baddspellar

If you have no home, you are homeless. There's no need to qualify that. I've recently begun volunteering to help homeless young people near me. Those who are recently homeless, who still have their phones and friends with whom they haven't yet worn out their welcome, are just as worthy of help as those who've had to turn to sex work to survive. Their needs may be different, but isn't that the case for all of us? Anyway, congratulations. Put your talent and good fortune to use for good.

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I know a young man (21 years old) who is in prison awaiting trial for attempted murder. I volunteer with a group that helps homeless young people, and I got to know him through that.

The news articles I've read say that the incident was recorded on a security camera. The fact that he's homeless and has no money or family suggest he's unlikely to avoid a long prison sentence. I have his prison address and I wrote him a letter already. I'd like to keep writing him if it would be helpful. Do you have any advice? I'm not sure if it will help, or what I can say.

I started running in 1977 as I was entering High School, and I remember reading about your running exploits in Runners World. For fun, I just dug up this old cover, from the days when the magazine featured top runners like you.

My questions:

1) Are you still running? If so, do you ever race anymore? What's your training like. I've taken to alternating running days with swimming/lifting days as an accommodation to my age. I'm slower than I was, but I've been able to stay healthy well into my 50's

2) What was the biggest change in the state of women's running during your peak years? How about between then and now?

I'd like to get my 15 year old daughter to try yoga, but she's resistant to this, and pretty much any treatment, for that matter. She was diagnosed with AN in the 4th grade, and it's been up and down since then. The only time she did any yoga was when she was inpatient last fall, but that was a really difficult time for her, and she only cooperated enough to get released. Any suggestions on what to look for, and how to get her willing to try? We're near Boston, if that makes a difference.