New Runners World

"Blake Ward" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

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Has anyone seen the new layout? I just received my April
issue, and I have some serious issues with it....All
should check it out....

I stopped reading it a long, long time ago. They appear to
be happy going for the demographic that can be described
as either just learning to run, running for weight loss
(not competition) as the main goal... that sort of thing
(and that's fine). It's just not really suited for
competitive runners, which are a much smaller percentage
of pontential buyers.

cheers,
--
David (in Hamilton, ON) www.allfalldown.org "The most
insecure people are the ones you see, putting other people
down constantly."

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Has anyone seen the new layout? I just received my April
issue, and I have

some serious issues with it....All should check it
out.... <<

I originally subscribed primarily for the calendar
which now seems to be pretty much gone. I may let my
subscription lapse but it won't do so until sometime
next year by which time I suppose I might have
changed my mind.

Mike

"Blake Ward" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Quoted message said:

Has anyone seen the new layout? I just received my April
issue, and I have some serious issues with it....All
should check it out....

I just received mine today. At first glance, it looks like
Cosmopolitan magazine. It looks good to me. The content
seems to be the same fun-runner type fluff. Not a whole lot
about competitive running. That's fine with me. I can get
that sort of information elsewhere. They seem to be focusing
on making a profit. I can't fault them for that.

So what issues do you have with it?

-Phil

It's a magazine full of joggers, and jogger related
articles. You didn't really think it could be good, did you?
Line the canary's cage with it. It's still great for that.

the calendar is on their website and for me anyway actually
works better as it has links to the race websites.

M1ahearn said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Has anyone seen the new layout? I just received my
April issue, and I have

some serious issues with it....All should check it
out.... <<

I originally subscribed primarily for the calendar
which now seems to be pretty much gone. I may let my
subscription lapse but it won't do so until sometime
next year by which time I suppose I might have changed
my mind.

Mike

That's because you're a [censored].

"Blake Ward" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Has anyone seen the new layout? I just received my April
issue, and I have some serious issues with it....All
should check it out....

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"Blake Ward" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

Quoted message said:

Has anyone seen the new layout? I just received my April
issue, and I have some serious issues with it....All
should check it out....

I stopped reading it a long, long time ago. They appear to
be happy going for the demographic that can be described
as either just learning to run, running for weight loss
(not competition) as the main goal... that sort of thing
(and that's fine). It's just not really suited for
competitive runners, which are a much smaller percentage
of pontential buyers.

cheers,

true, true. i bought the mag a lot when i started out
running. i got tips and motivational info from it. and some
articles are entertaining and informative. but it's light
stuff, and whatever useful info IS there is repeated ad
nauseum in issue after issue.

i still pick it up occasionally if i see that there's an
article i want to have, or if i just need a little
something to inspire me or kick me in the pants to get back
out on the roads.

Cam

Complaints by anyone named "Blake" should be ignored.

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Quoted message said:

Has anyone seen the new layout? I just received my April
issue, and I have some serious issues with it....All
should check it out....

Sometimes back I sensed an inverse relationship to
subscribing to Runner's World and my running, whenever I had
a subscription I ran worse. Never figured it out, but now I
just grab one at the newstand if something interests me.

Another good site is:

runningintheusa.comrunningintheusa.comOpen ↗

you can click on a map of a state and it gives you a
listing of races.

Actually sometimes Google finds stuff no one else has
listed.

M1ahearn said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

the calendar is on their website and for me anyway
actually works

better as it has links to the race websites. <<

True, but when I started subscribing I don't even
think they had a website. Even if they did, I wasn't
on-line yet. I think their calendar tends not to be
as thorough as some of the other on-line calendars,
like www.coolrunning.com and www.active.com.
CoolRunning is alo good because if you're looking at
a specific city and can't find anything in the
calendar, you can check their running club listings
and maybe find something through there.

Mike

Sometimes back I sensed an inverse relationship to
subscribing to Runner's World and my running, whenever I had
a subscription I ran worse. Never figured it out, but now I
just grab one at the newstand if something interests me.

Another good site is:

runningintheusa.comrunningintheusa.comOpen ↗

you can click on a map of a state and it gives you a
listing of races.

Actually sometimes Google finds stuff no one else has
listed.

M1ahearn said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

the calendar is on their website and for me anyway
actually works

better as it has links to the race websites. <<

True, but when I started subscribing I don't even
think they had a website. Even if they did, I wasn't
on-line yet. I think their calendar tends not to be
as thorough as some of the other on-line calendars,
like www.coolrunning.com and www.active.com.
CoolRunning is alo good because if you're looking at
a specific city and can't find anything in the
calendar, you can check their running club listings
and maybe find something through there.

Mike

For those of you Boston bound especially the first time, I
would strongly suggest you read Amby Burfoot's "Why is
downhill running so difficult." The article is applicable to
any endurance race with significant downhill but he uses
Boston as an example to drive home the point.

--
Doug Freese "Caveat Lector" [email hidden]