Cycling isn’t just physically challenging, it’s a totally mental ride too. You need to train your mind as hard as your body because when it comes to rides like the Double Triple Bypass, your mind will want to give up before your legs. The first day of the Triple Bypass is 120 miles (it ended…
WICHITA, Kan. – From Running USA’s inception in 1999, Ashworth Awards has been a valued and outspoken partner of Running USA. Today, Running USA is proud to announce the extension of its relationship with Ashworth Awards, as the North Attleboro, Massachusetts company becomes the Official Awards Partner of Running USA. For more than 50 years,…
The 2016 XTERRA Beaver Creek Championship race on Saturday will host perhaps the most competitive elite field in race history. “The top 10 is going to be the strongest ever at this race I think,” said the reigning XTERRA World Champion Josiah Middaugh. “It’s a super talented, deep field, which we don’t always see here. …
Rapid City, SD (July 14, 2016) — Strider Bikes, the world’s leading manufacturer and marketer of children’s no-pedal balance bikes, is welcoming hundreds of balance bike racing toddlers – some still in diapers – to Pier 35 in San Francisco, July 29-30, for the 6th Annual 2016 Strider Cup World Championship presented by FedEx. This is…
Boulder, CO – Race Across America (RAAM) – the World’s Toughest Bicycle Race, concludes its 35th year with two rookie winners. Forty-two solo racers from seventeen countries lined up in Oceanside, CA and 48% of those racers completed the 3,089-mile race ending in Annapolis, MD. Pierre Bischoff, a rookie from Germany, became the first German to…
Falke USA, maker of ergonomic sportswear, introduces the brand new FALKE 4Grip sock. Launching mid-June, this innovative sock is designed with an athlete-based mind to help provide maximum acceleration and speed in sports including soccer, football, tennis and basketball. The FALKE 4Grip incorporates silicone naps inside and outside the sock to provide optimal grip and guarantees a faster sprint…
SALT LAKE CITY – FOX Sports Networks return as the national broadcast partner for the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah. A total of 21 hours of national programming will be provided on FS2 across the U.S. for the professional cycling stage race, Aug. 1-7, including 14 hours of live, high-definition coverage. The opening stage of the…
Monterey County, CA — California’s Salinas Valley, described as the “salad bowl of the world” due to the incredible variety of lettuces and vegetables grown here, will be the stage for the 7th Annual Salinas Valley Half Marathon on August 6. More than 1,000 runners will traverse the valley, passing by fields of lettuce, cauliflower, asparagus…
Oak Park, CA – AdventureCORPS® is pleased to formally announce its partnership with Fisher Space Pen® of Boulder City, NV and to recognize Fisher Space Pen – American-made pens originally created for the space program – as the Official Pen of Badwater®, the world’s toughest brand and the world’s toughest races. AdventureCORPS and Badwater only…
EUGENE, Ore. – The Eugene Marathon is proud to announce the 2016 race earned Gold Level Certification from the Council for Responsible Sport, the world’s leading responsible sport certification program. The Marathon achieved the prestigious award by successfully employing 45 distinct best practice standards that address such matters as resource procurement and management, improving access and…