yes its totally worthless. sometimes when im taking a shit in a doctors office(cause i do that) i find myself reading a magazine for and about pregnant women instead of runners world. then i wipe my ass with the runners world. not the cover though, too harsh.
The Runner was a good magazine. Running Times was good for a while, they are getting a bit more like RW. Used to really like the Scott Douglas articles.
The British Athletics Magazines are great, all serious running stuff.
Like others have said above, RW caters to the mass market of runners. I still buy it, cuz lets face it, how many magazines are there on running.
I'm pretty sure Scott Douglas had an article in one of the last couple of issues of Runner's World.
Ummm, fu#@! the masses. Give us speedy track and beastly field 24/7.
Someone told me the other day that 4 out of 5 Runner's World subscribers are now female. No offense to women, but I think their fluffy articles are definitely tailored to a female consumer that is not a hard core runner. Once I heard that stat, I decided not to renew.
I seriously doubt that stat is anywhere near being true
Pure wrote:
Ummm, fu#@! the masses. Give us speedy track and beastly field 24/7.
Then get a subscription to Track&Field News!!!
9 wrote:Not a critique, just saying: the women and shoe reviews are about the only thing its got going still.
And shoe reviews aren't really that useful to experienced runners.
Amen, brother. Got it...but 4 weeks too late. TF&N has got to get cyber and fast. TF&N needs to learn the what 'value-added' means.
Stats--got em, off the internet, an hour after the race.
Biographies--USTAF, and mens-racing, etc. (all web)
In fact, the real areas for TF&N improvement is streaming video content, insightful historical profiles (and I'm talking more than Pre--he was good but mediocre by historical standards), etc.
TF&N has got be sexy and extreme. It's got to get elegant and pure. Hotheaded and adrenalin-laced.
Hey guys at TF&N, if you want to sexy up the sport, I'm down to renovate from the soles up.
Peace, Pure
MY sole purpose..f***
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