The main feature of the December issue of Runner's World is on "Heroes", people who inspire us to run (returning Olympic athletes who run for charity, a lot of volunteer type stuff, old runners, runners with disabilities).. frankly quite boring.

Another cover story that had potential was "Should You Run Through Illness", there was this complex flowchart of what to do based on what symptoms but that wasn't very usable. I did come away with the basic principle, if whatever ailment you have is above your head (sore throat, cough, congestion, etc..), you're okay to run. The article also warns against the fallacy of running through the illness, and exercise energizing someone who's mildly sick. It's all common sense stuff really, like when you deal with physical pain/soreness

This month's "On The Road" map guide feature finally tackles one of my favorite cities, NYC. There are several good runs:
- downtown running on the pier starting at South Street Seaport, going west towards Battery Park and back
- running uptown along Hudson River Park and take the subway back downtown (probably the ACE)
- of course, Central Park with many options that can include the Reservoir (a nice 1.58 mi loop), I think it suggests starting on the Upper East Side
- Google Maps of Manhattan

Runner's World as always has a lot of tips for runners of all levels, nutrition and workout articles and extensive (too much so) gear guides

Oh I almost forgot, there's an article on paleolithic diet, which puts emphasis on what humans ate back in the stone age. It argues that human physiology hasn't changed that much so the food shouldn't either. Quite interesting, more meat, veggies, fruits, less grains and processed food (goodbye bread and pasta, say it ain't so)