Elite Jogging For Dummies

Yes, good idea. Take care of the problems early. Congratulations on the expected new arrival. It will be a challenge, but you will eventually get used to it. I think the first kid is the hardest - you go from taking care of not much other than yourself to caring for a helpless and often fussy creature 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Then once you've broken into the new mindset, you can handle N kids just as well.

I did not realize Heather was an SLC Tribune reporter. Tell her I'd like to see more good articles about running. They have been improving over the years, but still there is quite a bit of room for improvement. Some are really good, obviously written by somebody who did his homework trying to understand the sport. Others were disappointingly shallow, full of hype and void of essence. Sometimes a race is covered, but the key event in it is completely missed. E.g when Danielle Menlove won the Salt Lake Classic overall in 2005 at the age of 11(!) passing Michelle Simonaitis on the last mile, I was expecting a full page interview with the Menlove family. I do not believe the fact that she won was even mentioned anywhere except the results.

I think being a runner herself, and being married to a runner she would do a great job. Is she interested, and/or does she have the opportunity?

Sasha, our little one (we're not finding out the sex) is due in July. I'm not sure we'll ever be "ready," but we're getting there slowly, I suppose.

Heather's beat at the paper is to cover Salt Lake City; which mostly involves covering the mayor's office, city council, and community issues. She doesn't write any sports at all, unfortunately, so no running coverage. One of the sports writers, Michael Lewis, is a sub 2:45 marathon runner, and finished ahead of me last year at the SL 10 Miler. He covers U of U sports mostly; I don't recall any stories he has written about running, but he may have, and he should. I don't think that the papers know how to cover the local road running scene because it's not typically associated with schools and teams like other sports.

There is a good article in today's paper (see link below) about Devine Racing and the scaling back of their ambitions for the SL Marathon. They're projecting that a "local" could win. Perhaps even someone from the blog, eh?

http://www.sltrib.com/sports/ci_5423164

My money is on Bob, if he runs it. No offense to any one else but he is coming into his own. All of his training indicates that he will run a strong marathon soon. I, of course, am biased since I train with Bob.

Michael Lewis also trains on the U of U's track located at East High School. He seems to be a nice guy. Lyn W. seems to do most of the running and outdoor sports coverage.