Bob Anderson (runner)

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Bob Anderson (born December 28, 1947, in Manhattan, Kansas) is an American runner, photographer, publisher, film producer and businessman. He started running on February 16, 1962, and has been running since then. He currently logs on average 50 miles per week of running and walking. In 2012 he ran 50 races (350.8 miles) to celebrate 50 years of running. He averaged 6:59/mile. A movie called A Long Run covers the event. He was the founder of Runner's World magazine. A desire to find information about running and racing led him to a career in magazine and book publishing for more than twenty years.

After selling Runner's World to Rodale, Inc. in Emmaus, Pennsylvania in 1984, he founded Ujena Swimwear, and Around Town Productions. In 2012 he founded a new sport called Double Racing [a two-stage running race with a halftime recovery break between the legs]. His Double Road Race Federation was established to promote this new sport. in 2014 he started a website called My Best Runs that features and follows the best, most interesting and unique races in the world. On that site he is the editor of the popular column called Running News Daily. He says it reminds him of the days he started Distance Running News (1966) that he renamed Runner’s World in 1970.

In 2014 he and his wife Catherine traveled to Kenya to produce a Double Racing event. They returned in 2015 and produced another successful event. It was on that trip, Bob decided to set up a running related business in Thika Kenya. Today the Kenyan Athletics Training Academy (KATA) is a going concern. Athletes live and train there.