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Runner's World is a popular monthly magazine for recreational and competitive runners, published by Rodale Press in Emmaus, Pennsylvania, in the United States, and circulated globally.
In addition to the printed magazine, the magazine's web sites have been a valuable resource for runners, including one of the most thorough running race event calendars.
Beginnings
Runner's World was launched in 1966 by Bob Anderson as Distance Running News. Anderson published the magazine by himself for several years, eventually bringing on Joe Henderson as editor and moving the editorial offices to Mountain View, California. Runner's World thrived in the 1970s "running boom," even in the face of competition from the New York-based magazine, The Runner.
Purchased by Rodale Press
In the early 1980s, personal reasons forced Anderson to break up and sell his business. Many of the books went out of print; Random House bought the running log, which was published under the Runner's World name for decades after the sale. The magazine was bought by Robert Rodale of Rodale Press, who moved the editorial offices to Rodale's base in Emmaus, Pennsylvania. Henderson did not move to Emmaus, and stepped down as editor, though he remained associated with the magazine until 2003.
Not long after buying Runner's World, Rodale also bought The Runner, and merged the magazines, keeping the Runner's World name. Amby Burfoot became the editor, a post he held until 2003.
Runner's World remained strong through the so-called "second running boom" in the late 1990s. It weathered the advertising downturn that followed the market slips of 2000 and 2001. The current vice-president and publisher of Runner's World's United States' edition is Andrew Hersam and its editor is David Willey.
International circulation
Since the early 1990s, Runner's World has expanded outside the United States. The first new edition was a United Kingdom edition wholly owned by Rodale, Inc. Editions in Australia, Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, South Africa, Spain and Sweden are published either as joint ventures or through licensing arrangements with publishers in those countries. Editors in each country have access to editorial content from the U.S. edition, but also publish their own original content with local flavor.
External links
"Runner's World"