MIKE TYMN, aresident of Hawaii since 1971, has been writing about running since 1954. That’s when the Alameda (California) High School team doctor diagnosed Mike’s 40 bpm heart rate as a “weak heart”’ and would not pass him to run the mile on the track team. That prompted Mike to become sports editor for the school’s paper and yearbook and to go on to San Jose State to major in journalism. When, in 1956, the Marine Corps Reserve doctors diagnosed his heart condition as an “athletic heart,” Mike returned to running, although he says he didn’t get serious about it until he joined the masters ranks in 1977. He won four national masters championships during his 40s and was the overall winner of the 1979 Maui Marathon with a 2:28:43 (and a resting heart rate of 32). Mike has contributed more than 1,200 articles to some 30 publications.

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Here are some of the features you can expect in the next issue of M&B: Six-article special section called | Perfection Chasers: The Quest for the “Perfect” Marathon; Treading Water in the Venice Marathon; | Marshall Ulrich’s solo crossing of Death Valley; Part IV of Wobble to Death; and the fourth installment | of Guy Avery’s Marathon Training: More From Less.

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Marathon & Beyond Mission Statement

Marathon & Beyond is designed to provide practical advice on running or preparing to run marathons and ultradistances. M&B will include easy-to-apply, cutting edge scientific information, insightful examinations of the personal side of longer distance running, profiles of major marathons and ultramarathons, and regular columns focusing on specific aspects of running. The magazine will also provide readers with a forum for sharing ideas, insights, questions, experiences, and concerns.

Marathoners, ultramarathoners, and those who want to become marathoners or ultramarathoners will enjoy the presentation of the important and useful information contained in each issue.

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Peter Wood, DSc, PhD, FACSM Pedro Pujol, MD

Professor Emeritus, Stanford University | Olympic Training Center (Spain) Ellen Coleman, MA, MPH, RD William Oliver Roberts, MD California Angels Sport Clinic MinnHealth SportsCare Consultants Perry H. Julien, DPM Michael Leo Sachs, PhD

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