Running

5/3/2025 |  EXEC: Brooks Running Boasts Strong Q1 Gains in Int’l Markets and U.S. Run Specialty (SGB UPDATE) Brooks Running running released a summary of 2025 first quarter progress as parent company Berkshire Hathaway (BRK) kicks off its 2025 Annual Shareholder Meeting. The company will go into the meeting boasting or an all-time quarterly record in revenue, double-digit growth (or better) across all regions, and the No. 1 spot in the adult performance running footwear market at U.S. national retail and U.S. specialty retail channels, according to third party market research data (Market Data).

5/3/2025 |  Report: Performance FW Outperforms Total FW Market in Q1; Running Grows 7 Percent (SGB UPDATE) Circana reported that U.S. footwear industry sales totaled $19.3 billion, a decline of 4 percent versus Q1 2024. The retail tracking and market advisory firm reported that Sport Lifestyle, or athleisure sneakers, were again the largest footwear segment, growing almost 1 percent for the quarter.

4/22/2025 |  ‘The runners are coming': Lokedi breaks Boston Marathon course record, John Korir takes men’s race (Associated Press (AP)) BOSTON (AP) — A rider dressed as Paul Revere eased his horse up to the Boston Marathon finish line and proclaimed, “The runners are coming.”
And down Boylston Street they came.
In record time. With a historic family first. And even “The Star-Spangled Banner” got some air time as the race and the region commemorated the 250th anniversary of the first shots fired in the American Revolution.

4/21/2025 |  Military marchers set out from Hopkinton to start the 129th Boston Marathon (Associated Press (AP)) HOPKINTON, Mass. (AP) — A group of Massachusetts National Guard members early Monday crossed the Boston Marathon start line, launching the 129th edition of the world’s oldest and most prestigious annual marathon.
Race Director Dave McGillivray sent the group of about 40 people in uniform off at 6 a.m. He thanked them for their service and said it’s a highlight of the day to see them out on the course each year. It was extra special this year since Monday is the 250th anniversary of Patriots’ Day, McGillivray said after. The race is held annually on the state holiday that commemorates the start of the Revolutionary War.

4/10/2025 |  World's first humanoid robot half marathon postponed due to windy weather (Reuters Sports)

• Humanoid robots to run entire course for first time
• Race aims to showcase China's advances in robotics
• Robots must complete race in under 3 hours 30 minutes