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May 2, 2022
Registration for the 2023 Ascension Seton Austin Marathon Officially Opens May 2
AUSTIN, Texas, May 2, 2022 /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ Registration for the 2023 Ascension Seton Austin Marathon® officially opens Monday, May 2nd. The 31st Annual Austin Marathon is scheduled to take place on Sunday, February 19, 2023, in Austin, Texas. The initial pricing structure is offered during Launch Week of May 2-9...
May 1, 2022
ShowcasedSDCCU OC Marathon Returns in Epic Fashion
COSTA MESA, Calif., May 1, 2022 /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - One thousand ninety-five days is a long time to wait to throw a party, but that’s how long it had been since the SDCCU OC Marathon Running Festival had been staged in its 26.2-mile entirety. COVID protocols limited the race to a...
May 1, 2022
Pallant-Browne Takes Emphatic Win and Steger Makes It Two in a Row at Challenge Riccione
/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - Near perfect conditions greeted over 1,200 athletes at Challenge Riccione on Italy’s Adriatic Coast today with Thomas Steger (AUT) successfully defending his title to make it two in a row in 3:37:40 and Emma Palant-Browne (GBR) taking a convincing win in 3:56:50. While Steger led out of...
May 1, 2022
17,000 MOVERS Braved the Weather to Return to the Streets of Pittsburgh for Marathon Sunday
PITTSBURGH, PA (May 1, 2022)/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – At the 14th DICK’S Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon under rainy and sometimes downpour conditions on Sunday morning, more than 17,000 runners braved the weather to return to the in-person Pittsburgh Marathon. Runners have spent the past two years running virtually through the pandemic,...
April 30, 2022
‘Nonbinary Runners Have Been Here the Whole Time’
In the past year, road races have debuted a nonbinary category, typically with around two dozen or fewer such competitors at each event. The nonbinary category in races has not drawn as much public controversy. Most nonbinary runners go unnoticed on race day, running alongside tens of thousands of other...
April 29, 2022
GFNY Passista: mechanical watches for cyclists
New York City /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/- GFNY Global Endurance Sports Series launches an automatic watch made specifically for bike racing: the GFNY Passista Professional 300 in titanium, hardened with Diamond Like Carbon (DLC) and a Swiss movement with Incabloc shock resistance. The GFNY Passista 200 in steel is your daily all-rounder...
April 28, 2022
EVENT INSIGHTS: How Covid-19 Has Created a New Kind of Audience for Events
Whether you are putting on an virtual or in person event, participants have been changed by the pandemic and are evaluating a new set of priorities when choosing their next race. Race directors need to embrace that future by adopting these essential best practices in today's changing landscape. MORE
April 28, 2022
Are the US Olympic Marathon Trials Broken? Examining the Business Model of America’s Greatest Marathon
Brant Kotch did not want to host the US Olympic Marathon Trials in 2012. Kotch, an affable, mustachioed Texan, has served as the race director of the Houston Marathon since 2002. And as USATF searched for bidders in 2009 for the next Olympic Trials, Kotch had been the target of a...
April 28, 2022
How Super Shoes are Upending Running’s Sponsorship Model
Last week’s Boston Marathon sparked yet another debate about shoe tech in professional running. This time, the question wasn’t whether super shoes were undermining cherished notions of competitive fairness, but whether pro runners are being forced to choose between getting the best possible sponsorship deal and maximizing their chances of...
April 28, 2022
Arthritis Foundation Adds Arthritis Challenge Experience to the 2022 California Coast Classic Bicycle Tour, Presented by Amgen
LOS ANGELES - April 28, 2022/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – Organizers of the 2022 California Coast Classic Bicycle Tour + Arthritis Challenge Experience presented by Amgen, today announced that 70 spaces remain for its 8-day, 525-mile, in-person tour down the California Coast this September 10-17. May is Arthritis Awareness Month and Bike Month,...