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April 25, 2023
Quad-City Times Bix 7 Joins PRRO Circuit
BETHESDA, MD /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – The Professional Road Running Organization (PRRO) has announced its newest event member, the Quad-City Times Bix 7, set to run on Saturday, July 29, 2023 in Davenport, IA. The Midwest summer tradition will be the third stop on the 2023-24 PRRO Circuit. “The Quad-City Times Bix...
April 25, 2023
Live tracking takes off in May
April 25, 2023, Front Royal, Va. /Adventure Enablers /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - Adventure Enablers' live tracking wing, Enabled Tracking, has experienced a significant increase in demand for its services in the first half of 2023. Over 12 events are utilizing the service for logistics, participant safety, online engagement, and sponsor exposure. The...
April 24, 2023
Collin Chartier says he believes the “top guys are doping”
Chartier reiterated what he had said in a statement earlier today that he didn’t start doping until November, 2022. He said that he ordered EPO online on Nov. 16. “That’s a decision I really regret today,” he said. “Mentally I was not in a good place, coming off the back...
April 24, 2023
Brooks Sues Skechers Over ‘Beast’ Trademark
Brooks Sports, Inc. filed a lawsuit against Skechers U.S.A., Inc., alleging the company infringed on its ‘BEAST’ trademark used on Brooks running shoes since 1992. Brooks said Skechers’ use of the SPEED BEAST mark “on similar products, marketed and sold through similar channels, is highly likely to cause consumer confusion...
April 24, 2023
How Livestreaming Will Shape the Future of Ultrarunning
There’s much to be said about GPS watches, sport-specific equipment, online registration, social media, and the emerging world of fantasy trail running. But the media landscape of the sport, in particular, video livestreaming, is a major technological force shaping the future of ultrarunning—not just for the runners but also for...
April 24, 2023
Speed Week’s Athens Orthopedic Clinic Twilight, presented by Michelob Ultra, and Visit Athens—the first stop on the American Criterium Cup.
Monday, April 24, 2023 /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – Fifty-two women lined up to the start, a crowded field of National Champions and Olympians. While some tried to escape, the group stayed bunched for most of the race until the last Sprint points sprint at seven to go—speeds when up, as the break attempts...
April 24, 2023
French athlete runs 3:25 marathon, backward
On Sunday at the 2023 Drôme Marathon in Saint-Paul-lès-Romans, France, Guillaume de Lustrac came through on a bet he made with a friend: to finish a marathon, running backward. De Lustrac did not only run Drôme Marathon backward, but he did it in a ridiculously fast time of 3:25:24, placing...
April 24, 2023
Mana’s Henri Schoeman Secures World Title
/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – Sports and Entertainment-managed athlete Henri Schoeman has claimed his first world title, adding to his Olympic Games bronze and Commonwealth Games gold medals. The South African topped the Arena Games Triathlon World Championship Series Powered by Zwift at the Grand Final in London on April 8. The hybrid...
April 24, 2023
USATF U20 Mountain Running Team Announced
/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – Eight athletes have been named to the 2023 USATF U20 Mountain Running Team slated to compete in the 2nd World Mountain and Trail Running Championships on Sunday, June 10, in Stubai – Innsbruck, Austria. The race will start in the center of town at Landestheater Vorplatz. The one-loop...
April 24, 2023
Running tour operator Marathon Tours & Travel launches new website
24th April 2023 - Manchester, UK/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – Marathon Tours & Travel offers travel packages for runners, with guaranteed entry, transport, accommodation and ‘on the ground’ team support for some of the most famous running events around the world. The team offer an industry-leading line up of race packages from the famous...