Pariah wrote:
Along with Dan Browne, Carrie Tollefson and Sarah Schwald have been recent cover subjects
Yeah, but how about some UGLY accomplished runners? Surely they exist!
Here's an interesting if somewhat outdated link to the top 200 consumer mags in the US, ranked by paid circulation (I've also pasted some of this info at the bottom of this post):
http://www.sethresnick.com/photographersonly/magazinecirculation.htmlNational Geographic does OK at 8,000,000+ and they have some pretty ugly "cover models." I guess a particular rag's target audience plays a small role, eh?
1 Modern Maturity $220,000 20,402,096 -0.3%
2 TV Guide $130,700 13,085,971 -0.6%
3 National Geographic Magazine $167,310 8,783,752 -2.5%
4 Better Homes & Gardens $163,600 7,616,114 0.0%
5 Family Circle $124,030 5,005,084 -1.0%
6 Ladies' Home Journal $117,000 4,521,970 0.2%
7 Good Housekeeping $132,355 4,517,713 -2.7%
8 McCall's $95,880 4,239,622 -0.4%
9 The Cable Guide $61,090 4,169,103 -18.5%
10 Time $169,000 4,124,451 -0.6%
13 Sports Illustrated $162,000 3,269,917 -0.3%
14 Newsweek $154,750 3,227,729 -1.5%
15 Prevention $59,250 3,152,814 -3.0%
16 Playboy $96,210 3,151,495 -0.7%
17 Redbook $72,215 2,854,448 0.9%
18 The American Legion Magazine $31,060 2,691,252 -2.3%
19 Cosmopolitan $99,550 2,581,985 2.2%
20 Via Magazine $19,300 2,489,605 N/A
21 Southern Living $60,730 2,470,202 -0.9%
22 Seventeen $43,740 2,437,194 -1.4%
23 Martha Stewart Living $97,900 2,235,723 -3.5%
24 Glamour $88,483 2,208,926 6.9%
25 National Enquirer $24,327 2,206,747 -18.8%
177 Runner's World $24,730 492,881 7.6%