Roadrunner magazine
The history of Roadrunner
From the very start of the Road Runners Club in 1952, a newsletter was
circulated to all members three times a year, to keep
them in touch with the activites of the club and with road-running in general.
The newsletter was initially produced in the form of duplicated foolscap
sheets but it gradually developed into its modern
form as a full-colour A4 magazine of around 50 pages.
It has also moved from being simply a newsletter recording the activities
of RRC members towards a journal with a much wider
range of articles of varied interest to runners, and it was given its modern
title a few years ago. Much of the content is still
written by members and describes memorable events in their running lives, but
there are also significant features on technical
aspects on running and training, as well as descriptions of significant
historical events.
Members receive 3 copies each year, in April, August and December, and the
journal is also sold in running shops at £2.50.
Recent front covers
Sample articles from Roadrunner- updated to Spring 2011
The links below go to downloadable PDF files of a few articles from the most recent issues of Roadrunner. They have been chosen to give a taste of its wide range of content. A typical issue has 15-20 of these articles and several other items.
Issue 187, Winter 2008
Boiling Frogs Slowly
Centenary Marathon
Issue 188, Spring 2009
Issue 189, Summer 2009
Arthur Newton's 100 miles
Celtic 100
km
Sub 3 hours
Issue 190, Winter 2009
Touring
about
Abingdon Marathon 2009
Issue 191, Spring 2010
Interview with
Bill Adcocks
The Greatest 100 Mile Race
Issue 192, Summer 2010
Dartmoor Discovery
John Henning,
Spitzbergen Marathon
Issue 193, Winter 2010
Ups and Downs of a Racing
Year
Eurasia Marathon and Great Eastern
Run
Issue 194, Spring 2011
Why we Joined the Road Runners
Club
Running a Marathon in
Hot Weather
