rojo wrote:
Are you nuts? In 2009, we interviewed Meb before NYC as we felt it was a disgrace he had been forgotten. On Friday, I interviewed Hawi - meb's brother - to profile his great work with Leo Manzano. I also interviewed Meb at length as well as Bob Larsen. I didn't even say one word to Ryan Hall.
We gave Meb a red, white and blue homepage and we can't stand it? We never said Meb wasn't the true champion.
We were thrilled but wanted to share insight you'd only get from coming to Letsrun.com and that we'd only get from spending a lot of time and money to be on the ground in Boston.
I don't understand why giving praise to others for a tiny assist is taking away from anything. I bet Meb is thrilled to hear what happened behind him. It's a touching story of friendship, looking out for others, and yet you see racism.
Very sad.
-Rojo
PS.
It's funny last night as author Chris Lear told me, 'I bet no matter what you guys do - someone calls you racists tomorrow.'
He was right on the money.
PPS. Also at these meets, I go out of may way to get the story of the top Kenyan and African runners. Do other websites even put up interviews or feature foreigners? Not really. We do. We cover the elite side of the sport.
Sadly there is a good number of posters on this board that are more concerned with finding any excuse to discredit Meb's win than to celebrate it. Without the heads-up move by Hall, Meb would have been caught. It adds to Meb's story because it shows how well individuals are able to look at the big picture and how their actions can have a larger impact on the race. Keep up the reporting because this is the only place that actually provides good content on elite runners.