Reinertsen Graces Cover of Runner's World

Sarah Reinertsen is the first amputee to grace the cover of Runner's World . The athletic star is featured in the November issue, available on newsstands November 3.

With a circulation of over 600,000, Runner's World is one of the largest publications to feature an amputee on the cover, noted Tabi King, director of programs and development for the Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF). Reinertsen is CAF's program manager and uses her ability as an athlete to help inspire others around the world to not sit on the sidelines. In October, Sarah became the first female with a prosthesis to compete in the grueling Hawaii Ironman competition. She missed the bike cutoff by 14 minutes, but plans to go back in 2005 to conquer the "beast" of Ironman. She is also a member of Team Ossur. Reinertsen's high-tech prosthesis is made by Ossur North America, Aliso Viejo, California.

Reinertsen is one of the first eight recipients of the magazine's new "Heroes of Running" annual awards. She was titled "The Inspiration." Reinertsen, had her left leg amputated at age seven due to a tissue deficiency and was told she would never be able to run. Now 29, she has competed in several marathons as well as the Ironman.

All eight "Heroes of Running" are featured in the magazine's November issue. "Legions of people in the running world deserve recognition for their accomplishments, and many of them often go unnoticed," said Runner's World Editor-In-Chief David Willey. "&Each member of this group, in addition to their accomplishments, showed courage and strength, and many of them helped save lives. We're proud to tell their stories." The inaugural group of Runner's World's "Heroes Of Running" are "The Pioneer": Sir Roger Bannister, who 50 years ago recorded the first sub-4:00 mile in history; "The Philanthropist": Bruce Cleland, whose Team In Training running and fundraising program has raised more than $500 million for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society since he founded it 18 years ago; "The Dreamer": Deena Kastor, who was not considered among the contenders in the Women's Marathon at the 2004 Olympics but went on to become the first American woman to medal (bronze) in the event since Joan Benoit Samuelson 1984; "The Phenom": Meb Keflezighi, who, two years after running his first-ever marathon in New York City, captured the silver medal in the men's event in Athens this summer--the first American man to medal in the marathon in 28 years; "The Marine": Major William Maples couldn't make it to California to compete, as planned, in this year's 135-mile Badwater Ultramarathon due to his duty in Iraq. Undeterred, he set up his own "Iraqi Badwater" for the same days, completing the distance in 37 hours, 59 minutes, and stopping only once--due to enemy rocket fire; "The Survivor": Judy Pickett in May achieved her goal of running her 100th 5k road race--a goal she set in 1998 after undergoing surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation for breast cancer. A mother of three who has survived three bouts of breast cancer, she founded the Pink Ribbon Running Club, has raised more than $250,000, and set a personal-record 5K time of 18:48; "The Mentor": Norb Sander, winner of the New York City Marathon in 1974, took over New York's Fort Washington Armory in 1990 and spearheaded a $17 million effort which turned the facility into the New Balance Track & Field Center at the Armory, where 125,000 athletes competed this year and where the new National Track & Field Hall of Fame opened its doors last January.

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