There's special offer of £5 for 5 issues of men's running mag. So which mag is about the best for me being a new runner? Are they much of a muchness?
So which one? I would think runners world would be up there as seems very popular. But the offers tempting...
From my own very recent experience I have found that the magazines cannot provide anything over and above the internet.
There seem to be loads of specialist websites, forums and advice available through google.
I wanted to have a look at one so my buddy gave me a copy of his mag - no different apart from tons of ads.
I maybe wrong but have a look yourself.
I agree. Whilst i do read Trail Runner and OCR magazine, pretty much all running mags are just advertorial to sell product. Someone gave me a Runners World subscription last year as a present and I was surprisd to the extent that it would give totally contradictory advice in feature articles from month to month depending on where the ad money was coming from.
Men's Running and Women's Running magazines I understand even less. Running is running. There is precious little difference between how it works by gender, even at elite levels. The only difference is, oh yes, that's right, the clothing, which is supplied by the manufacturers paying for teh advertising that funds those magazines. Silly me.
As Richard said, there is nothng in the mags that is not on the net. Or invest in a few of the many excellent books on runners and running that are out there if you want to study more specifically.
You might care to subscribe to the FREE Competitor.Com digital magazine - which I get in PDF format every month . running.competitor.com/digital
IT is more designed for actively competing athletes ( which I am definitely NOT 
) - but it is quite a good read.
I feel left out 
I guessed as much! Ive had the same experience over the years with some other mags.. but there are some mags that I know of that offer over and above stuff found on the internet, with good reports.
thought there may be a favorite, may give trail runner a look, thanks JJ...
I've also been wondering whether to get a magazine. I've just subscribed to the digital format of "running fitness" - £15 for 13 issues a year. As others have said, there is loads on the internet, but I thought this was worth a try -so much cheaper than the actual paper copy and has some interesting articles.
I got one of those offers, 3 editions of Runners World for £3, I cancelled before I'd received all 3... like Rig I noticed how contradictory some of the articles were, even in the same edition, never mind over several months. It seemed to me that they just go to the internet, and copy and paste stuff. Lazy journalism...
no, I wont be taking up the offer, may just buy the odd mag as and when,and check internet.
The link Bazza put on looks interesting, and doesn't cost anything
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