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America’s running event industry faces a “watershed moment” that threatens its future because of the habits and attitudes held by Gen Z and young millennials, according to conclusions drawn from a survey commissioned by Running USA, an industry trade association.
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Let’s start with the obvious: Since I wrote the coffee table books to celebrate the 25th, 30th, and 40th anniversary of the Ironman World Championship, I love the history, traditions, and legends of what I consider the most important one-day endurance event on the planet. In my opinion, a huge part of what makes the Ironman World Championship so damn special is the Big Island of Hawaii itself.
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Next month’s Boston Marathon will be the first since the race lost one of its icons, Dick Hoyt.
For decades, Dick and his son, Rick encouraged runners and did a lot to support the YMCA. On Thursday, the MetroWest YMCA honored Dick and Rick with a signed lithograph that will forever hang at its entrance with the words Dick lived by “Yes, you can!”
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One of the legends of the Boston Marathon, Dick Hoyt, has died at the age of 80, his family confirmed to WCVB.
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Dick Hoyt, a man who became an icon of the Boston Marathon after pushing his wheelchair-bound son in the race for decades, has passed away at the age of 80. He died in his sleep Wednesday morning, Boston Marathon race director Dave McGillivray told local media.
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The Boston Marathon community lost a celebrated figure on Sunday. Bryan Lyons, who took over pushing Rick Hoyt’s racing chair for Team Hoyt in 2015, died suddenly in his sleep on May 31. He was 50.
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Boston – Massachusetts-based event management company, Dave McGillivray Sports Enterprises, today revealed a new name and new logo that better represents its standing in the endurance event management industry and more closely aligns its image, mission, and direction.
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Running USA is pleased to announce that DMSE Sports returns to present the Morning Fun Run at the 2020 Industry Conference in Las Vegas. The event is set for Feb. 9-11, 2020, with morning runs at 6:15am on Monday and Tuesday morning.
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BOSTON — It was the death heard ‘round the running world.
In July 1984, acclaimed author and running guru Jim Fixx died of a heart attack while trotting along a country road in Vermont. Overnight, a nascent global movement of asphalt athletes got a gut check: Just because you run marathons doesn’t mean you’re safe from heart problems.
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At its annual summer board meeting held in Detroit, the Board of Directors of Running USA elected a new president and vice president to lead the organization, and heard updates from the CEO and staff regarding the organization’s progress on a variety of projects.
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Joan Benoit Samuelson has been a pioneer in the sport of running and an inspiration in women’s athletics.
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Joan Benoit Samuelson is someone you really can’t say enough good things about. The humble Mainer probably hates the attention and adulation, but come on, she’s an Olympic gold medalist in the most brutal of competitions, the marathon, and now she’s synonymous with a world-class 10K road race.
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Dave McGillivray stood on the sidewalk in Boston’s Theater District by himself for some brief moments and took in the scenes around him.
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The athletes, execs, inventors, and others who inspire us and enable our modern running lives
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Studies show there are heart risks to devil-may-care diets — no matter how much you run.
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Say what you want about Boston-area drivers, but we haven’t run over any marathoners yet.
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As the first string of runners cross the finish line Sunday at the NYC Half, race volunteers, known as athlete escorts, will approach an undisclosed number of elites and inform them they have 60 minutes to report for drug testing. As the athlete cools down, refuels, and responds to media, the escort won’t lose sight of the runner, as required by the United States Anti-Doping Agency, ensuring that the athlete is behind secure doors before the hour strikes.
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With Geoffrey Mutai’s world best of 2 hours 3 minutes 2 seconds in the 2011 Boston Marathon and Patrick Makau’s world record of 2:03:38 in the 2011 Berlin Marathon, men’s distance running suddenly seems a place of limitless possibilities. Or, at least, a place where a sub-2 hour marathon is entirely possible.
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The Boston Marathon is a great motivator. As roughly 27,000 runners cross the finish line April 16, thousands on the sidelines will be inspired. Maybe a marathon goes on the bucket list, but a shorter race may seem a more realistic first step. New England boasts a calendar packed with spring, summer, and fall road races of all distances.
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For more than 30 years, our sport has played a vital role battling the deadly disease.
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