Adidas Announces Plans to Reduce Environmental Footprint

Portland Business Journal 

Adidas AG on Tuesday announced a global strategy to reduce its environmental footprint by 15 percent by 2015. The effort touches every function of the footwear and apparel brand - from internal office operations to the amount of sustainable content in its shoes. A notable example is the company's commitment to use sustainbly produced cotton for all of its products by 2018. More 

Nike Posts Increase in 3Q Net Income

Bloomberg Businessweek 

Nike Inc. said last week that its third-quarter net income rose five percent as its sales rose, but both its profit and revenue missed analyst expectations, and its shares fell in after-hours trading. Nike said it earned $523 million, or $1.08 per share, for the quarter that ended February 28. That's up from $497 million, or $1.01 per share, in the same quarter last year. Its revenue rose seven percent to $5.08 billion. More

Fleet Feet's Raynor Interviewed About His Work in Specialty Retail

Competitor.com 

Dave Monti of Race Results Weekly interviews Fleet Feet CEO Tom Raynor about his work in running specialty retail.  Fleet Feet is the largest franchiser of running specialty stores in the United States with 89 stores in 29 states.  The company had revenues of over $100 million in 2010, an increase from the prior year of 11.5%, and the first year that the company surpassed $100 million in sales. More

Landslide Forces Big Sur Marathon to Consider Alternative Race Routes 

The Herald 

The Big Sur International Marathon will go on as planned - albeit with possible alterations - despite news that part of the course on picturesque Highway 1 has fallen into the Pacific Ocean. Caltrans estimated last week it would take at least one month to complete temporary repairs to the damage that occurred when about 40 feet of the two-lane highway washed out on a curve south of the Rocky Creek Bridge. Marathon race director Wally Kastner said he has a contingency plan if the road is closed on April 29, when the three-day event begins with a Health & Fitness Expo. More

NPS Denies Access to Quiznos Pro Challenge Race 

Bicycle Retailer 

Citing environmental and wildlife concerns, the Quiznos Pro Challenge bike race will not roll a stage through Colorado National Monument in 2012. "Closing the park to accommodate the needs of a commercial bike race goes against our management policies, would adversely impact park resources and would deny access to the park to other visitors," said National Park service director Jonathan Jarvis in a statement. More
 

Michigan Race Expands Youth Running Program 

The Grand Rapids Press 

Grand Rapids's Fifth Third River Bank Run's "Feelin' Good Mileage Club," which started this week, has expanded from 30,000 to 50,000 students in kindergarten through sixth grade. The program, which encourages healthy living for children, now includes 126 elementary schools in seven counties. "It's been an incredible program," race director Kristen Aidif said. "It just grows every year, and every year we've had this waiting list and we haven't been able to make a big jump like this for a few years." When the program started 16 years ago, it had 5,000 participants.  More

Scott Tucker, the former president of Montrail,  has been hired by Pearl Izumi as the company's director of run.  Tucker most recently had been director of running for Scott Sports. 

Chris Conroy, the president and general manager of Yeti Cycles, and David Zimberoff, global marketing for SRAM, have joined the board of directors of the International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA).