Endurance Events Industry News

Dec 16, 2025

IRONMAN reports surge in youth participation and market expansion in 2025

The data shows over 250,000 race registrations across the series, with IRONMAN reporting a 10% year-on-year (YOY) increase in first-time participants.

Dec 8, 2025

Two Iranian marathon directors arrested for disobeying hijab rules

Two marathon race directors in Iran could see jail time after allowing thousands of women to compete in the 2025 Kish Island Marathon without wearing hijabs.

Dec 6, 2025

Stanchart Marathon hit by congestion issues at post-race zone

The event's new format, separating half-marathon and marathon days, caused congestion at the finish line, with runners waiting up to 40 minutes in queues.

Dec 3, 2025

RunSignup reports record-setting Thanksgiving day race participation

The platform had a record 1,330,726 participants registered to participate in 1,056 races across the country, with more than $3.2 million dollars raised for charities.

Dec 2, 2025

Bending Spoons set to take Eventbrite private in $500M cash purchase

Fresh off major deals for Vimeo and AOL, Bending Spoons is making a premium offer aimed at updating Eventbrite’s technology.

Nov 24, 2025

Race results affected by rain at Norwich half marathon

Good Running Events has apologised publicly after heavy rain affected the chip timing system.

Nov 21, 2025

RunSignup demonstrates AI buy-in-chat capabilities

RunSignup is the first registration and ticketing platform to live-demo an AI agentic commerce transaction, also known as “buy in chat”.

Nov 17, 2025

Chinese marathon uses unusual street-crossing system

Race officials at the Nanjing Marathon adopted an unusual pedestrian-shuffling system to get spectators across.

Nov 17, 2025

Course marshalling blunder creates chaotic triathlon in Dubai

A short run and a long ride made for one of the most confusing pro triathlon races in history.

Nov 14, 2025

PTO aims to develop triathlon in Saudi Arabia

The Professional Triathletes Organisation has signed a MOU with the Saudi Triathlon Federation to accelerate the growth of triathlon across Saudi Arabia.