privately held company industry sports marketing and event management founded 2007 headquarters mira mesa san diego california key people josh furlow ceo 1 2 products rock n roll marathon series competitor magazine triathlete magazine velonews women s running owner calera capital website www.competitorgroup.com competitor group inc. cgi is a privately held for profit sports marketing and management company based in mira mesa san diego california . the company owns and operates over 40 large scale running cycling and triathlon events ; of which includes the rock n roll marathon series . 3 4 additionally the company produces four publications competitor magazine ; triathlete magazine ; velonews ; and women s running that have a collective circulation of over 700 000 . 5 they also own velopress the company s book publishing division . 6 7 the company is owned by a private equity firm calera capital . 8 contents 1 history 2 events and products 2.1 running 2.2 cycling 2.3 triathlon 2.4 other 3 see also 4 references history edit competitor group was formed by falconhead capital at the end of 2007 when the firm acquired elite racing an operator of running events in the united states as well as la jolla holding group llc triathlete magazine and competitor publishing . 7 9 10 in 2008 falconhead capital acquired inside communications inc. owners of velonews inside triathlon adding them to the cgi business portfolio . 11 in november 2012 cgi was sold to the private equity firm calera capital . 8 with the acquisition of elite racing cgi rapidly expanded its event production with the rock n roll marathon series . in addition to the races already produced under elite racing cgi has purchased under performing marathon and half marathon races as well as starting new races around the united states sometimes receiving large tax breaks in the process . 12 13 in january 2014 competitor group announced that it would cease publication of inside triathlon . originally called triathlon today the magazine was purchased by inside communication in 1993 and was a competitor to la jolla holding group s triathlete magazine . with both magazine now under one ownership the emphasis of cgi was placed on triathlete . 14 later in july 2014 cgi announced their desire to focus on the running portion of their product portfolio . as a result they plan to explore opportunities to sell their velo velopress and trirock brands but plan to retain triathlete magazine . 15 in september 2014 competitor group was sued in federal court for violation of the fair labor standards act claiming that it should pay a minimum wage to those it classified as volunteers in a for profit race . 16 events and products edit running edit competitor magazine rock n roll marathon series carlsbad 5000 muddy buddy series nfl run series women s running magazine cycling edit velonews magazine singletrack.com veloswap industry consumer show triathlon edit triathlon magazine trirock series seven triathlon races the nations triathlon race endurance live industry consumer show other edit race it online event registration platform see also edit world triathlon corporation references edit http www.sportsbusinessdaily.com journal issues 2015 04 27 people and pop culture plugged in.aspx http www.bicycleretailer.com north america 2015 03 26 cgi names josh furlow president hires wendy godoy cao and cfo . vcpn flvhbc siedsma andrea 5 april 2010 . racing along competitor group events help charities score . san diego business journal . retrieved 7 december 2010 . competitor group inc. . bloomberg llp . retrieved 7 december 2010 . carlson timothy december 15 2013 . competitor group inc. shakes up senior management team . slowtwitch.com . retrieved december 16 2013 . cgi media kit pdf . competitor group inc. october 2012 . retrieved november 29 2012 . a b cody tamika 15 september 2010 . falconhead recaps media biz . mergers & acquisitions ; source media inc. retrieved 7 december 2010 . a b empfield dan november 29 2012 . competitor sold to calera capital . slowtwitch.com . retrieved december 1 2012 . empfield dan 7 january 2008 . falconhead s moross confirms purchase of triathlete speaks to slowtwtich . slowtwitch.com . retrieved 7 december 2010 . the week in private equity exits abound . the wall street journal . 17 september 2010 . retrieved 7 december 2010 . empfield dan 11 february 2008 . velo news inside tri sold to competitor group . slowtwitch.com . retrieved 7 december 2010 . perry nick 27 june 2009 . private firm competitor group gets tax dollars to stage big money rock n roll seattle marathon . the seattle times . retrieved 7 december 2010 . herzog blake 11 november 2010 . city may see rockin runnin new year s . the desert sun . retrieved 7 december 2010 . krabel herbert january 30 2014 . farewell inside triathlon . slowtwitch.com . retrieved april 22 2014 . krable herbert july 31 2014 . cgi to sell velo and trirock brands . slowtwitch.com . retrieved august 1 2014 . huffman lisa october 17 2014 . marathon helper alleges labor violations . www.nationallawjournal.com . retrieved january 31 2015 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title competitor group inc. & oldid 740621066 categories sports companiesprivately held companies based in california navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 22 september 2016 at 06 01 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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