Collaborations with luxury brands? A branded hotel? A luxury training vacation? For Scott DeRue, chief executive officer of the Ironman Group, anything is possible. That expression is also the motto of the sports company that organizes 225 events in 54 countries across the sports of triathlon, road running, trail running, road cycling and mountain biking. Its marquee … Read more
Authorities in Green Lake, Wisconsin, say that a local man who went missing while kayaking this summer may have staged his own death and fled to Europe.“We believe that he is alive. We know that he’s not in our lake,” Matthew Vande Kolk, Chief Deputy Sheriff for Green Lake County, told the BBC. Ryan Borgwardt, … Read more
Here, we cover all the recently released sports watches, bike computers, and next-gen models that are inbound, i.e. Garmin (Edge, Forerunner, Instinct, Venu, Fenix/Epix), Polar (Grit, Vantage, Pacer), Coros (Vertix, Apex, Pace Pro, Dura) and more. The information here is usually based on quality leaks, industry chats, dual-sourced rumours, the extrapolation of past product release cycles, broader technological changes, and their availability. … Read more
Many Trekkies might find it curious that someone like Jeff Bezos (who admittedly gave bad advice to the “Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” showrunners) would be a Trekkie. “Star Trek,” after all, takes place in a post-capitalist society wherein humanity is no longer motivated by the accumulation of wealth. Class has essentially … Read more
More information about the aim of our work can be found in our paper. If you use this dataset, make sure you cite this work as: Latex: The data set includes: 100 recordings of shots made in the blackball billiard modality; 100 recordings of shots in the carom billiard modality; 100 recordings of shots in … Read more
https://www.futbal.uk/ First launched in 2018, Gamin’s Instinct range was designed for lovers of all different sports. From kayaking to hiking, the Instinct range promises reliable GPS navigation, a wide range of sports modes, and informative health trackers to monitor your performance. The new models track your health and wellness with heart rate and advanced sleep monitoring, wrist-based pulse oxygen … Read more
In a packed auditorium one early autumn night, I sat and listened to ten older students give a presentation about the Carleton Association of Nature and Outdoor Enthusiasts, or CANOE. Two things immediately crossed my mind: one, I suspected that some of the other first-years present thought it was actually a club about canoeing (it … Read more
Bay of Plenty surf lifeguards were kept busy on Thursday, rescuing 27 kayakers in Whangamatā and clearing the water for a shark swimming between the flags in Tauranga. The kayakers were being swept out to sea by strong offshore winds, which had been catching people off guard in recent days, Surf Lifesaving New Zealand Eastern … Read more
Bute Gemechu and Bedatu Hirpa took victory as Ethiopian runners dominated the 2025 Dubai Marathon on Sunday (12 January). On his marathon debut, Gemechu attacked with 6km to go of the 42.195km race distance. And the 23-year-old, who won June’s Guizhou Zhenning Huangguoshu Half Marathon on his last appearance, crossed the line in 2:04:51. Berehanu Tsegu was 23 seconds behind with Shiferu … Read more
Choosing the best Garmin watch in 2025 is a challenge. There are simply so many around, from older and cheaper models beloved by casual runners and cyclists, to high-tech, top-of-the-range watches designed for serious athletes. They’re also called strange names: what’s the difference between a Fenix, a Forerunner and an Instinct, for example? Garmins are generally … Read more