Oh! We thought we had a pretty good show today. But you can’t please everyone. So, to your comments:

Regarding the barefoot runner. I’ve never met him.
I will be hosting him and his family as a favor to a friend (we do alot of that around Marathon time here in Boston) and that fact was disclosed in passing because we have a strict policy that if any story comes even indirectly from a personal connection, we mention it. I think it’s a good policy. And I thought he was a find!

As to your criticism of the second barefoot runner, I respectfully disagree. His brief reference to his faith was not only not gratuitous, it was the whole reason he runs Marathons! But even if it didn’t play such a role I’d never stop him from saying it. Why, that would be censorship!

Which brings us to your last comment. We’re scratching our heads over this one. The only thing you’ve ever written us (we keep a data base) is right there on the comments page for everyone to see. We do reserve the right to remove comments we judge offensive, but yours is right there. Perhaps I’m missing something?

To everyone else, please, if you missed it check out the Roy Haynes piece. He’s an uplifting jewel.

Have a great weekend..
Best,
Robin

Please, let’s return to good journalistic practice and not be subjected to another Robin Young “Friends and Family” yawn-fest (the barefoot runner piece)… an epic waste of air-time, resources, and a flat-out inappropriate to boot with gratuitous religious over-tones/references…

Thanks.

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