor this year's female marathon runners but an effort to generate awareness for the many gender inequalities in sport. As part of the campaign, Milk is launching the Every Women Sponsored Fund in a continued partnership with Girls on...
March 8, 2023
Life Time Group Holdings, Inc. (LTH) Tops Q4 Earnings and Revenue Estimates
This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of 16.67%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this company would post a loss of $0.09 per share when it actually produced a loss of $0.07, delivering a surprise of 22.22%. Yahoo
March 8, 2023
Study of marathoners shows running not linked to knee or hip arthritis
It's a widely held belief that running puts wear and tear on the legs, leading to arthritis down the road. But a new study from the University of California, San Francisco looked at more than 3,800 marathoners and found running itself was not linked to the development of knee or...
March 7, 2023
Garmin becomes official timer for Schneider Electric Marathon de Paris
Garmin has become the official timer for the Schneider Electric Marathon de Paris, with the event’s 46th edition set to take place on April 2, 2023. Endurance Biz
March 7, 2023
What running does to the knees, according to a large survey of marathon runners
The new research surveyed 3,804 recreational runners who participated in the Chicago Marathon in 2019 or 2021 with questions from how many years they’d been running and their average running paces to whether they had family histories of arthritis. It's widely believed, even among doctors, that using the joints more...
March 7, 2023
Zwift Announces New Layoffs Reducing 15% of Workforce
Zwift has internally announced a restructuring that is resulting in a reduction of the workforce by 15%, or approximately 80 people in total. The change is largely coming out of a “fresh look” at things with Zwift’s recently added co-CEO, Kurt Beidler. Kurt came from Amazon back three months ago in...
March 7, 2023
Dick’s Sporting Goods’ Third Straight Record Year
Dick’s Sporting Goods has pulled off a third consecutive record year. The sporting goods giant topped itself yet again with full-year net sales of $12.37 billion, a 0.6% year-over-year increase and a 41.3% increase from 2019. Net income for the year fell to $1 billion from $1.5 billion in 2021....
March 6, 2023
What Does It Take to Design an Inclusive Running Race?
These days, runners and event organizers are more aware of how inaccessible the sport can be. Following the murder of Armaud Arbery—the 25-year-old Black jogger who in 2020 was chased and fatally shot by three white men in Brunswick, Georgia—athletes, media and members of the running industry have engaged in...
March 6, 2023
Brooks, Asics, Nike & More Major Running Brands Are Tuning Into #RunTok on TikTok — Here’s Why
With nearly 1 billion views on TikTok, the growing community of #RunTok is fueling the running world all thanks to every day creators — and brands are taking notice. FN
March 3, 2023
‘Astonishing’: Cyclists now outnumber motorists in City of London
According to Forbes, a detailed report has been filed to the transportation committee of the City of London Corporation, the municipal governing body of London’s square mile, which suggests at peak times, people cycling represent 40% of road traffic in the city and 27% throughout the rest of the day. Cycling...