Jogger's World this month

Eyegore wrote:

My past experience with this magazine has been that it caters to the overweight, shuffling 10 mpw crowd and tends to talk people out of doing things like increasing mileage or trying hard.

So in other words, you didn't know what the f*** you were talking about.

i had the same thought

Eyegore wrote:

I was traveling last week and decided to pick up the recent issue of Runner's World, the one with Hall on the cover. My past experience with this magazine has been that it caters to the overweight, shuffling 10 mpw crowd and tends to talk people out of doing things like increasing mileage or trying hard. Having said that, I was pleasantly surprised by this issue. The article on the Hansons-Brooks runners, in particular, was just great. I couldn't believe that this magazine was doing a real article on serious runners and discussing things like the state of competitive distance running in the US. Granted, the penguin still presented a page of crap, and there was still a good deal of information that was mostly fluff. But overall I really enjoyed the magazine. Bravo, Runner's World magazine. You're finally writing about runners again.

All posts on RW start the same way, "I don't read Joggers World, but..."

The post then continues with a lame explanation about how the poster accidently or for some reason not his fault came into possesion of the mag.

The poster then ends up surprised about some good article, and yet manages to dis the mag by calling it JW.

These kinds of threads have been popping up for at least six months now, people being surprised by RW. Maybe it's time to stop being surprised. Yeah, the Penguin will be there, but so will other stuff.

So in other words, you didn't know what the f*** you were talking about.

If anyone ever asks, 'What is Let's Run like, really', print them out a copy of the first two posts of this thread.

Very nicely distilled.

Runner's World has had excellent articles and interviews for years. The filler is all the same as it ever was, and plays to the lowest common denominator. Just the way it is. I'm happy for the one good article per issue.

Cheers

Eyegore wrote:

I was traveling last week and decided to pick up the recent issue of Runner's World, the one with Hall on the cover. My past experience with this magazine has been that it caters to the overweight, shuffling 10 mpw crowd and tends to talk people out of doing things like increasing mileage or trying hard. Having said that, I was pleasantly surprised by this issue. The article on the Hansons-Brooks runners, in particular, was just great. I couldn't believe that this magazine was doing a real article on serious runners and discussing things like the state of competitive distance running in the US. Granted, the penguin still presented a page of crap, and there was still a good deal of information that was mostly fluff. But overall I really enjoyed the magazine. Bravo, Runner's World magazine. You're finally writing about runners again.

Perhaps Runners World got away from the sport at about the same time as TOP LEVEL AMERICANS did. Runners World is dedicated to the roads so tell me what "american story" did Runners World miss out on in the 90's. The times were horrible and so was the magazine. Thank you Hansons for providing a story worth writing about.

vmfr wrote:

Eyegore wrote:

My past experience with this magazine has been that it caters to the overweight, shuffling 10 mpw crowd and tends to talk people out of doing things like increasing mileage or trying hard.

So in other words, you didn't know what the f*** you were talking about.

no he does no what hes talking about, all joggers world does is make the weekend warriors feel good about themselves with ways to train less, run less competitively, and not know a thing about the sport

I am a fan of RW, look forward to getting every month, that being said they are usually good for 1 good article a month and if you're lucky 2. But you're all right, there are usually about 5 articles about training for a marathon, and the rest about losing weight.

I dunno where ur comin from, but Runners World always has good articles like this.

And it really annoys me that the most popular thread on this board is one that bashes slothful fat people, yet at the same time everyone loves to rip on recreational joggers. Make up your mind. You can't criticize lazy out of shape people for being lazy and then go bash out of shape people for trying to get in shape.

Au contraire, Bobby B! This is a website whose target audience is a fairly small niche of the running community. For the most part, we are fast, highly competitive, and dedicated athletes. This board is the perfect place for people like us to bash both slothful fat people and recreational joggers. The brothers Johnson have created the perfect environment for just this sort of elitist attitude. Deep down, we know we're better than the slow and the obese. Not just better runners, but better people.

If you're looking for a more tolerant mindset, or if you enjoy learning how to finish your first marathon on just 3 runs a week, or if you just love stories about how some fatass politician or celebrity overcame adversity and learned how to accept life on life's terms by running two miles twice a week, or if you believe that a race is about the journey and the experiences between start and finish rather than your finishing time and place, you should go someplace else.

Listen up, Bobby B, I'll say it again! The letsrun crowd is a relatively small group of like-minded, fast, thin people who don't care a whole lot about who they piss off. We bash fat people and we don't care. We tease joggers because we think they suck. That's just honesty. There's no political correctness on letsrun, Bobby B! So listen up, Bobby B, you better quit talkin' that jive, 'cause mama don't take no mess! Whitney out.

Whitney, very well written. I read RW, and RT and anything else I can get my hands on. I'm not fast though, but could be someday.

Bravo

Thank you, thank you Whitney for setting Bobby B straight. I hate it when these self righteous joggers infiltrate our little get together. If there is one thing that I can't stand more than fat people and joggers, it's posters named Bobby B who try to tell us who we can and cannot criticize.

So Bobby B, grab your Goo, water bottle, Oakleys and iPod and pound some pavement. Clear your head and when you return ask for our forgiveness.

Beware of Rodale trolls from Erasmus, Pennsylvania posting free ads on Letsrun.com boards.

I agree that Runner's World has been turning out better articles as of late. I also enjoyed reading the Hanson's article.

However, I have to say it was total BS. Those guys don't hang out like one big happy family as portrayed.

They're not even allowed around the women.

I'm kind of important so don't bash me. I'm very much a Hanson's supporter. I think everything thery're doing makes sense and works well, but it's not as close knit a family as the article makes it sound.

neverwas (but close)

Ok sure. I'll go back to my world of Gu, Fuel Packs, 10 min mile paced trail runs, and camelback carrying for 10k road races. Just remember where ur prize money is comin from though :)

If the Hansons are not allowed near the women, how did one of them end up engaged to one of the women?

I liked the smaller article about the LA Track Club from the '60s and Florida Track Club from the '70s that ran alongside the Hansons article.

WhitneyH wrote:

For the most part, we pretend that we are fast, highly competitive, and dedicated athletes.

There you go, I fixed it for you.

They were dating before He (Chad) moved back to Rochester.

I wonder if they really all wake up in the morning and decide to wear the same ugly shirt or if the Hanbros lay their clothes out in the morning for them.