Professional Minutes | Fitness Newsletter

3 days ago

Baltimore’s Charm City Run adapts and thrives amid Covid-19

By: Brian Metzler OK, so the running retail business has been a tough grind over the past year, but it’s also been flourishing from an...

3 days ago

Boulder’s Go Far Shop closing its doors for good on April 25

By: Brian Metzler It’s a hard time to make it in the running specialty retail world right now, especially when it comes to one-off,...

Apr 7

Road Racing 2021

Events morphing to innovative, in-person races at multiple locations over multiple days By: Brian Metzler The Bolder Boulder 10K has long...

Apr 1

Inov-8 Launches trail running shoe with new, graphene-enhanced foam

By: Brian Metzler photo: inov-8 Inov-8 has proven once again that it’s much more than a smallish brand with a lot of trail running cred,...

Apr 1

Rock ‘n’ Roll Series rebrands, retools with 17 events beginning in September

By: Brian Metzler In case you missed it, Rock ‘n’ Roll show is heading back to the main stage of an international tour. In an...

Mar 24

How shipping delays have slowed running shoe delivery

By: Brian Metzler As if the craziness of the past year hasn’t been enough for the running industry, a major shipping delay has slowed...

Mar 17

Running is returning and re-starting, but with big, necessary changes

By: Brian Metzler Running is coming back, but, wow, what a difference a year makes. A lot has happened in the past 12 months since the...

Mar 10

Chicago Marathon working hard toward October finish line

By: Brian Metlzer We heard from a lot of event professionals last week after we published our story entitled “Even with Vaccine...

Mar 10

Spring Spikegate

By: Brian Metzler The coming of spring usually means the end of the indoor track season and the start of the outdoor season. This year...

Mar 3

Even with Vaccine Roll-Outs, Race Directors Still Face Tough Questions

By Brian Metzler Right about now, there should be a palpable buzz stirring in the American running community, that annual surge of energy...

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