That’s associate photo editor Whitney Ellis with the 8-foot by 8-foot bib wall — a backdrop idea that my new photo director Michele Ervin and I came up with. These are all photocopies of the many race bibs owned by Runner’s World staffers. The backdrop was used for a special online project, but we plan to work it into the magazine at some point.
Speaking of the magazine, here’s the newsstand cover for the January issue — Michele’s first complete issue since returning to Runner’s World:
Once again we went with something different for subscribers:
Here’s the feature opener. It’s difficult to comprehend the scale of this calendar —
— So here’s my dog Raleigh sitting on it as a reference.
The Gear section is about running underwear. We hired a model with an impressive jumping shot in her portfolio, and had her recreate the pose with no pants on:
The annual “Heroes” package opens up with a real sense of importance, thanks to this great portrait by Dan Winters:
