Is the City really serious about a great xc course at Central Park? It is suggesting a meeting with a few in the running community. I hope this is more than a pre election romance.

Buffs to the Pac-10? Link. Imagine, Colorado competing against Stanford, Oregon, Washington State, UCLA, USC...

My Vikes spy was at the Birmingham meet. Sarah Adams and Alex Johnson looked terrific in the distance racing, achieving PRs, while Falco was impressive in the mile relay. Spy predicts Falco will run 4:13 this year and go sub 4:10 at state next year. ...Anyone recall the last Foothill guy to go sub 4:10?

Q&A with Julia Lucas

Q&A with Nicholas Sparks, novelist and runner. Video

Assessing Your Risk of a Heart Attack Check the comments too.

Good Read: Stubborn Twig The Oregon Library Association and Governor urged all Oregonians to read the book.

You might like SCV Talk. It lists leftward, but otherwise has a lot of energy and information.

Good advice by Cheryl Bellaire, M.D. Review the post on hamstring pulls. Outstanding. In earlier times, I was often hampered by hamstring (some said headstring) pulls. With RICE, I haven't suffered such in many years.

Daily News has Los Angeles Marathon course photos.

Q&A with the pregnant Carrie Tollefson.

I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do. ~Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird