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PRESS RELEASE Contact: Dan Cruz, Manager of Public Relations, Competitor Group [email protected] 858 768‐6425 Competitor Magazine Announces Annual “Best of” Winners The annual reader survey published in the January issue of Competitor recognizes the top stores, events and products for athletes San Diego, Calif. ‐ December 19, 2011 ‐ The votes are in, and Competitor magazine’s readers have once again chosen their favorite products, events and services in the active sports world. The results of the annual reader survey—votes are tabulated on the magazine’s website—will be published in the January 2012 issue of Competitor. More than 5,000 readers voted to choose their favorites of 2011. “Our readers go to more events, visit more stores and try more new products than anyone,” says Competitor SVP/Publisher Doug Kaplan. “Our collection of Best of Awards is a great way to find the best innovators across the country.” Competitor magazine, which publishes eight regional editions 12 times a year, focuses on fitness‐oriented endurance sports, like running, cycling, swimming and triathlon. The magazine is targeted at adult athletes who participate in these sports for both recreation and fitness. The categories of the Best of Awards include recognition of events, sporting goods stores, clubs, charity training programs, gyms and products that prove to be favorites of Competitor’s readership. “The regional nature of the awards allows us to recognize what’s going on at a grass‐ roots level,” Kaplan says. Each of Competitor’s eight editions has a unique list of

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Page 1: Best of Press Release Northwestportland-sports-massage.com/.../2012/...Northwest.pdf · About Competitor Group Headquartered in San Diego, Calif., Competitor Group, Inc. (CGI) is

  PRESS RELEASE  Contact: Dan Cruz, Manager of Public Relations, Competitor Group [email protected]  858 768‐6425   

Competitor Magazine Announces Annual “Best of” Winners The annual reader survey published in the January issue of Competitor recognizes the 

top stores, events and products for athletes  San Diego, Calif. ‐ December 19, 2011 ‐ The votes are in, and Competitor magazine’s readers have once again chosen their favorite products, events and services in the active sports world. The results of the annual reader survey—votes are tabulated on the magazine’s website—will be published in the January 2012 issue of Competitor. More than 5,000 readers voted to choose their favorites of 2011.  “Our readers go to more events, visit more stores and try more new products than anyone,” says Competitor SVP/Publisher Doug Kaplan. “Our collection of Best of Awards is a great way to find the best innovators across the country.”  Competitor magazine, which publishes eight regional editions 12 times a year, focuses on fitness‐oriented endurance sports, like running, cycling, swimming and triathlon. The magazine is targeted at adult athletes who participate in these sports for both recreation and fitness.  The categories of the Best of Awards include recognition of events, sporting goods stores, clubs, charity training programs, gyms and products that prove to be favorites of Competitor’s readership.  “The regional nature of the awards allows us to recognize what’s going on at a grass‐roots level,” Kaplan says. Each of Competitor’s eight editions has a unique list of 

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winners for that section of the country. “These are the running stores and races that are making waves in the local market.”  The January issue of Competitor Magazine hits the streets on December 30. The winners for the Northwest edition are listed below: 

 

Competitor Best of Awards—Northwest Edition Best Charity Training Program: Team in Training, teamintraining.org Best 5K/10K: Pints to Pasta 10K, runwithpaula.com/pints‐to‐pasta Best Marathon: Portland Marathon, portlandmarathon.org Best Half­Marathon: Helvetia Half‐Marathon and Widmer Bros. 10K, runwithpaula.com/helvetia‐half Best Swimming/Watersports Event: Fat Salmon Swim Open Water Swim, fatsalmonswim.org Best Women's Event: Hippie Chick Half Marathon, runwithpaula.com/hippie‐chick‐half Best Cycling Event: Ramrod, redmondcyclingclub.org  Best Triathlon: Lake Meridian Triathlon, lakemeridiantri.com Best Adventure Race: Warrior Dash, warriordash.com Best Race Swag: Portland Marathon, portlandmarathon.org Best Swim Shop: Sylvia’s Swimwear, goswim.com Best Bike Shop: Northwest Tri and Bike, Kent, Wash., northwesttriandbike.com Best Running Shoe Store: Portland Running Co., portlandrunningcompany.com Best Triathlon Shop: Speedy Reedys, Seattle, speedyreedy.com Best Triathlon Club: Pauole Sport, pauolesport.com Best Running Club: Portland Fit, portlandfit.com Best Sports Massage: Movement Therapy Clinic, Portland, Ore., movementtherapyclinic.com Best Gym: VO2 Performance Center, Redmond, Wash., vo2performance.com Best Rehab: Sports Reaction Center, Bellevue, Wash., srcpt.com Best Sports/Recovery Drink: Gatorade, gatorade.com Best Energy Bar: Powerbar, powerbar.com Best Outdoor Retailer: REI, rei.com Best Juice Bar: Jamba Juice, jambajuice.com Best Ski Resort: Crystal Mountain, crystalmountainresort.com Best Active Lifestyle Vehicle: Subaru Outback, subaru.com  About Competitor Competitor is the world’s leading voice of endurance athletics. Competitor engages active people from runners to cyclists and outdoors adventurers to fulfill one simple mission: to inspire a healthy, active lifestyle. Competitor empowers readers across the country, with world‐class journalism and photography, to become community leaders through their adventurous lifestyle and courageous spirit. For more information, please visit Competitor.com.   

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 About Competitor Group Headquartered in San Diego, Calif., Competitor Group, Inc. (CGI) is the leading active lifestyle resource dedicated to promoting the sports of running, cycling and triathlon. CGI is a portfolio company of the investment firm Falconhead Capital, which specializes in growing companies in the consumer sector of the leisure and lifestyle space. CGI owns and operates more than 55 events around the world, including the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon Series, TriRock Triathlon Series and Columbia Muddy Buddy Series; which will deliver more than 600,000 professional and amateur participants in 2012. CGI publishes four magazine titles including Velo, Inside Triathlon, Triathlete and Competitor with a combined monthly circulation of 600,000. In addition, the company hosts a captive lifestyle community online at competitor.com, delivering over 3 million monthly unique visitors and 25 million page views. CGI recently acquired and soft launched Race It Race Services, an online registration platform that provides marketing, product and other essential race services for endurance industry events of all sizes. Further information about CGI and its media properties can be found at Competitormediakit.com. 

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