An editor whose job is fitness

Well Desk Editor Molly Mirhashem wants to motivate readers of all ages and experience levels.

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Molly Mirhashem is used to leading, she runs in circles — literally.

Six days a week, Ms. Mirhashem runs near her home in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Much of his weekly mileage is on the same approximately 3.5-mile loop of a nearby park. Her training will come in handy: this weekend, she's running the Buffalo Marathon in upstate New York. This will be the ninth time she has completed 26.2 miles since catching the marathon bug in 2017.

Mrs. Mirhashem, a Well desk fitness editor, joined The New York Times last month from Outside Magazine, where she spent eight years writing and editing stories about health and wellness, among other responsibilities .

One ​​of his goals at the Times is to reach readers who are into fitness but want a little extra guidance. p>

“There are beginners who we talk to often, and then there are experts who are looking for the most minimal and marginal gain in their marathon time,” he said. -she declared in a recent interview. "I think there is room to serve these readers halfway."

Here, Ms. Mirhashem shares what motivates her to embark on her new job. , that is – and the biggest challenges in fitness. These are edited excerpts.

Have you always been interested in fitness?

I'm a runner always. I started running in youth track and field and stayed there until high school. I ran track and cross country in college, then tried marathons afterward.

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