What are you Subscribed to?

For those who are into the multisports lifestlye will somehow also have their eyes peeled to the magazine racks for the latest reads. There are quite few titles out there trying to get you interested to their monthly issues. You can find them mainly in Kinokuniya or Borders and sometimes Times Magazine. Here's a run down on the 3 most popular imported mags found on Singapore's rack.

1) 220 Triathlon

this is the first mag i bought since i started browsing the shelfs to get myself more acquainted to my new lifestyle. The reads and content are easy reads and layout is not bad; the balance of ads and write up is acceptable. One complain is that too much focus is given to UK realted events and athletes, but this is a Brit driven tri mag anyhow.

Rating ****

2) Triathlete Mag

Always have very nice attractive cover and liners to get your attention. Its a US mag so has lots of up to date news on US tri scenes. Content quality is rather good. But the main complain is that every issue is Rather thick but this is due to the high ration of ads inserted to squeeze every marketing dollars. If you like ads of fast bikes and gears again and again, this is for you.

Rating ***

3) Inside Triathlon

This is another US mag that comes in a unconventional paper size, somewhat squarish. First look you get is that the magazie is always adorned with very motivating images of athletes. The other detail i notice initially was the thin-ness of the mag. So most people will have doubt about the value of money spent compared to other mags sharing the same shelf. Don't be mistaken my friend. I will advise that you seriously take a good few minutes to browse through the content - its top notch quality. If you are looking for a tri mag that talks about real tri related issues and genuinely want to improve yourself, this is the mag. Anyway, i got myself subscribed to them this month. And after some simple calculation i'm only paying about S$8 per issue - that is more than S$4 cheaper than what you find on our shelves out there.

Rating ***** http://www.insidetri.com/