Running Times
www.runningtimes.com

Running Times is a site authored by 9 senior runners who could make up an all-star running team and an all-star academic team. If you can't tell, I'm very impressed with the credentials of the senior writers. The site is updated regularly with articles on various marathons and race times and product reviews. The purpose of the site is inform runners of the news in the running community of the U.S. The site is an extension of the Running Times print magazine. The site has a bookstore and gift idea section with many items for sale. The site provides a variety of links for information sources and other running journals for different areas of competition. The information seems all accurate because it agrees with the information on many other sites. The only negative thing I can say about the site is that it is very poorly designed. When the site loads all you can see on the page is advertisement banners. You have to scroll down for a while to find any articles, and the links to the articles are very small and are dominated by the advertisements. The colors of the site clash hard and make it unpleasant to view.

The site reaches its target audience of runners by providing all conceivable information pertining to the subject but poor site design and too many advertisements detract from the credibility of the site as a whole.