Josh Cox on cover of Runner's World

Carrie Tollefson and her abs look good inside the mag

My wife gets the mag and she laughed for 10 minutes. Not about his abs, but the awesome "bowl" cut he has. She asked me if it made him more aero?

DNF marathon trials $350.00 plane ticket, Haircut $75.00 plus tip, bachlorett suits $700.00.

cover of runners world

priceless

If you think about it this guy is (with very little exception) what the 90s produced in the "runners world"

Isn't vanity one of the deadly sins? I thought he was a god boy?

For the love of God, Man!!!! wrote:

I don't know what is worse? That he is prancing around showing off and pointing at his abs and a small nation of men now have it taped to their bathroom mirrors? Or he actually paid someone for that haircut? Must have gotten a free bowl of soup with it too.

Because whomever told him that looked good.....must have the cover/ photo on his mirror too.

You used "whomever" incorrectly.

I think he is pretty hot myself.

I agree with you. If his hair was "normal" it would be a good picture. I don't mind giving another guy props especially when he obviously works hard to get the abs he has but that haircut just makes him look stupid.

For the love of God, Man!!!! wrote:

I don't know what is worse? That he is prancing around showing off and pointing at his abs and a small nation of men now have it taped to their bathroom mirrors? Or he actually paid someone for that haircut? Must have gotten a free bowl of soup with it too.

Because whomever told him that looked good.....must have the cover/ photo on his mirror too.

I also like how RW had the lighting such as to hide the tattoo he has across his right ribs.

I guess he can have his name added to the Jewish runners thread.

as a female, if that picture was an attempt to make him look sexy, it failed miserably

abs were nice, although i do suspect there was some photoshop shadow enhancement involved

the hair and goofy expression made him look gay and completely ruined it

I haven't seen this one yet. I'm still peeved that Josh got a Runner's World cover back in 1999, when he was still a slower marathoner than I was. (Have you ever noticed that, for the past 25 years or so, the only real runners who make the cover of RW are the ones who don't look like real runners? I don't really mind the cheesecake/beefcake photos, but I feel embarrassed when I purchase a copy of the magazine.)

Just out of curiosity, why did you choose to use the word "whomever" in that sentence?

Hell, I wish I had a six-pack. But my ab does me good. But I agree, the haircut is totally gay. And it makes him look like the third brother or cousin from "Dumb and Dumber"

For the love of God, Man!!!! wrote:

I don't know what is worse? That he is prancing around showing off and pointing at his abs and a small nation of men now have it taped to their bathroom mirrors? Or he actually paid someone for that haircut? Must have gotten a free bowl of soup with it too.

Because whomever told him that looked good.....must have the cover/ photo on his mirror too.

you and many others think about josh cox too much.

To determine whether to use whoever or whomever, here is the rule:

him + he = whoever

him + him = whomever

Examples: Give it to whoever/whomever asks for it first.

Give it to him. He asks for it first.

Therefore, Give it to whoever asks for it first.

We will hire whoever/whomever you recommend.

We will hire him. You recommend him.

him + him = whomever

We will hire whoever/whomever is most qualified.

We will hire him. He is most qualified.

him + he = whoever

Rule 2. When the entire whoever/whomever clause is the subject of the verb that follows the clause, look inside the clause to determine whether to use whoever or whomever.

Examples: Whoever is elected will serve a four-year term.

Whoever is elected is the subject of will serve.

Whoever is the subject of is.

Whomever you elect will serve a four-year term.

Whomever you elect is the subject of will serve.

Whomever is the object of you elect.

Ridiculous the english language has to be this damn complicated.

Well, Meb and Deena and Webb and Tollefson have all made the cover...do they not look like "real runners?"

Has anyone else noticed that with the right strange facial hair, Josh Cox would actually look like Brian Sell?

I don't think it's really that complicated. "Whoever" is the subject form, and "whomever" is the object form.

A difficulty for many people (including, surprisingly, many professional writers and journalists) arises when the pronoun is the subject of a verb within a noun phrase that is itself the object of a verb, or when the pronoun is the object of a verb within a noun phrase that is itself the subject of a verb. In such a case, use the pronoun form that is appropriate for the noun phrase. For example:

Elect whoever (not "whomever") deserves it.

[Elect (whoever deserves it).]

Whomever (not "whoever") you elect will do a good job.

[(Whomever you elect) will do a good job.]

To me, it all makes sense, perhaps in part because I was taught transformational-generative linguistics at an early age, long before I ever heard of Noam Chomsky.

Weary wrote:

Well, Meb and Deena and Webb and Tollefson have all made the cover...do they not look like "real runners?"

No, Meb looks like a bodybuilder in the 125-pound-and-under weight class. Real runners look like Alan Culpepper and Paul Tergat.

By the way, did anyone notice that Alan Webb looked kind of soft and flabby in his recent cover shot? The contrast with Meb's photo from the previous month was striking.

On page 62, at the beginning of a double leg hop, Cox looks more like this:

http://z.about.com/d/crime/1/0/l/7/noltenick.jpg

I'm serious.

Also, has anyone noticed how much face time Carrie's getting? She had that great cover of Running Times a few months back and is featured in the new issue as the "cover girl" for Team Minnesota.

Not that I'm complaining AT ALL. Check her out on page 61 of RW.

Josh Cox is an asset to the USA Distance Running world. He's a photogenic guy (which I am not) and he lives a wholesome lifestyle (which I don't), and he's done some good things in running.

More power to him.

Anyone have a scan of the cover... I don't subscribe to the magazine.

I gave up on RW decades ago.