Hey Runner's World: F*ck you, you f*cking f*ck.
Hey Runner's World: F*ck you, you f*cking f*ck.
runner who professes wrote:
. I think I remember a survey they did fairly recently indicating that their average reader ran 3 or 4 days a week.
They must have believed those legends about Kip Keino only running three days per week!
runner who professes wrote:
I canceled my subscription when they fired Joe Henderson.
I still get the magazine, but only because I enjoy the hot runner girls on the cover. I don't usually make it past the cover.
Ah, shades of 2002.
Soprano wrote:
Anyway, the author of the article, Michael Heald, isn't even a RunnersWorld employee (not that it'd be a bad thing if he was). He works freelance and is the author of what I feel is one of the best running articles I've ever read: The Ian Dobson/Julia Lucas piece from after the 2012 Trials called "It Should Be Mathematical". QOD here:
http://www.letsrun.com//2012/homepage0815.php
I agree that Heald's article on Dobson and Lucas was excellent -- mainly, in my view, because of the passages about Heald's own life and family, especially his relationship with and perception of his brother. I'm a little surprised to hear that he's writing for Runner's World; his writing ability is worthy of a more literary forum. But I'm glad that he's finding publications that will pay for good writing.
What is this other article about? What issue of Runner's World is it in?
It's in the June issue, which will be out on Tuesday. What Steve said is true: I'm a fan of Letsrun. I'm actually trying to keep up with the Payton Jordan thread as I write this.
My essay honestly has very little to do with this website. I spent a week last fall living with Steve and his training group, all of whom, though basically unsponsored and working more or less full-time, are gunning for the 2016 trials. I guess it's just an attempt to capture them in their environment.
Runners World has been publishing excellent longform essays for a quite while now, and I'm grateful to have had a couple chances to write for them. My first came out about a year ago:
http://www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/why-pre-still-matters
Thanks for your interest.
Shut up jerk.
Ha ha, just kidding.
Frank Taller wrote:
runner who professes wrote:. I think I remember a survey they did fairly recently indicating that their average reader ran 3 or 4 days a week.
They must have believed those legends about Kip Keino only running three days per week!
Or maybe, just maybe, it's because they run for recreation and exercise. You know, like people with real lives tend to do.
Frank Taller wrote:They must have believed those legends about Kip Keino only running three days per week!
true
it was 7 days/week
he had to work dayjob flat-out 5 days/week 9 - 5 & coud train before/after work
he coud train also on weekends which he got off work
this was told me by his boss
he was eased off duty prior to games as jomo wanted golds & asked for keino to get paid-leave for few weeks before
I'm not too proud to admit that I read Runner's World. The piece on the guys in Flagstaff was great. Articles like that are the reason I'm still subscribed. (And yes, the average RW reader runs about 15 mpw, according to their last survey. Like it or not, that IS what the average runner does, so RW is smart to target that audience.)
Michael Heald wrote:
Runners World has been publishing excellent longform essays for a quite while now, and I'm grateful to have had a couple chances to write for them. My first came out about a year ago:
http://www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/why-pre-still-mattersThanks for your interest.
It's good to hear from you, Mike. I'm glad I had the opportunity to tell you how much I enjoyed your piece on Lucas and Dobson. I didn't know who you were, but I usually know good writing when I see it, and it was exciting to see good, interesting writing with a fresh voice in an essay about runners.
I don't read Runner's World much anymore. It's a little embarrassing to purchase a magazine that features articles on how to survive your first 5k and uses cover photos of models whose fine qualities clearly do not include a devotion to competitive running. So I guess I've missed some good essays.
That is a great story Michael as was your article about Pre. I much prefer those types of stories than short blurbs that give very little information.
Just a couple points about Runners World. They probably break more stories than any other source that is linked to from Letsrun or the posters. (I know they combined Running Times online)
It's only like $1.50 an issue with a subscription and they even mail it right to your house. While a lot of the magazine is geared towards beginners, each month usually has a very good story or two. It's comical that runners go nuts when the Wall St journal or USA Today even mentions running and those papers cost $1 every day. So what if you already know what foods are PACKED with the nutrients you need to lower your pr 30 seconds!
Not exactly "bashing":
"As "Employee 1.1" of LetsRun.com, Soprano makes his own hours. While Flagstaff sleeps, he perches on the edge of his couch and pores over dozens of Web sites and blogs that cover distance running. He looks for the can't-miss interviews and hard-to-find pieces that, once they're linked to on LetsRun, will gain thousands more readers. Other duties include answering irate e-mails about the notoriously poor behavior on LetsRun's message boards. Sometimes he gets to travel to big meets and conduct interviews with the Kara Gouchers and Galen Rupps of the world. For all of this he makes less than $20,000 a year, with no benefits, and considers himself extremely lucky."
http://www.runnersworld.com/elite-runners/they-might-be-ryans?page=single