RTTT 2018-04-04 Bob Anderson - Runner's World
Run to the Top Podcast | The Ultimate Guide to Running
RunnersConnect: Coaching Community, Running Experts, Inspiring Runners, No Fluff Blog
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🗓️ 4 April 2018
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Bob Anderson / Runner's World
In this episode we speak with Bob Anderson. Bob is a native of Manhattan (Kansas), photographer, filmmaker and founder of Runner's World, My Best Runs and finisher of a grueling year-long race challenge that consisted of one race a week for 50 weeks and averaged under 7:00 / mile pace at age 64.
Bob started running at age 15 and eventually launched a 1,000 copy magazine that later blossomed into the million-plus subscription periodical known as Runner's World. But, as successful as Runner's World became, it was not without a cost which we learn about in this interview.
Bob shares his many ups and downs with running as well as his film A Long Run, the creation of a new running event: Double Racing, and the development of an informational website, mybestruns.com which features the best runs from around the world.
Bob's passion for running is contagious and wise. We hope you enjoy our conversation with him.
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| 0:00.0 | On today's Run to the Top Podcast. |
| 0:05.0 | It started out with just wanting to feature and follow the best races in the world, |
| 0:10.0 | but then we realize that some of the races that need to be on the site |
| 0:14.4 | were just interesting and unique so it's the world's best most interesting and |
| 0:20.1 | unique races and right now we're following about 700 races. |
| 0:25.3 | Welcome to the Run to the Top podcast from Runners Connect, |
| 0:29.2 | where it's all about learning from the best and most inspiring minds in the sport. |
| 0:35.0 | Together we can train a smarter, healthier, and faster running community. |
| 0:41.0 | Now here's your host, Stephanie Kay Atwood. |
| 0:45.0 | Welcome everyone, this is Stephanie K. Atwood, Boston Marathon Qualifier, coach and host for the Run to the Top Podcast. |
| 0:54.1 | Today we're featuring runner Bob Anderson, |
| 0:57.3 | photographer filmmaker, founder of Runners World magazine, |
| 1:01.1 | Double Road Racing, My Best Run's website and finisher of the grueling year-long |
| 1:06.6 | race challenge that required one race every week ranging from 5K to half marathons for 50 weeks at an average pace of under 7 minutes per mile. |
| 1:18.2 | Not so tough for some of you, but this guy was 64 years old when he did it. |
| 1:23.8 | Bob is featured in the movie A Long Run, |
| 1:26.4 | which weaves his weekly races |
| 1:28.1 | with his own triumphs and struggles over the years. |
| 1:31.0 | Bob Anderson founded Runners World magazine and Long Run connects being a runner |
| 1:37.4 | entrepreneur with stories from running buddies over the years including Billy |
| 1:41.8 | Rogers Billy Mills Paula Radcliffe, and Dean Carnassus. |
| 1:47.1 | Stay with us as we go through Bob's Story with its many twists and turns, but always imbued |
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