When I conceived, wrote, and published my April Fool's Day column – a faux news article titled "EXCLUSIVE: Ryan Hall, 'Blade Runner'" – I was happy with it. I thought it was pretty funny, and I certainly never imagined that anyone would find it insulting.

I was wrong, on both counts.

While many reader comments on the column were positive (or merely perplexed), many more reflected displeasure, disgust, outrage… you name it.

I could go on about 20/20 hindsight and pushing boundaries and so on, but I won't. Instead, I'll keep it simple.

I'm sorry.

The original column has been removed from RunnersWorld.com.

Mark Remy Mark Remy has been with Runner’s World since January 2007—for the first 5 ½ years as executive editor of RunnersWorld.com, and currently as a writer at large.

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