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August 15, 2022
hDrop Technologies Launches Partnership With USA Cycling
/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - hDrop Technologies has launched a Member Benefit with USA Cycling, the national governing body for cycling in the United States. As a result of the partnership, all USA Cycling members can get the hDrop device at a 20% discount. While the USA Cycling High Performance Team will...
August 15, 2022
Big Sur Marathon Foundation Names New Executive/Race Director
August 15, 2022, CARMEL, CA /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - Josh Priester has been named the new Executive Director/Race Director of the 36-year-old Big Sur Marathon Foundation (BSMF). Priester, who offers a wealth of experience in sports management, athlete coaching, and business development, is tasked with furthering the nonprofit organization’s mission to create...
August 15, 2022
Salsa Celebrates Adventures by Bike
(Bloomington, Minn.) August 15, 2022 /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - Since it was founded in 1982, Salsa Cycles has always done things a little bit differently. Over the years, the brand has been responsible for major industry innovations and game-changing bike designs. Through it all, the brand has been driven by a...
August 15, 2022
ShowcasedOutside Interactive Moves Into New Headquarters on Hopkinton’s Hayden Rowe
Hopkinton, MA (August 15, 2022)/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – Outside Interactive®, a Boston-based developer of patented video simulation technology for cardio equipment, today announced it has opened its new headquarters at Two Hayden Rowe in Hopkinton, Mass., steps from the start line of the world-famous Boston Marathon®. The office will serve as a...
August 14, 2022
Owners sells American Cycle & Fitness to Trek Bicycle
Co-owner Michael Reuter and Kenny Stonehouse are selling their eight-store retail chain, American Cycle & Fitness, to Trek Bicycle. The transition will be complete by mid-October and Trek reps are already present and planning for the future with the staff. Bicycle Retailer
August 14, 2022
‘Ultramarathon man’ Dean Karnazes attacked by coyote during 150-mile race
Acclaimed ultrarunner and author Dean Karnazes can boast some of the wildest accomplishments in endurance sports, but a coyote attack mid-race was a first for him. Karnazes was running Headlands 150-mile Endurance Run, a race held in Sausalito, Cali. Canadian Running Magazine
August 14, 2022
Xponential Fitness Generates $60M in Q2 Revenue
Xponential Fitness - the largest boutique fitness franchiser in the U.S. with 2,357 studios - generated $59.6 million in revenue in Q2 — a 66% increase year-over-year. Net income reached $31.5 million in Q2, compared to a net loss of $8 million. The company sold 251 franchise licenses and opened...
August 13, 2022
SoulCycle to hit brakes on nearly 25% of its locations
The once-hot exercise chain is closing 20 of its 82 studio locations nationwide within the next few weeks. The privately-run company, owned by Equinox Group, will shutter four New York City locations – in Midtown, Soho, West 92nd St. and Park Slope, Brooklyn — along with a Hamptons outpost in Water...
August 12, 2022
Peloton to cut nearly 800 jobs, raise prices amid declining sales
Peloton will embark on a sweeping overhaul that includes cutting nearly 800 jobs, raising prices for its Bike Plus and Tread machines, and outsourcing functions such as equipment deliveries and customer service to outside companies. The changes, which the company disclosed Friday in a memo to employees, also includes gradually...
August 12, 2022
Peloton must face lawsuit claiming it misled over “ever-growing” classes, judge rules
The class-action lawsuit was filed on behalf of customers who were angered by the company's decision to cut its number of exercise classes while continuing to market its service as offering an "ever-growing" library of classes. The lawsuit was filed in 2019 by the National Music Publishers Association over its alleged...