Runner's World magazine (Read 372 times)

I saw your picture in it!  You were in a salad!

Lol!  Outstanding.

I really liked that one issue with the fit, attractive blonde on the cover, standing in front of some sort of blue background.

I rather liked this one.  Always nice to see a full-sized person on the cover.

Of course, turns out she has more to do with volleyball than running.  Ah well.

I was a subscriber for years.  Probably close to 20 years (since HS XC).  There was maybe 3 years worth of unique stuff over the 2 decades, and 17 years of repeated stuff.   Which is really not a shocker when you think about what can be written about running before it's exhausted and needs to be repeated.

It's good,  it's for newbies (which everyone is at some point) and they reuse the same content over and over.  Each issue will have a nugget or two worth reading eventually, after you notice the same old same old.   I liked some of the stats they occasionally had, but eventually it wasn't worth paying for.

This is the first or second year I haven't received it.  I'm more bummed about not seeing it in my mail box than not actually reading it.

You should subscribe.

I saw your picture in it!  You were in a salad!

Oh!!!  I usually skip the salad sections, there may be some relatives in there.

I liked the one about how to run my fastest 5k.  Which was completely useless because I had already run it, duh!

 

Good point.  Let's see, there's:

• Left foot, Right foot, repeat until your destination.
• Mix it up some, don't do the same distance and pace all the time.  (hills/fartleks/intervals/track/tempo/whatever)
• Strengthen your core
• Eat well

There are always newbies picking up the magazine.  So they'll always repeat the info we consider old hat.

 

I've actually enjoyed several of the recipes and/or used them as inspiration for something else I was making.

 

Anyone expecting expert level stuff from RW will be disappointed, but as I said above -- for the price it's pretty cheap entertainment.  Plus handy to pass off to a friend or acquaintance who expresses an interest.

And in two month's time it will be:

• Right foot, Left foot, repeat until your destination.
• Strengthen your core
• Mix it up some, don't do the same distance and pace all the time.  (hills/fartleks/intervals/track/tempo/whatever)
• Eat well (and here are 5 foods you never knew could help you run a faster 5k than last month's 5 foods did)

There was one about adopting an odd breathing pattern (ex: inhale for 3 steps, exhale for 2) to help prevent injuries that I found made enough sense that I actually always breathe in an odd pattern when I'm running ever since I read that article. 

Same here.  Comes natural now, and seems to help.  I did find "in 3 out 2" uncomfortable, though...I use "in 3, out 3, in 3, out 2" which gives the same effect.