Running Online
www.runningonline.com

This site was started and is still managed by one person, Terrance Turpin. He was a college cross country runner who wanted to learn how to do a webpage. He set this site up in 1995, and it is the most comprehensive running site I have come across in my search. He doesn't write any articles, but he does have an extensive collection of reprinted literature. He has race calenders, running logs, and even a college recruitment database.

The site is updated frequently and offers up to date race calender and online registration forms. This site is truly a one-stop running information shop.

The purpose of the site is to just make running easier, from the planning stages to actually running. The site has a .com suffix, but there are no products for sale. The only commercial ties the site has is one banner on the main site for an online running catalogue.

There are many links to colleges, clubs, coaches, publications, etc. All the articles I've read on the site have provided accurate information on everything that I cross referenced.

The site has a very simple, useable design. Everything is easy to find and well organized. There is very little use of graphics, but the spaces are filled well with text. This gives the site a very informative feel.

As I was thinking about how this site may be effected by bias, I realize that every site did have one common bias that I failed to mention. Each one is blatently advocating running. Not one has given a reason not to participate.