Mark Warner to attend RVA Streets Alive!, vendor schedule announced
Over 70 vendors will take part in an event that will close 2.5 miles of road to give people a chance to hit the streets for some exercise and fun.
Archives: Sports Backers
PHOTOS: Dominion Riverrock 2013
This past weekend, RVANews teamed up with the fine folks at Sports Backers, Olympus, and Outside Magazine take some sweet, sweet pictures of Dominion Riverrock.
Monument 10k: road closures, parking, and guidelines
Saturday marks the 13th annual Monument Avenue 10k. Here’s the skinny on times, street closures, and race-day protocol.
Meet Max Hepp-Buchanan, RVA’s newest bicycle advocate
For several years, Max Hepp-Buchanan has helped transform Seattle’s bicycle community and infrastructure. Now he hopes to do the same in RVA.
Record-breaking day at the 2012 Richmond Marathon
Amid the melee of parking and congested traffic, the Richmond Marathon broke attendance records, with runners also setting record times during the Saturday event.
Richmond Half Marathon gets a new title sponsor, sees influx of runners
American Family Fitness will take over the sponsor role for the Richmond Half Marathon from the previous sponsor, McDonald’s. Not only is the Half Marathon getting a new sponsor, but it’s also experiencing a renaissance among runners.
Sports Backers wins $10,000 to help keep Woodville running
The Sports Backers are one of seven applicants who were recently awarded a grant in the amount of $10,000 from the Saucony Run For Good Foundation. The grant was submitted by Sports Backers on behalf of Woodville Elementary School; Sports Backers has partnered with Woodville Elementary School for the past three years to encourage its […]
Q&A: how Sports Backers hit its stride
The13th annual Monument Avenue 10k will take place later this weekend. While participants wrap-up their final week of training, Richmond BizSense spoke with Jon Lugbill, the Executive Director of Sports Backers, the organization in charge of putting on the 10k and other local sporting events, to get a better understand of the business side of local sports.
Richmond Marathon gets a new corporate sponsor and a new finish line
Richmond Marathon runners will have a new finish line to cross later this year, as the river district will be the final destination for thousands of runners. Not only has the event changed its finish line, it has also found a new sponsor for the event’s 35th year.
Richmonder could win $2,500 prize during the Monument 10k
She registered for this year’s Monument 10k and thought nothing more of it. However, she recently found out that she’ll be the only contestant competing for $2,500 in one of the 10k’s signature events.
