Runner’s World UK – September 2019

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THE POLL

77%

A TERRIBLE IDEA

23%

ABSOLUTELY FINE

‘Someone once said to

me, “You must really

enjoy marathons

because at the speed

you go, you can take

in all the sights and

sounds and enjoy the

atmosphere.”’

• Billy Green

‘Read this on

Instagram: “I’ve

always wanted

to intentionally

run an ultra

from the

back. I

wanted to

see and feel

what it was

like for the

people coming last.”’

• Pauline Lane

‘I’m on a triathlon group

and someone posted

this week, “Thanks for

adding me. My last

Ironman was 2012

so I’m practically a

newbie.”’

• Mary Ann
  Mahadevan

‘It’s great coming in at

the front, so you can

watch and cheer the

slower runners.’

• Paul Katsvia-
  Corderoy

‘My boyfriend made an

accidental one the

other day. Having

finished a small

parkrun, he joined me

on the fourth lap and

said, “It’s nice for me to

go slow for a bit after

that run.”’

• Siobhan Farmer

‘I use marathons

as training runs.’

• Rae Black

‘My husband:

“My knees

hurt when I

run this slowly.”’

• Kate Ottford

social benefits, too – join a club and

you’ll make many new friends, which

is surely good for mental wellbeing.

Nick Maryon, Wiltshire

HAPPY READER

It took me until I had completed the

Couch to 5K programme before I first

bought a copy of Runner’s World,

because I felt I would not be a proper

enough runner to read the magazine.

How wrong I was, as it’s for everyone.

I have found out so much, like how

important it is to buy the right type

of trainers for my feet, as well as

giving me the motivation to keep on

running the miles even when the

days are hot or it’s raining outside.

Thank you, RW.

Charlotte Marion, Reading

RW’S BALANCING ACT

My wife, Marion, and I have always
found RW a great magazine for tips
and hints, but recently it surpassed
itself...it was just the right size to
level up our cooker on a slope
outside our tent when we were on
holiday in France. We always knew it
was important to pack it!
Peter O’Grady, Preston

Glad to help out. We

pride ourselves on the

magazine's versatility.

RUNNING FREE

I wanted to thank Sam Murphy for
her excellent column in the July 2019
issue (Normal Life Resumes...). I have
been running for seven years and will
turn 57 later this year. But I realised at
the end of 2013 that something was
missing. I realised that what I valued
was running as an end in itself, not as
a means to an end. Training, goals,
objectives and races all get in the
way of this. They make you run for
other reasons. All of this detracts
from the pleasure running gives
every single day. My world is full of
targets and tasks. Why not make
running different?
Kenny Fraser, via email

SPELL CHECK

Really enjoyed your article Chasing
the Dragon (RW July). But I just HAD
to point out that ‘Peats Eats’ is in fact
‘Pete’s Eats’. I am sure that lots of
people will have pointed this out, as
it has successfully been so since
1978! I am, however, inspired.
Pam Tunstall, via email

JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED

I was interested to read Can Running
Save the NHS? (RW July), which
referred to many comforting links
between exercise and health. What I
do know from my own experience is
that no matter how stressed I feel
before a run, I always feel better
afterwards (often having a renewed
perspective on some particular
challenge or problem I have at the
time). Running also helps me control
my weight without particularly
limiting my food intake. There are

OUR WORLD

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the Strava Media Mile at the Night of

the 10,000m PBs in north London.

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